[Alsfastball] McElroy proves too much for Lightning

[Al Doran]

From: "Todd Hamblin" <todd.hamblin at sympatico.ca>
To: <fastball at pmihrm.com>
Subject: McElroy proves too much for Lightning
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 02:58:48 -0400


Bradford ON

Will McElroy and a few mental errors was all it took for the Bradford Sox 
to eliminate the Lake Simcoe Lightning from contention in OCDSA playoff 
action. The Lake Simcoe Lightning started off on the right note with a lead 
off homerun by first basemen John Zeiger, taking  Bradford pitcher Brad 
Bricknell deep in the top of the first. Bradford came back in their half of 
the first tying the game at 1 until the Lightning came up in the top of the 
third when John Zeiger, again leading off took a Bricknell offering over 
the fence in left for another lead off homerun. Later that same inning 
Shortstop Todd Hamblin sent a double to center and was scored when Jeff 
Hanson sent a ball to left field, making the score 3-1 Lightning. The next 
inning the Lightning made what they thought was a proper change only to be 
told that the batter they sent to the plate Brad Copping was deemed 
ineligible. Center fielder Al Cox who Copping was supposed to replace and 
had changed his footwear and had left the game was sent back into the game 
following the umpires ruling only to be the recipient of a fly ball which 
he made an error on sending the leadoff batter to third. The runner later 
scored on a John Kemp double. After striking out the next batter, Lighting 
Pitcher Ricky May gave up a two run home run to Will McElroy to make the 
score 4-3. This obviously left the Lake Simcoe team shaken and they were 
unable to come back, The Sox added an insurance run when John Kemp was 
cashed in from third on a McElroy sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth. 
Bradford's Brad Bricknell went the distance for the win, while Ricky May 
also pitched a complete game only to be saddled with the loss. Final score 
was Bradford five Lake Simcoe 3 with Bradford taking the best of 3 series 
two games to one. Bradford next faces the Claremont Rebels in the 
Semi-finals of the OCDSA Playoffs.

From: "Todd Hamblin" <todd.hamblin at sympatico.ca>

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