GOFL playoff results from Saturday

Saturday afternoon saw a Greater Ottawa Fastball League tripleheader in Carp to determine the final four teams in the playoff double knockout bracket.

Things started at 3 p.m., in a game where the weather was wet, but not the kind of weather you'd cancel a playoff game over. For the 5 p.m. game the weather got progressively worse; the sort of game where you just try to finish things off since you already started. The weather was ugly for the 7 p.m. and stayed ugly - it's shocking that they got the full seven innings in.

(The Ottawa GeeGees vs Queen's Gaels women's games were cancelled, once again showing women are far more sensible than men.)

Game 5
Kars Aces 8 West Carleton Electric 1

The Aces got by the Electric 8-1 with Gregg Garrity earning the win allowing one hit and striking out three. Trevor Lahey took the loss with relief from Matt Greer. 

Kars got on the board in the first inning, with lead off man Brad Pender scoring a run on an error. West Carleton evened the score with a Greer solo shot in top of the fourth. Kars got a second run in the bottom of the fourth when Matt Alkerton walked, moved to third on Kurtis Summers single, and was plated on Cory Morrison's single.

The game got out of reach when the Aces scored six in the fifth inning. They loaded the bases on singles by Kristian Knapp and Garrity, followed by a walk to Cory Alkerton. A Nick Ellis single scored two, prompting a pitching change with starter Lahey being replaced by Greer. Three walks and a hit batsmen scored three more runs. Knapp's sacrifice fly brought in Matt Alkerton to put the run rule on and end the game at 8-1.

Game 7
Micksburg Twins 9 Orleans Rebels 0

The battle of the undefeated teams ended in five innings as the Twins beat the Rebels 9-0. Joran Graham threw the complete game shutout. Andy Barber started and took the loss with Matt Healey seeing some time in relief. Graham hit a two run shot in the first inning.

Game 6
Manotick Brewers 7 Ottawa Valley As 2

In a game played in the most unpleasant of conditions, the Brewers got out to a 5-0 lead and ended up with a 7-2 victory. Luc D'Entremont got the win. Adam Rueckwald was tagged with the loss and had relief from Todd Wilson.

D'Entremont hit a solo homerun and added a second homer, a three-run shot. Ryan Clare also had a solo homer for Manotick.

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Given Saturday's results, the upcoming games are as follows:

Game 8: Manotick Brewers vs Kars Aces
Game 9: Winner of Game 8 vs Orleans Rebels
FINAL: Winner of Game 9 vs Micksburg Twins

Dates, times and locations for the next three GOFL playoff games will be posted shortly.