Kitchener Rivershark Twins 6, South Perth All Stars 1

Kitchener now 3-0 in the tournament.

The Farm 7, South Perth All Stars 0

Members of World Champion New Zealand Black Sox celebrate enroute to win at World Fastball Invitational at Monkton.

South Perth All Stars take on the world at Monkton.

12:00 PM Jarvis v. Vancouver (ISC WT # 5 v. ISC WT # 7)
2:00 PM Stampede vs New Zealand Black Sox (ISC WT #6 vs. ISF World Champions)
6:00 PM Farm vs Saskatoon (ISC WT # 4 vs. ISC WT # 3)
8:00 PM PLAYOFF 1 - A3 vs B2

The Ballparkradio site is in error on the 12pm noo game - we’ll fix that when I get to a computer that allows me to update the site. The schedule above, showing Jarvis v. Vancouver is the correct one.

ISC WT Top 10:

1 Kitchener Rivershark Twins
2 Broken Bow Patsy’s
3 Aspen Interiors
4 The Farm
5 Jarvis Gamblers
6 Midwest Stampede
7 Vancouver Grey Sox
8 Allbaugh, Inc
9 Midland Explorers
10 St. Thomas Centennials

The reigning ISC World champions, the Kitchener Rivershark Twins top the 2007 ISC World champs, The Farm Tavern, of Madison, Wisconsin, 7-5 in Friday’s nightcap, a see-saw battle that came right down to the wire, and treated fans at Monkton to the most exciting game yet at the 2009 World Fastball Invitational.

Kitchener continued to show they are the team to beat, following up last year’s ISC World Title with a Legends Tournament title, and is now 2-0 at the prestigious Monkton tournament. They jumped out to an early lead against the Farm, touching up former teammate Frank Cox for three in the first. The Farm charged back with three of their own to tie the game, then a single run an inning later to take a 4-3 lead. Kitchener dug in, and scored two more to re-take the lead, only to have the Farm tie the game at 5. Despite the cool weather and late hour, the local fans stayed put to see the exciting finish, with Kitchener’s Craig Crawford blasting a two run homer to right field for the final margin of victory. Todd Martin picked up the win, in relief, with Cox suffering the loss. Dean Holoien started the game, notching strikeout after strikeout with a hard drop, and a blazing rise ball that at times, looked unhittable. Donnie Scott relieved Holoien , giving Kitchener another hard thrower to follow Holoien. Martin finished things off, giving fans a look at three-quarters of the vaunted Kitchener pitching staff, with only newcomer Grant Patterson not seeing action.

Play resumes at Monkton at 8:00 a.m. and continues into the evening. Ballparkradio.com will carry four games live on the internet at www.ballparkradio.com at 12, 2, 6 and 8pm.

Game 6 from WFI at Monkton on at 9:15pm EDT - Kitchener vs. The Farm. The 2008 ISC World Champs vs. 2007 ISC World Champs on Ballparkradio

WFI Game 5 on Ballparkradio, Vancouver v. Midwest Stampede on Ballparkradio, with Steve Sabourin and Joe Todd.

Game 4 WFI at Monkton, Aspen Saskatoon 7, South Perth All Stars 1

Some Monkton YouTube videos for your enjoyment. Nothing in particular, but just a few snippets to give you a feel of the tournament. The nighttime ones were shot on opening night, Thursday by Kyle Smith. Working to get you a few more during the course of the day.

Donnie Hale of the New Zealand Black Sox batting against Vancouver on opening night at Monkton:

Ballparkradio is on the air with Game 3 at WFI at Monkton, New Zealand Black Sox vs. Jarvis Ontario,