Quyon comes back to win 12-5 over the Valley As - WITH DETAILS

The Quyon Flyers came back using the long ball to propel to a 12-5 win over the Ottawa Valley As in the first game of their best-of-five Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff series on Tuesday night.

Drew Hathway had the win, with Trevor Lahey working an inning of relief. Todd Wilson took the loss and Adam Rueckwald saw action in relief.

Valley jumped out to 5-3 lead going into the fourth until the Flyers' come back started.

The Flyers hit six home runs. Dennis McCleary hit two out and drove in five runs. Nick Armitage and Chris Hobbs both had two run bombs, while Joe McCleary and Matt Greer hit solo shots.

Next up in the series is Game 2 on Tuesday August 16 at 8:30 pm in Carp.

Details from Shawn Laframboise

Quyon opened up its first round playoff series with a 12-5 victory at home on Tuesday night. Drew Hathway earned the win, pitching 4 innings and giving up 5 runs, and Trevor Lahey saw an inning of relief action before the game ended by way of the run rule. Todd Wilson took the loss pitching 3+ innings with Adam Rueckwald pitching 1.2 innings in relief for the visitors.

Valley took the lead in the first inning. Steve Frost singled with one out and advanced to second on a fielder's choice. After swiping 3rd on a fake bunt Frost came in to score on a wild pitch. 

The Flyers answered back with 3 in the bottom half of the first. Dave Hobbs led off with a walk and scored on a Dennis McCleary homerun. After retiring the next two batters, Wilson gave up back-to-back base hits to Hathway and Nick Armitage. Hathway then scored on a Shawn Laframboise grounder to short that was misplayed.

Both teams operated a clean second inning and the visitors retook the lead in the third. Clayton Vance and Frost each singled to start the inning. Vance stole third and scored on a Kyle Couvieau ground out to second base. Ryley Burns walked for the second time to put runners on the corners. A Lindsay Medynski base hit scored Frost and Burns came all the way around to score when the ball was misplayed in the outfield. 

The home side threatened in the bottom half but Wilson was able to pitch out of the jam. 

The A's added 1 more in the top of the fourth. Jackson Vance drew a lead off walk and stole second before advancing to third on a wild pitch. Vance then scored on a Shane Boyd sac fly.

Down 5-3, the Flyers bats erupted for 7 runs in the bottom of the fourth, all scoring by way of the long ball. Curtis Daley and Hobbs led off with singles and scored on Dennis McCleary's second homer of the night. The A's made a pitching change and brought in Rueckwald to replace Wilson. After a couple of groundouts, Hathway singled and scored on an Armitage homerun. Laframboise followed that up with a single and he scored on Chris Hobbs' pinch hit two run homer.

Lahey came on to pitch the fifth for Quyon. Frost reached on an error to the second baseman but Lahey was able to retire the next three batters. The run rule was invoked in the bottom of the fifth when Joe McCleary and Matt Greer but back-to-back solo homeruns to make it a 12-5 final.

Quyon Pitching

Drew Hathway (W) 4IP, 5R, 5ER, 4H, 4BB, 2K

Trevor Lahey 1IP, 0R, 1K

Valley Pitching

Todd Wilson (L) 3+IP, 6R, 5ER, 8H, 1BB, 2K

Adam Rueckwald 1.2IP, 6R, 6ER, 6H, 1K

Quyon Hitting

Nick Armitage 3/3 HR, 2 RBI

Chris Hobbs 1/1 HR, 2 RBI

Dennis McCleary 2/4 2 HR, 5 RBI

Matt Greer 2/4 HR

Joe McCleary 1/4 HR

Drew Hathway 2/2 SAC, 2R

Curtis Daley 1/2 BB, R

Shawn Laframboise 1/3 R, ROE

Valley Hitting

Steve Frost 2/3 2R, ROE

Lindsay Medynski 1/3 2 RBI

Clayton Vance 1/3 R

Shane Boyd 0/1, SAC, RBI

Riley Burns 0/1 2 BB, R

Kyle Couvieau 0/2, SAC, RBI

Jackson Vance 0/1 BB