Vancouver, B.C. –
The Vancouver Grey Sox defeated Prince George Black Bears in 4 entertaining ball games before good crowds at South Memorial Park on the May 13-14 weekend. The fans were treated to some great offence against top level pitching, and the weather was spectacular – sunny and well over 70 degrees . Final scores were 5-0 and 3-2 for the Grey Sox on Saturday, 12-6 and 6-2 on Sunday.
Game 1 (May 13) R H E
Prince George 000 000 0 0 3 1
Vancouver 203 000 5 8 3
W.P. Nick Underhill and Brian Banner
L.P. Collin McKenzie, Dan Valachy (4), Norm Linton (6) and Chad Ghostkeeper
Grey Sox were led by: CF Scott Newitt (2 Run inside the park HR);D.P. Gerry
Kennedy – 1/3 with 2RBI’s; LF Jeff Kawaguchi – 1/3, RBI triple;1B Derek
Mayson – 1/2, 2BB’s;3B Dan Whiteford- 2/4.
Game 2 (May 13) R H E
Prince George 100 001 0 2 3 0
Vancouver 001 020 3 5 1
W.P. Rick Smith and Kris Waverick
L.P. Ryan Brand and Chad Ghostkeeper
Grey Sox: 1B Gerry Kennedy – 1/3, 2RBI dble; D.P. Derek Mayson – 1/2, 1RBI;
CF Scott Newitt – 1/2, 1BB
Game 3 (May 14) R H E
Prince George 032 001 0 6 10 2
Vancouver 305 004 12 15 0
W.P. Nick Underhill and Brian Banner
L.P. Ryan Brand, Dan Valachy (3), Norm Linton (6) and Chad Ghostkeeper
For the Grey Sox, LF Jeff Kawaguchi was 3/4 with a HR and 4 RBI’s, RF Derek
Mayson was also 3/4 and drove in 2 runs, 2B Dan Whiteford was 2/4 with an
RBI CF Scott Newitt was 2/4 with 2 RBI’s, and 1B Gerry Kennedy was 2/3.
Prince George was led by RF Jason Fulton who was 2/4 with 4 RBI’s, while C
Chad Ghostkeeper, 3B Glenn Ormsby, and DP Doug Cain were all 2/4.
Game 4 (May 14) R H E
Prince George 002 000 0 2 4 0
Vancouver 210 300 6 10 3
W.P. Rick Smith, Underhill (5) and Kris Waverick
L.P. Collin McKenzie, Brand (4) and Jason Fulton, Ghostkeeper (4)
The Sox offence was keyed by 2B Trevor Johnstone’s 3/3, 1 RBI performance.
RF Sean Cameron was 2/3 with an RBI. C Brian Banner was 1/2 with 2 RBI’s and
a BB. Derek Mayson was 1/2 to complete a torrid weekend during which he
batted .600.
For Prince George, Evan Potskin had a 2R HR.
The Grey Sox, 10-0 to start the season, are off next weekend. 6 players
(pitchers Underhill and Smith, infielders Johnstone and Schellenberg, OF
Newitt, and versatile Derek Mayson) will attend the Canadian National Team
Selection Camp in Kitchener, Ont.
The Grey Sox will then visit P.G. for a 4 game set May 27-28.
Conrad Margolis
Vancouver Grey Sox