CT in Eau Claire

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Received: 6/26/06 8:16:02 PM 
From:  zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com 

   
Subject:  CT in Eau Claire  
   

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June 23-25
Eau Claire, WI


The Circle Tap Fastpitch team ventured to Eau Claire for the
40th annual
Eau Claire Classic. The weather was nice Friday night and good
portion of
Saturday and then the rains came. And it rained and rained and
rained,
pretty much not stop. Our two games on Sunday were played in
a constant
rain, highly uncomfortable for all. Stu Taylor and the EC people
did a
good job of accomodating and commuicating the situation. The
diamonds
took a tremendous amount of water but were still very much playable.
The
CT team managed to go 2-2(12-11 overall). CT was without Mike
Roberts,
Jeff Wartman, Matt Bramwell, and Bryan Hansen. A very big thank
you goes
out to Adam Folkard for helping us out this weekend.

Game 1 9PM Friday
#13 Circle Tap 6 #9 Kegel Black Knights 0
CT 6 8 0
KB 0 3 0
CT handed the ball to young pickup from Patsy's, Adam Folkard.
That was
the story of the night. He got the ball and threw bullets. Rise
ball
jumping and drop ball diving enroute to 16K's against a very
potent Kegel
lineup. CT grabbed a lead in the top of the first on a solo blast
by
Kevin Reichardt. Jess Ellestad and Chris Delarwelle drew walks
to start
off the 3rd with walks and advanced on a stolen base and a couple
passed
balls and scored on a couple fielder's choice ground outs. Ellestad
led
off the 5th with a base hit and would later score on a Kyle Magnusson
base
hit. In the 7th Chris Delarwelle drew another walk and Kyle Magnusson
followed with a two run shot.
WP:Adam Folkard 3H 16K 0BB
LP:Darcy Byrne with relief from Steve Langley

Game 2 2PM Saturday
#13 Circle Tap 2 County Materials 6
CM 6 9 0
CT 2 3 2
County's Jeff Goolagong led off the game with a walk followed
by a Nathan
Nukunuku base hit. Goolagong would later score on an error. The
Tappers
evened the score in the bottom half as Jess Ellestad led off
with a walk
followed by a Delarwelle double and with one out Don Garvey's
sac fly
evened the score 1-1. County made it a 2-1 game in the 3rd on
a Patrick
Shannon solo shot. They extended the lead to 3-1 in the 4th as
Zenon
Winters led off with a base hit and would later score on a two
out base
hit by Goolagong. County took a 5-1 lead on a two run shot by
Thomas
Makea in the 5th. CT made it a 5-2 game in the bottom of the
5th as Todd
Malnory and Kevin Reichardt earned back to back walks and with
two out
Jess Ellestad picked up an RBI base hit scoring Malnory, Reichardt
was
gunned down at the plate also trying to score. County got their
final run
as Nukunuku reached on a two out error and scored on a Makea
base hit.
WP:Andrew Kirkpatrick 3H 11K 4BB
LP:Collin McKenzie 9H 7K 4BB

Game 3 10AM Sunday(was scheduled for 10PM Saturday)
#13 Circle Tap 9 #20 MinnDak Millers 0 5innings
MM 0 4 0
CT 9 7 1
This was a rematch of the Grafmeier semi-final in which CT came
away with
a 1-0 win and started off exactly the same way as Chris Delarwelle
hit a
two out bomb to give CT a 1-0 advantage. There was a steady rain
going as
the game started. The score would remain 1-0 until the bottom
of the 3rd
as Darren Derricks led off with a walk Jamie Knudson sacrifice
bunted but
reached as the throw went to 2nd and Derricks was ruled safe.
Jess
Ellestad then walked. Kyle Magnusson stepped to the plate and
with a 1-0
count the umpires ruled for rain delay. About 45 minutes later
Magnusson
stepped back up to the plate and would eventually deliver a grand
slam to
give CT a 5-0 lead. Chris Delarwelle followed with a double and
with two
out Todd Malnory took one out of the yard for a 7-0 lead. In
the 4th Jess
Ellestad hit a solo shot down the left field line. Magnusson
followed
with a double and scored on a Don Garvey double. Magnusson 2x3
HR, 2B
4RBI, Delarwelle 2x3 HR, 2B
WP:Adam Folkard 4H 5K 3BB
LP:Rob Schweyer, Sisko Sebate(3rd)

Game 4 Noon Sunday(1:15)
#13 Circle Tap 2 #9 Kegel Black Knights 8
KB 8 11 1
CT 2 4 2
CT would take an early 1-0 advantage in the bottom of the 1st
as Kyle
Magnusson stayed hot hitting another home run. Kegel evened the
score as
Jim Harms hit a solo shot in the top of the 2nd. CT went in front
2-1 as
Tom Crouch led off with a base hit, with one out Kevin Reichardt
reached
on a fielder's choice advanced to 3rd on a stolen base and passed
ball and
scored on a Darren Derricks base hit. Adam Folkard started the
game and
went 3 strong before he had to jump on a plane back home. Collin
McKenzie
came on in relief in the 4th. kegel evened the score back up
at 2 on a
Tim Macumber solo shot. It would remain 2-2 until the 6th when
the Kegel
offense, which had been kept pretty much in check in the first
two
meetings,
exploded. 7 hits in the final two innings, mix in and error and
it's an
out of hand 8-2 game.
WP:Tim Macumber 4H 6K
LP:Collin McKenzie(4th)4IP 9H 5K 2BB in relief of Folkard 3IP
2H 3K 0BB

Circle Tap will next be in action July 7-9 when it hosts the
6th annual
Boys of Summer Open tournament featuring 16 of the world's best
fastpitch
teams. Schedule can be found on our website
www.circletap.minnesotafastpitch.com

Zakk
CT Fastpitch
zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com
 

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