Marcus Tan Leads the Way Once Again
The Taylor Farms Lumberkings from California won their fifth game Wednesday morning, a 3-1 win over Team Easton Thunder of Ottawa, Canada, to advance to the Final Four at the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions. Young 23-year-old second baseman Marcus Tan started off the game with an inside the park home run, for a lead the Lumberkings would never surrendered. Jeff Twist reached base after a strike out pass ball, and came around to score the second run. Ottawa trimmed the lead to 2-1 on an unearned run, though the Lumberkings added a key insurance run in the 6th on a Marcus Tan sacrifice fly. Centerfielder Brian Teeters made a game saving catch in the bottom of the 6th on a long gap shot with a man aboard.
The Lumberkings advance to a semi-final game against the unbeaten New York Knights.