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(photo by J.Sanchez – California A’s Sean Whitten.
(photo by J.Sanchez: Vancouver Meralomas’ Derek Mayson (pitching) as Marcus Tan looks on.
(Photo by J.Sanchez: Rude Pac’s Gerald Pyle)
(Photo by J.Sanchez: Macabbi USA’s Russ Snow
California A’s Win California Classic
(photo by Jimmy Sanchez)
The California A’s captured the first ever California Classic title at the Sportsplex USA, in Santee, California, a 7-0 run rule win in the championship game over Rude Pac of Sun Valley, California. Sean Whitten picked up the win, a 3-hit, 10 strikeout performance through 5 inning. Gerald Pyle took the loss with Cory Avery in relief.
The game remained scoreless until the 4th when the California A’s plated 4 runs, on two walks and four consecutive hits by Chase Turner, Jason Porto, Jeff Twist and Kevin Castillo. Cory Avery came on in relief, but the A’s pushed home three more in the home half of the 5th on a walk, and singles by Darren Box, Bob Rostenhausler and Chase Turner, for the 7-0 final. Chase Turner led the way for the A’s offense, going 3-for-3. For Rude Pac, Jason Obregon, Canyon Vance and Casey Pymm had hits against Whitten in the losing effort.
Rude Pac reached the final with a 3-2 win over Tow Pros of San Diego while the A’s topped Vancouver Meralomas, 2-1 in their semi-final matchup. Italian Athletic outlasted the Bakersfield Silverhawks 3-2 in the Consolation final.
Cap tip to co-hosts the A’s and the Silverhawks for their work in putting together a most enjoyable tournament.
Thanks to all who tuned in to listen, hope you enjoyed the broadcasts.
Sunday scores below
Championship bracket teams and seeding:
1. California A’s (3-0)
2. Rude Pac (3-0)
3. Tow Pros (2-0-1)
4. Vancouver Meralomas (2-0-1)
5. Macabbi USA (1-1-1)
6. Cal State Builders (1-1-1)
Consolation Bracket
1. Italian Athletic Club
2. Bakersfield Silverhawks
3. Portland
4. Barona
5. Pala
Sunday’s Schedule of Games – June 20, 2010
8am
Championship Bracket
# 3 seed Tow Pros (2-0-1) vs. # 6 Cal State Builders (1-1-1)
Tow Pros defeated Cal State Builders
#4 seed Vancouver Meralomas (2-0-1) vs. Macabbi USA (1-1-1)
Vancouver Meralomas – 2
Macabbi USA – 1
WP-McCullough, Mayson in relief
LP-Russ Snow
Consolation bracket
Portland (0-2-1) vs. Silverhawks (0-1-2)
Silverhawks defeated Portland
10:00 a.m.
Consolation Bracket
Italian Athletic Club (IAC) vs. Pala
IAC – 10
Pala – 1
Semi-final
# 2 Rude Pac (3-1) vs. Tow Pros
Rude Pac – 3
Tow Pros – 2
WP-Cory Avery
LP-n/a
Catch us live on Ballparkradio, Sunday, June 20, 2010, at 10am and 12 noon Pacific time (1pm and 3pm Eastern) for the final two games of the California Classic Tournament at Sportsplex USA in Santee, California.
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Championship Bracket
Semi-final
#1 California (3-0) play winner Vancouver Meralomas/Macabbi
California A’s – 2
Vancouver Meralomas – 1
WP-Travis Price
LP-Derek Mayson
12noon
Championship game
California A’s – 7
Rude Pac, Sun Valley, CA – 0
5 innings
WP-Sean Whitten (10 K’s, 2 hitter)
LP-Gerald Pyle; Cory Avery relieved in 4th.
Cal Classic Championship game on Ballparkradio.com – Cal A’s vs. Rude Pac
live on Ballparkradio at 1pm (delayed due to semi-finals running late)
Catch us live on Ballparkradio, Sunday, June 20, 2010, at 10am and 12 noon Pacific time (1pm and 3pm Eastern) for the final two games of the California Classic Tournament at Sportsplex USA in Santee, California.
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Catch us live on Ballparkradio, Sunday, June 20, 2010, at 10am and 12 noon Pacific time (1pm and 3pm Eastern) for the final two games of the California Classic Tournament at Sportsplex USA in Santee, California.
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Championship Bracket
Semi-final
#1 California (3-0) play winner Vancouver Meralomas/Macabbi
California A’s – 2
Vancouver Meralomas – 1
WP-Travis Price
LP-Derek Mayson
12noon
Championship game
California A’s – 7
Rude Pac, Sun Valley, CA – 0
5 innings
WP-Sean Whitten (10 K’s, 2 hitter)
LP-Gerald Pyle; Cory Avery relieved in 4th.
(from Joe Todd)
Congratulations to the Alvinston Indians who defeated the Kitchener Outlaws on Sunday in the Championship game in Innerkip, Both Teams have now Earned a berth to Midland Michigan the site of the 2010 ISC World Tournament . The Victory for the Indians have earned a paid entry fee plus travel money. While the Outlaws did secure the 2nd berth available out of the Innerkip Qualifier.
For all the fans that attended Thank You and we hope you now make plans to travel to Midland, Mi on Aug 13th for the nine days for more world class Fastball
Many Thanks are in order that did lead to the success of this tournament, first of all Our Hosts, The Innerkip Eagles and Chairman Nate Awde. The Eagles Have hosted this tournament in the past and their previous experience has lead to another great show. For those of you who have not seen or played On the new diamonds at Innerkip.
The Innerkip Parks and Rec Board with our local governments have lead to major improvements in the overall facility With such features as Red Clay Infields and Warning Tracks, Automatic Sprinkler System , New Lights & Poles on one diamond, New Bulbs on the 2nd Diamond, the 3rd diamond is also completely fenced now, Congratulations a great job with the Park and also our host team.
Groundskeeper Dylan Brown did an amazing job keeping the diamonds all ready to go and in Tip Top Shape.
Blue Crew- Our Crew of 8 lead by UIC Peter Kluszczynski all lead to the professionalism on and off the Diamonds. The Crew included John Snoeks, Darryl Ford, Trevor Topping, Steve Kuhl, Rob Deakin, Moe Carde and two newcomers Mike Brito and Carson White, As I like seeing new ball players on the field I am also encouraged by new umpires who neither one looked out of place A job well done by our blue crew.
Our Scorers and Announcers , Thank you your efforts, they do not go unnoticed by me. The accuracy of a good clean score sheet and summary sheet. Makes it a lot quicker of getting the results out to our readers and fans on the World Wide Web and Thanks also at this time to Al Doran and Jim Flanagan on keeping the current info posted to the appropriate sites.
Last but certainly not least, the experienced crew of Game Controllers Doug Bach, Chris Bach, Colin Smith, Kyle Smith, Jim Marr, and Jeff Whetstone. Kept everything working like a Swiss Clock, 95% of the games started either on time or 10 minutes early.
The Final Ingredient for a successful summer weekend fastball tournament in the weather and it was ideal conditions, so my Thanks to who ever Chaired that committee, you are welcome to chair the same committee next year.
Thanks again and hope to see you all at the park with the game we all love
Joe Todd
ISC Canada East Commissioner
Ingersoll, Ontario
Sunday 9 am
Gm 13
Donnacona Blue Sox 7
Toronto Gators 2
WP: Francis Leclair 7 innings 2 runs both earned 5 hits 10Ks 3BB
LP: Tom Berube 3 1/3 innings 5 runs, 4 earned, 9 hits 1K 1BB, relief Kyle Linton 3 2/3 innings 2 runs, both earned, 4 hits 3Ks 4BB
T1 Blue Sox Mathieu Roy 1b, Cory Morrison reached on an error, Steve Savard 2-RBI 2b
T4 Blue Sox Luc Thibault 2b, Miguel Mottard 1b, Frederic St. Pierre RBI 1b scores Thibault, Mathieu Roy RBI 1b scores Mottard, Morrison RBI 1b scores St. Pierre, Kyle Linton into pitch for Gators
T5 Blue Sox Jean Daniel Doucet BB, Fredric St. Pierre RBI 1b
B5 Gators Blair Setford 1b, Edi Fisher 1b Jordan Copeland 2-RBI 2b
T6 Steve Savard 1b Francis Leclair 1b Jean Daniel Doucet RBI 2b
Gm 14
Cobourg Force 7
St. Thomas Storm 2
WP Jason Smith 7 innings 2 runs 1 earned 3 hits 11Ks
LP Luke Leahy 6 innings 7 runs 5 earned 9 hits 8Ks 2 BB, Ian Knott 1 inning 2 hits
T2 Force Scott Leblanc BB Scott Evans 1b Bill Fairney to run, advance on wild pitch, Tony Palmieri RBI 1b scores Leblanc, Brian Maguire fielders choice scores Fairney Dave Brownhill RBI 1b scores Palmieri
B4 Storm Scott Wasson 1b, Aaron Gould reaches on an error, Cody Skelton 2-RBI 2b
T5 Jake Taylor 1b, Craig Buttar reached on a fielders choice, Jodie Schnarr RBI 1b scores Taylor, Evans RBI 1b scores Buttar
T7 Force Schnarr 1b, Leblanc 1b, Ian Knott in to pitch for Storm, Brian Maguire RBI 1b scores Schnarr, Terry Eaton RBI 1b scores Leblanc
Sunday 11 am
Gm 15
Cobourg Force 9
Toronto Gators 2 – 5 innings
WP Jeff Murphy 5 innings 2 runs both earned 3 hits 11Ks 1BB
LP Tom Berube 5 innings 9 runs 6 earned 8 hits 4Ks
T2 Gators Tom Berube 1b, advanced on a wild pitch, Mike Smulevitch RBI 1b
B3 Force Brian Maguire 1b, advanced on a wild pitch, Jake Taylor RBI 1b, Craig Buttar 1b, Jodie Schnarr RBI 1b scores Taylor, Scott Leblanc 2-RBI 2b scores Buttar, Schnarr, Tony Palmieri RBI 1b scores Leblanc, Sam Forbes RBI 1b scores Palmieri
T5 Gators Ray Carr BB, advances on a wild pitch, Joel Grossman RBI 1b,
B5 Craig Buttar reached on error, Jodie Schnarr reached on error, Scott Leblanc reached on an error, Buttar scored, Schnarr scored on a passed ball, Palmieri RBI 1b scores Leblanc
Gm 16
Cobourg Force 4
Donnacona Blue Sox 1
WP Jeff Murphy 7 innings 1 run
LP Francis Leclair 7 innings 4 runs
T1 Force Dave Brownhill BB Craig Buttar 1b Jodie Schnarr RBI 1b, Scott Leblanc RBI 1b
T3 Force Jake Taylor 1b Jodie Schnarr RBI 3b
B3 Blue Sox Mathieu Lessard reached on a fielders choice, sac’ed to 2nd, Mathieu Roy RBI 1b
T7 Craig Buttar BB, sac’d 2nd, Scott Leblanc 1b, Tony Palmieri sac fly RBI scores Buttar
Cobourg wins a paid berth + travel money for the 2010 ISC World Tournament.
Donnacona wins a berth.
Thanks to Kyle Smith for this report.
Game 13
Alvinston Indians – 3
Kitchener Outlaws – 1
WP – Shaun Winship in relief of Brad Young
LP – Mel Ross
Alvinston – Chris Drew 2 singles
Ryan Swift – single in the bottom of the 6th to drive in game winning run
Kitchener – Tim Dubois 2 singles and scored a run
Derek Martin – 2 singles
Game 14
Hickson Reds – 5
Ingersoll Crush – 0
WP – Mark VanVliet – 4 hit shut out with 4 strikeouts (goes the distance)
LP – Todd Winkworth
Hickson – Adam Fishback Solo Homerun in the bottom of the 4th GWRun
Sean McLaren – 2 – 3 single,double
Game 15
Kitchener Outlaws – 4
Hickson Reds – 2
WP – Mel Ross 7IP 2R 6H 4K 1BB
LP – Mark VanVliet – 1 2/3IP 3R 4H 1K 1BB
Tim Yantzi in relief – 5 1/3IP 1R 4H 4K 2BB
Kitchener – Jim Culling solo homerun in the top 6 makes it 4 – 2
Tim Dubois – 2/3 – single, double, walk
Derek Martin – GW RBI double in 2nd
Hickson –
Sean McLaren 2/3 – 2RBI
Jeff Rowell – triple and a run scored
Gm 16
Alvinston – 8
Kitchener – 0
WP – Shaun Winship – 5IP 0R 5H 5K
LP – Ryan Shannon – 4IP 8R 5ER 10H 1K 3BB
Alvinston –
Ryan Swift – 2-3 – single and double
Rowan Lam – 2-2 – 2 singles and a walk
Ryan Chapman – 2-3 – 2 singles
Kitchener –
Brent Kron – 2-2 2 singles
Kevin Hurley – 2-2 2 singles
Joe Triest tripled to lead off the bottom of the 1st – Chris Drew than had a sac fly to score the winning run.
Alvinston wins a paid berth + travel money to the ISC World Tournament
Kitchener Outlaws win a berth
A few web pics of the action at the California Classic at Santee, California, by Maddy.
More Cal Classic photos for you to enjoy, courtesy of Jimmy Sanchez. It’s a “Snapfish.com” album, so quick email sign-up required, but there are 80 pics waiting, just beyond the registration. Thanks, Jimmy.
Ron Mizener, of Rude Pac, Sun Valley, CA (photo by Jimmy Sanchez)
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