[Alsfastball] Quaker Wins Pa. Invitational Tournament

[Al Doran]

From: "Mike Fulton" <gotti at ccomm.com>
To: "Al Doran" <fastball at pmihrm.com>
Subject: Quaker Wins Pa. Invitational Tournament
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:20:46 -0400
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QUAKER WINS KEATING’S TOURNAMENT
August 1, 2004

             The Quaker Riversharks, (Ranked 27th, ISC) captured the 
Keating’s Fitness Center sponsored 2004 Pa. Invitational Tournament with a 
perfect 7-0 record. The tournament had almost perfect weather all weekend 
except for a heavy downpour Saturday evening into the early morning hours 
Sunday. Sunday’s games were suppose to start at 9:00AM but had to be backed 
up till 11:00AM. The main field was practically under water, but with a lot 
of hard work by the very competent ground crew at the Lyons Softball 
Complex, the games were underway by 11:00AM.

             In the Championship Game vs. the Orr Park Knights from 
Orville, Ohio, Quaker scored a single run in the 1st followed by 3 in the 
3rd then put the game away with 2 in the 4th inning. Orr Park (Ranked 4th, 
ISC II) avoided the shutout by pushing across 1 in the 7th.

             Quaker’s Reno Lato, the tournament’s Most Valuable Pitcher, 
threw the complete game victory in Quaker’s 6-1 Championship Game. Lato 
(3-0) allowed 4 hits while striking out 6 and walking 3. In the tournament 
Lato pitched 20 innings, gave up 17 hits, struck out 23 batters, walked 7, 
and had an ERA of 1.75.

             Offensively for the Riversharks, from Lebanon, Pa., D.P. Frank 
DeGroat was 2 for 3 with a double, a single and 2 RBI’s. Paul Batt and Mike 
Smith had 2 singles each. Walt Evans was 1 for 1 with a double.

             1st Baseman Todd Moyer from the Championship Quaker team was 
voted the Most Valuable Player in the tournament. Moyer was 5 for 12 with a 
.417 batting average. He had 1 home run, 4 singles, and had 6 RBI’s.

             Orr Park was led offensively by Scott Robinson with a double 
and an RBI. Rob Hartzler, Shane Queer, Jason Whiteley, and Rick Yoder all 
singled.

             The tournament’s Batting Champion was 1st Baseman Chad Walters 
from the Armour – Rise team. Walters was 7 for 13 with a .538 batting 
average. He had a triple, 3 doubles, 3 singles, 3 RBI’s, and walked twice.

             In the Consolation Game host team Keating’s Fitness Center 
defeated Landis Markets, from Telford, Pa., 1-0. Dave Stokes fired a 3 hit 
shutout to preserve the win for Keating’s. Stokes struck out 12 and walked 
1. Shortstop Dave Martin started the winning rally for Keating’s in the 4th 
inning with a leadoff walk. He was sacrificed to 2nd by Frank Keating Jr. 
Mark Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center field scoring Martin from 2nd base 
with the only run of the game. Dan Loney, Mark Smith, and Dave Stokes all 
singled for Keating’s.

             For Landis, Brian Arnold, losing pitcher Troy Hertzler, and 
Craig Wolfinger all singled.




                                       Mike Fulton
                                              <mailto:gotti at ccomm.com>gotti at ccomm.com 



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