[Alsfastball] Centennials take first two games at Canadians

[Al Doran]

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:15:03 -0600
From: "Mike Obrien" <mobrien at canadianwealth.com>
To: <fastball at pmihrm.com>
Subject: Centennials take first two games at Canadians


Centennials take first two games at Canadians

Monday August 29, 2005
By Rob Ross
Times-Journal staff

Instead of a perfect diamond, Trevor Wardell gave his wife Lisa 
something more rare for her birthday.
The St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials pitcher worked a perfect game in 
an 11-0 mercy in five innings over the Quebec Eastmain Fireballs at 
the 2005 Canadian Senior men's fastball championships Sunday at the 
Douglas Tarry Complex Sunday night.
"A little present for her," said Wardell. "I couldn't take her 
anywhere so I took her to the ball park."
Lisa watched her husband strike out eight of 15 batters.
"It was a good game. I just hit my spots," Wardell said. "I felt good 
going in and after the first inning I felt pretty loose. Three 
strikeouts in the first was a good start and I continued from there."
The Eastmain Fireballs, from near James Bay, were overmatched facing 
a team with seven players with Canadian National team experience.
"They're a young team, a new team," Wardell said. "They don't play 
the competition we have here in Ontario. It's good for them to come 
here and get the experience."
Rob O'Brien led the Centennials' 14-hit attack with a single, double 
and triple, drew one walk and scored three times.
"It was a fun game," O'Brien said. "We had an objective to do and we 
went out and hit the ball early and got a three run lead. We hit the 
pitches right through. A lot of guys had hits and I was fortunate to 
have three."
Jeff Seed, Ryan Wolfe and Tyler Lessard each had two hits and two 
RBIs. Mike Taylor, Rob O'Brien, Craig Crawford and Kevin Lynch also 
drove in runs.
Chris Payne chipped in with a pair of hits and Crawford scored twice.
Quebec's Ray Shanoush took the loss, allowing 11 runs, seven earned, 
on 13 hits and one walk over four innings.
St. Thomas improved to 2-0 with a pair of shutout wins.
"We're getting everybody together and the boys are starting to gel 
and hopefully by the end of the week we'll be all together," Wardell said.
Rob O'Brien gets the call to pitch for the Centennials in their 2 
p.m. game today against the Mulgrave Eagles from Nova Scotia.
"We haven't given up a hit yet, so a lot of pressure on me (today)," 
O'Brien said. "Things are working well but it's still early in the week."
Nova Scotia also owns a 2-0 record after beating the P.E.I. Kinkora 
Hitmen 9-2 and Vancouver Grey Sox 3-1.


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