The So Cal Bombers are a perfect 3-0 heading into their final round robin game, and appear to have locked up a spot in the Top 24 Single elimination playoff round. The Bombers will face their toughest opponent at 6pm CST (4pm on the west coast), as they take on Saskatoon, Canada.

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Click here for box and play-by-play for Game 1, a 3-2 win over Team Iowa.

Click here for Game 2, an 8-0 win over the Allerod Penguins.

Click here for Game 3, a 1-0 win over Ashland, OH, in which Tony Peeples struck out 13.

A note on the So Cal Bombers from “sledgehammer22”:

Just a quick note on Southern California’s OTHER team. The So Cal Bombers are 3-0 at the ISC World Tournament. We have received great pitching from all three on the staff and timely hitting from some veteren players. It’s been a great atmosphere here as both teams from Cali have showed up at each other’s games and supported. It’s great how two rival teams during the year realize that we are representing Callifornia and show up for their friends to support the cause. I hope we get two teams in the next round. It would be Huge for California fastpitch. Maybe you’ll hear more at the morning brief??? Who knows.

Editor’s note: Wish I could have been out to see your games, but with my broadcasting duties over at the ISC II in Chippewa Falls, (doing 24 games in 5 days), the only ISC World game I’ve had a chance to see an ISC World game was one that started at midnight Monday night, at the end of my ISC II day. While I thoroughly enjoy my work for the ISCII, I am a fastball fan at heart, and wish I had had a bit more time to see and cover the ISC games that were going on at the same time over in Eau Clair.

California can be proud of the performances of both the So Cal Bombers and Team Rainey at the 2005 ISC World Tournament, with both clubs advancing into the playoff round among the Top 24 teams in the world, and competing very well against the world’s best. We’ll do our best to round out the coverage of California’s teams at the ISC, and give both the teams a post tournament wrap that the achievments warrant. Great job, both teams.

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After a tough 1-0 loss to the Hallman Twins of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada that ended at 2 o’clock in the morning, Team Rainey bounced back to win a noontime game Tuesday against Brandts, 5-1, for their second win at the ISC World Tournament, with one game to go in the round robin portion of the tournament.

Dwayne Fowler and Dan Whiteford homered for Team Rainey, while Bricklen Anderson tossed a three hitter, striking out 13. Fowler was 3-for-4, with two RBI and two runs scored for Team Rainey.

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Team Rainey played the Hallman Twins of Kitchner, Ontario scoreless to the 7th inning, before the Twins were able to push a run across in the bottom of the 7th inning, for a 1-0 final. Hallman pitcher Todd Martin struck out a record 20, while Team Rainey’s Rick Smith struck out 12. Brian Stere had two of his teams 4 hits, while Dan Whiteford had the lone hit for Team Rainey. Rainey escaped a two on, one out jam, thanks to some great play by catcher Dwayne Fowler, blocking a drop in the dirt, then throwing a runner out at third on the same play. Derek Shackleton lifted long single to the warning track in left center, scoring pinch runner Jason Daer, who came on to run for Brian Stere who led off the inning with a single to left.

From Al’s Fastball:

Tonight, Monday night, the Twins got their most serious challenge to date. They were on the late night bill scheduled for 10pm on diamond one against Team Rainey of Whittier California. The game did not get started until just before midnight thanks to a number of very long games ahead of them.

Todd Martin got the start and did he ever go the distance. He gave up no runs, only one hit and he struck out a record (tie) 20 batters. The Twins did not exactly have hot bats this evening but they got the hit that mattered, in the bottom of the 7th inning. Third base Derek Shackleton got the game-winning hit that drove in the winning run. Levy struck out swinging. Stere singled. Daer pinch ran for Stere. White grounded out to p; Daer advanced to second. Shackleton singled, RBI; Daer scored. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Team Rainey is now 1-1 in the tournament, with two games to go in the round robin portion of the tournament.

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Team Rainey notched a win in its first game at the ISC World Tournament late Saturday night at Eau Claire, WI. The squad from So Cal was up 21-0 before the game was called due to mercy/forfeit. The game will be recorded as a 2-0 win.

Details were sketchy coming out of the ballpark last night, but hopefully will be available soon.

Team Rainey will have Sunday off, and play their next game at 10pm Central time on Monday night against the Hallman Twins from Kitchener, Ontario, which figures to be their toughest game of the round robin portion of the tournament, at least based on the rankings.