First Ever California Challenge All Star Series Does Indeed End with a Twist*
After trading 6-5 wins, the North and South All Stars squared off in a deciding game 3 on Sunday morning at 10am. At the end of regulation, the two teams were tied, 1-1. With the international tie breaker in effect, the North failed to score in the top of the 8th. In the bottom of the 7th, Shawn Mandolesi took a spot at second base. With a flair for the dramatic, South Catcher Jeff Twist (California Lumberkings) stroked an RBI single for the game winner. Key to the South’s win was getting out of two bases-loaded-nobody out jams. In the 4th it was Mark Bennett, while in the top of the 8th, it was eventual winning pitcher, Travis Price.
WP-Travis Price (4) in relief of Mark Bennett;
LP-Tony Peeples
HR-Paul Rosebush (The Farm), South.
*As part of the “Pick-the-Winner Poll” at Fastpitch, voters could also post comments. One proved to be Nostradamus-like with this one:
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Click here for our 2005 Red Rock tournament recap “Red Rock Ends with a Twist”, for earlier heroics from the bat of Jeff Twist, which appeared in Softball Magazine. This time, Twist and Travis Price were teammates.