California Lumberkings defeated Palermo Athletics 3-1 to win the Snapper Shootout in Virgil, Ontario, capping a highly successful roadtrip to Ontario, altho’ the Lumberkings have likely lost Kevin Castillo for the season.
See The Deuce for more details.
(click for schedule of games and more info)
Teams:
1. Casa Trejo – A1 Bombers (Palm Springs, CA) – 3-0
2. DeMarini (Portland, OR) – 2-1
3. Innovative Communications (Lehi, UT) 1-1-1
4. River City Rockers (Citrus Heights, CA) 0-2-1
5. Team Rainey / IAC (Whittier / Stockton, CA) – 0-3
Group B
1. Grillo’s (Santa Cecelia, MX) – 3-0
2. Black Sox (Long Beach, CA) 2-1
3. Rude Pac (Sun Valley, CA) – 1-2
4. Manor Dirtbags (Manor, TX) 1-2
5. Young Bucks (Santa Barbara, CA) – 0-3
Sunday June 8 Elimination Scores
Game #16 A5 Vs B4
8:30 AM Pershing Park – Field #1
(A5) Team Rainey/IAC – 5
(B4) Manor Dirtbags, TX – 0
WP- n/a yet
LP- n/a yet
Game #17 A4 Vs B5
8:30 AM Cabrillo Park
(A4) River City Rockers – 17
(B5) Young Bucks – 9
WP – n/a yet
LP – n/a yet
River City led 11-9 going into the 6th inning and scored 6 runs for the final 17-9 score.
Game #18 A3 Vs B2
8:30 AM Pershing Park – Field #2
(A3) Portland De Marini – 4
(B2) Long Beach Black Sox – 3
WP – Matias Tessore
LP – Ron Rupp
HR – Jeff Reich (Portland) – the game winner
Quarterfinals
Game #19 A1 Vs Winner of Game #16
10:15 AM Pershing Park – Field #1
Team Rainey/IAC – 2
(A1) A-1 So Cal Bombers -1
WP – Sebastian Gervasutti
LP – Lucas Mata (in relief of Robbie O’Brien)
Game #20 A2 Vs B3
10:15 AM Cabrillo Park
(A2) Innovative Communications, UT – 5
(B3) Rude Pac – 3
WP – Russ Chadwick
LP – Mark Bennett
Game #21 B1 Vs Winner of Game #17
10:15 AM Pershing Park – Field #2
Grillos, Santa Cecelia MX – 4
River City Rockers – 0
WP –
LP –
Final Four
Game #22 – Winner of Game #18 Vs Winner of Game #19
12:00 Noon Pershing Park – Field #1
Semifinals
Team Rainey/IAC 3
Portland DeMarini 2
WP-Bricklen Anderson
LP-Matias Tossore
Grillos, Santa Cecilia, MX over
Innovative Communications
WP – Panfilo Valdez
LP – Steve Black
Game #23 – Winner of Game #20 Vs Winner of Game #21
12:00 Noon Pershing Park – Field #2
Team Rainey/IAC – 3
Portland De Marini – 2
WP – Bricklen Anderson
LP – Matias Tessore
Jesse Duncan drove in the game winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning , with the bases loaded.
Championship Game
Game #24 –
Winner of Game #22 Vs Winner of Game #23
1:45 PM Pershing Park – Field #1
Finals
Team Rainey/IAC 11
Grillos, Santa Cecilia MX 1
5 innings
WP-Sebastian Gervasutti
LP-Panfilo Valdez
(click for schedule of games and more info)
Teams:
Final Round Robin Standings After Three Games Saturday
1. Casa Trejo – A1 Bombers (Palm Springs, CA) – 3-0
2. DeMarini (Portland, OR) – 2-1
3. Innovative Communications (Lehi, UT) 1-1-1
4. River City Rockers (Citrus Heights, CA) 0-2-1
5. Team Rainey / IAC (Whittier / Stockton, CA) – 0-3
Group B
1. Grillo’s (Santa Cecelia, MX) – 3-0
2. Black Sox (Long Beach, CA) 2-1
3. Rude Pac (Sun Valley, CA) – 1-2
4. Manor Dirtbags (Manor, TX) 1-2
5. Young Bucks (Santa Barbara, CA) – 0-3
(click for schedule of games and more info)
Tournament director David Blackburn will be phoning in scores to Fastpitchwest from the Best of the West Tournament in Santa Barbara, California, after each set of games on Saturday. We will be posting them up here at the Morning Brief.
The # 6 ranked CPI team out of Oswego New York knocked off the # 1 ranked (ISCII) team in the world, behind the pitching and bat of Shaun Winship. Winship held the potent Lumberking offense in check, surrendering but two hits, and clubbing a home run himself.
From Al’s Fastball:
Game 15
California at CPI
California: 0.0.0.0.0.1.0.x.x.x.1..2.x
CPI: 0.1.0.0.2.0.X.x.x.x.3.4.xWP: Shaun Winship: 7 IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 9K, 1BB
C: Mark McCallumLP: Dave Dotzmmann: 6 IP, 3R, 1ER, 4H, 1K, 1BB
C: Jeff TwistFor CPI:
Shaun Winship hit a home run
Chad Hodkinson single plus 2 runsFor California:
James Close hit a home runA 2 run single by Chad Hodkinson in the 5th inning changed the game.
MVP of the Game: Shaun Winship of CPI
Blue Crew: Kluzy and Sharples
The Lumberkings’ are now 1-1 in the round robin portion of the tournament, with one game to go, against a very tough Wyevale team at 4pm California time. Wyevale just finished beating Ohsweken 12-4. The Lumberkings beat Ohsweken last night, 6-2, in a game that sent second baseman Kevin Castillo to the hospital with a broken fibula and torn ligaments from a sliding baserunner.
Game #23 – Saturday, 7pm EDT (4pm PDT)
(#1) California Lumberkings
(#17) Wyevale Tribe
The ISC II’s # 1 ranked team, the California Lumberkings play CPI, from Oswego, New York today at 1pm EDT, 10:00 am. West coast time. CPI is one of the top teams in the ISC II, currently ranked # 6. In January of this year, CPI tied for third in the very tough AAU tournament, becoming the first ISC II team to finish that high. Shaun Winship, a hard throwing Canadian pitcher joined CPI last year, giving them a potent weapon on the mound and at the plate, as Winship has home run power.
See the links on the left hand side of this page for the Shootout.
Here is the Scoreboard page.
Al Doran is at the Snapper Shootout, posting scores and updates via his blackberry.
If you’re not on his email list, you can find the posts on this page, with newest posts added to the top of the page.
Or this page – see the links on the left hand side of the page for the Shootout.
Here is the Scoreboard page.
And if you’re not on his list, maybe you should be ! 🙂 To be added, email him at fastball (at) pmihrm.com . Be sure to put the words “Please subscribe me” on the subject line, and include your full name in the email. (I’m not sure he can add you this weekend, since he’s at the ballpark, but at least you’ll be on it for next time).
(ISC All-World Team Pitcher Lucas Mata of the So Cal Bombers)
(photo by Maddy Flanagan)
Last Year’s ISC World Tournament Runner-Up So Cal Bombers the Team to Beat
(Santa Barbara, California) – The 18th Annual Best of the West Men’s fastball Tournament will be held June 7 – 8 in Santa Barbara, CA. The Tournament is the longest running open tournament, held annually in California. Ten teams will vie for the 2008 Championship, with a berth in the 2008 ISC World Tournament, and a berth in the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions will be awarded, to the highest finishing teams in each category.
Heading the field will be the 2007 ISC World Tournament Runner Up, the Casa Trejo Bombers of Palm Springs. The Bombers pitching staff includes two of the best pitchers in the world, Lucas Mata of Argentina, (pictured above) and New Zealander Marty Grant. On Offense, the Bombers are lead by the 2001 ISC World Tournament Most Valuable Player, Darren Box of Canada. This will be the Bombers debut for the 2008 season.
Click here for a look at Maddy’s Photos from last year’s Best of the West.
For So Cal fans, Santa Barbara is a couple hours drive up the coast, and the scenery along the beach can’t be beat. Don’t want to make the drive? Rooms in Santa Barabara too expensive? Catch the Amtrak. train, which runs right along the water. It leaves Union Station in L.A. at 7:30am and will get you to Santa Barbara by 10am or so. Put your feet up and enjoy a cup of coffee on the way. The trains home leave Santa Barbara at 4:30pm and 7pm daily. The Sunday morning trains will get you there in time for the semis and finals. We’ll look for you on Sunday’s train.
The ballpark is a few blocks from the ocean. . The train station is just 7/10ths of a mile from the fields. .
Click here to see an aerial view of the ballpark.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
Coming South on Hwy 101, from Northern California, exit at Castillo. Go right on Castillo two blocks. The two fields at Pershing Park are on the right.
Coming North on Hwy 101, from Southern California, exit at the Garden Street off ramp. Go left to Cabrillo. Go right on Cabrillo about a half mile. At Castillo, go right, about 1 block, and the two fields at Pershing Park are on the left.
(click for schedule of games and more info)
The ISC II # 1 ranked team, the California Lumberkings open the Snapper Shootout in Niagara Falls, Ontario Friday night at 9pm EDT (6pm PDT), against the Ohsweken Redmen. They will play two more round games on Saturday, a 1pm EDT game against CPI of Oswego, New York, and a 7pm EDT game against Wyevale. Rankings of teams shown in parentheses.
Game #4 – Friday night, 9pm EDT (6pm PDT)
(#1) California Lumberkings
(#37) Ohsweken Redmen
Game #15 – Saturday, 1pm EDT (10am PDT)
(#1) California Lumberkings
(#6) CPI Fastpitch
Game #23 – Saturday, 7pm EDT (4pm PDT)
(#1) California Lumberkings
(#17) Wyevale Tribe
The Snapper Shootout goes this weekend with several top-ranked ISC II teams looking to get an early season feel for where they stand. The Snappers and Elora Brewers were co-champions last year as rain washed out the finals. With the addition of ISC pitching, the results could be skewed somewhat, but as always this time of year in Niagara, look for some great fastball and the beginning of some new rivalries.
Watch The Deuce and Al’s Fastball for results all weekend.
This year’s tournament will have 16 teams, grouped into four pools of four teams each.
Red
California Lumberkings
CPI
Ohsweken
Wyvale
White
Bridgeport Braves
Palermo A’s
Port Elgin Blue Devils
Shakespeare Falcons
Black
Elmira
Hamilton Hawks
Niagara Snappers
Napanee Juniors
Silver
Ashland, OH
Elmira Juniors
Ottawa Team Easton
Wellington Brewers
Click here for the official Niagara Snappers website, with all of the Shootout information.
Click here for the complete schedule of games for the Shootout, in PDF format.
Schedule below.