Teeters Homers for Come-from-Behind Win
Lumberkings centerfielder Brian Teeters delivered once again when it counted most, hitting an opposite field, two run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, to give his team a come-from-behind 2-1 semi-final win over the previously unbeaten Knights. The home run catapulted the Lumberkings into their second ISC II championship game in two years, where they will take on the Waterdown Hammer team from Ontario, Canada.
Lumberking Mike Egerdeen turned in his finest performance of the 2008 ISC II tournament, an 11 strikeout, 3-hitter, going the distance for the win. Egerdeen had only one mistake in the game, surrendering a fourth inning solo home run to straight-a-way center to first baseman Dave Lohman. Until the Teeters home run, it appeared that the performance might go for naught, but the Lumberkings have shown remarkable resiliency, with three of the five wins in a row coming in their final at bat.
The Lumberkings advance to the championship game for the second consecutive year. They lost last year’s title tilt to TNT of South Lebanon, Pennsylvania. TNT was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by another California team, the River City Rockers of Sacramento. In 2008, they will face Waterdown Hammer of Ontario, Canada, the first time the ISC II has had a USA-Canadian final since its inaugural year in 2002. The finals in 2003 through 2006 were all Ontario affairs, while the 2007 championship was an all USA match-up.