Orillia River Sharks in Woodstock

[Al Doran]

Received: 6/7/06 11:14:29 AM 
From:  "Paul Barnetson" <PBarnetson at city.orillia.on.ca> 
   
Subject:  Orillia River Sharks in Woodstock  
   

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June 2 – 4

Woodstock, ON

 

After many years ofinvolvement in this great game of fastball,
as a tournament director,scorekeeper, volunteer and most of all
a fan, I am really excited about my newrole with the Orillia
River Sharks.  I have been looking forward to thisweekend in
Woodstock since the middle of this pastwinter.

 

For the first time,the Orillia Quaker River Sharks took to the
field as a team to see if theycould get and work together as
a team.  The players did not disappoint, as theyworked together,
picked each other up and at the end of their first weekend ofplay,
they were the last team standing.

 

Prior to gettinginto the game reports I must give a big thank
you to Larry Lynch, ChuckHendricks and their entire crew for
all the hard work they put into organizing thetournament and
making sure things ran smooth.  For anyone that wasn’t in Woodstock
on theweekend, the amount of rain that came down on Saturday
was enough to givenightmares to any tournament director.  Yet,
Larry, Chuck and their crew handledeverything efficiently and
professionally and did everything they could to makesure teams
got to play ball and there was a winner declared on Sunday. 


 

The work of thediamond crew was amazing.  I was back at the diamond
Saturday evening and therehad to be 6 inches of standing water
on the infields.  I have to admit thatafter having been in that
position myself in the past, I was real confidentthat we would
even be able to play ball on Sunday.  The diamond crew must haveworked
through the night because not only were the fields playable on
Sundaymorning, they were in great shape and they held up through
all the games onSunday.  Once again, thanks to Larry, Chuck and
their entire crew for a greatweekend.

 

Game1       -           Friday – 9:00 PM

# 4 - Orillia River Sharks (10)         vs.       #17 - Innerkip
Bright Cheese Eagles (0)       5 innings

 

Innerkip          0-   6   - 1

Orillia           10– 14 – 1

Michael White got thestart in the River Sharks first game and
he pitched very strong in his firststart of the season.  The
Sharks bats came alive in the bottom of the 1st inningand before
the inning was over they had scored 3 runs.  Ian Fehrman got
thingsstarted with a leadoff single, Fehrmen moved to 2nd on
a walk toAndy Jackson.  Fehrman scored on a single by Rob O’Brien.
 Pat Mackintoshthen hit a single that scored Jackson before Pat
gotcalled out in a rundown before 1st and 2nd.  In thebottom
of the 2nd inning the Sharks picked up right where they leftoff.
 Steve Mullaley, Sean O’Brien, Fehrmen and Rob O’Brien all hadbase
hits, while Pat Graham and Andy Jackson got on base with walks.
 At theend of the 2nd inning the Sharks had added 3 more runs.
 In the 3rdinning the Sharks added 3 more hits by Mullaley, Loney
and Fehrman, and 2 moreruns.  In the bottom of the 4th had 3
more base hits by Rhys Casley,Mullaley and Loney, as well as
a 2-run homerun by Mackintosh.  All in all, avery good start
for the new Orillia Quaker RiverSharks.

WP: Michael White - 5IP –6H – 0R - 0BB – 8K

LP: Jamie Simpson –3IP – 10H – 8R – 3BB – 4K   -  Jeremy DeBelleville
–1IP – 4H – 2R – 1BB – 2K

 

Game# 2    -           Sunday – 11:00 AM

# 4 – Orillia RiverSharks (6)          vs.       ISC II #3 –
Elmira Cubs (5)     8 innings

 

Elmira          5 –7 – 1

Orillia           6– 9 – 1

The Elmira Cubsstarted this game very strong by 3 runs in the
top half of the 1st inningon the strength of a 3-run homerun
by Grovum.  The Sharks came to plate in thebottom of the 1st
inning trailing by 3 runs and they managed to get1 back.  Fehrman
and Graham both grounded out, Jackson got on baseby a throwing
error, R. O’Brien hit a triple to score Jackson and Casleystruck
out to end the inning. After a rough 1st inning, Michael White
has settled in and is keeping the Elmira batters offbalance.
 In the bottom of the 2nd Mackintosh got things startedwith a
leadoff single, moved to 2nd on a fly ball be Mullaley andscored
on Sean O’Brien’s double.  In the bottom of the 3rdthe Sharks
get another run back on a leadoff walk to Graham, he advanced
to 2ndon a sacrifice by Jackson and scored on asingle by Casley.
 The bottom of the 4th saw the Sharks take thelead for the first
time in the game with a long leadoff homerun by SteveMullaley.
 Both pitchers continued to keep the hitters off-balance until
thetop of the 6th when White gave up a homerun to Thompson (Elmira).
 At theend of 7 innings the game is all tied up at 4 – 4 and
we are heading toextra innings.  In the top of the 8th inning,
with Rob O’Brienin to pitch for the Sharks, Elmira player, Guyscherhits
a leadoff homerun to take the lead for Elmira.  Aftergiving up
a triple, O’Brien successfully gets out of the inning withoutgiving
up anymore runs.  The bottom of the 8th inning and thepressure
is on the Sharks batters to come through.  Rob O’Brien leads
offthe inning with a single, Steffen Walma goes in to run for
O’Brien, Casleysingles, Mackintosh moves the runners over with
a bunt down the 3rd baseline, Mullaley hits a sharp single to
score both runners.  Sharks win and moveon to play Hefflin.

WP: Rob O’Brien– 1IP – 2H – 1R – 1BB – 2K  -  Michael White -
7IP –5H – 4R - 0BB – 5K

LP: D. Bradley –8IP – 9H – 6R – 2BB – 2K   

 

Game# 3    -           Sunday – 1:00 PM

# 4 – Orillia RiverSharks (4)          vs.       #12 – Hefflin
Gremlins (1)       10 innings

 

Orillia           4– 11 – 0

Hefflin          1 –4 – 0

This game was apitchers duel from the very beginning and both
teams starters pitched very well. Both pitchers bent but they
wouldn’t break and they got the outs whenthey needed them.  Hefflin
scored their only run of the game in the bottom ofthe 1st inning
with Miller getting on-base with a leadoff walk,stole 2nd and
then scored on Leonardo single.  Hefflin’sleadoff run looked
like it might hold up throughout the game with the way the pitcherswere
throwing the ball but on the Sharks bench they are already adopting
a “neversay die” attitude.  Mullaley got things started in the
top of the 7thinning with a leadoff single, he advanced to 2nd
on a sacrifice buntby S. O’Brien, Loney hit a fly ball to left
field for the 2nd outof the inning, Fehrman hit single to score
Mullaley to tie the game.  Onceagain the Sharks are heading to
extra innings to decide a game.  Through the 8thand 9th innings
both pitchers continued their dominance.  In the topof the 10th
inning the Sharks were finally able to break through atthe plate.
 S. O’Brien is on 2nd base as a result of theInternational Tie-breaking
rule, Walma goes in to pinch run, Walma moves to 2ndon a sacrifice
by Loney, Fehrman gets to 1st after being hit by apitch, Graham
hits a sac fly to move the runners, Jackson walks to load up
thebases.  Rob O’Brien hits a single to score 2 runs; Bob Nydick
goes in torun for R. O’Brien, Casley hits a single to score Jackson
and theSharks are up by three.  The Sharks are able to hold off
Hefflin in the bottomof the 10th inning and they will now move
on to the Championshipgame against Patsy’s.

WP: Rob O’Brien– 1IP – 1H – 0R – 0BB – 1K  -  Frank Cox - 9IP
–3H – 1R - 8BB – 12K

LP: B. Urqhart –9.2IP – 11H – 4R – 3BB – 1K  -  Paul Algar –
0.1IP– 1H – 0R – 0BB – 0K

 

   

Game# 4    -           Sunday – 4:00 PM –Championship 

# 4 – Orillia RiverSharks (7)          vs.       #5 – Patsy’s
of New York (0)  5innings

 

Patsy’s        0– 1 – 0

Orillia           7– 6 – 1

The game started offas a real pitchers duel between Muzelaar
(Patsy’s) and R. O’Brien(Orillia) as all either team could muster
was 1 baserunner through the first 2 ½innings of play.  In the
bottom of the 3rd inning the Sharks batscame alive as S. O’Brien
got things started with a single, Walma went into pinch run for
O’Brien: Loney followed that up with another single andthen Ian
Fehrman hit a big 3-run homerun that actually landed in the pondbeyond
the right field fence.  The Sharks added 2 more runs in the bottom
ofthe 4th inning with R. O’Brien getting a leadoff walk, BobNydick
went in to run for O’Brien and Rhys Casley hit a 2-run homerunover
the centre field fence.  The Sharks kept things going in the
bottom of the5th inning with Fehrman getting a leadoff walk and
following Grahampop-up to the catcher Andy Jackson hit a 2-run
homerun into the net in leftfield to end the game


All-in-all a goodstart for the Orillia Quaker River Sharks but
it wouldn’t have happenedwithout all the hard work that Larry,
Chuck and their entire crew put into thetournament.  Once again,
we want to thank all the volunteers that worked sohard to make
the tournament work.

 

Next up for theRiver Sharks is a league weekend, June 9 - 11
in Orillia against theInnerkip Eagles and the Jarvis Merchants.
 Games will start at 7:00 PM against Innerkipand the same two
teams will play Saturday morning at 10:00 AM.  TheJarvis Merchants
will then come in to play the Sharks at 7:00 PM Saturdayevening
and again at 10:00 AM Sunday morning. All the games will be played
at the Rama ball diamond, located across the roadfrom Casino
Rama.

 

 

Paul Barnetson
Orillia Quaker River Sharks
pmbarney(at)rogers.com
http://www.quakerriversharks.com



 

 

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