Niagara comes up short at ISC Travel League Playoff Tournament

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Received: 7/31/06 10:55:24 AM 
From:  "Perry Bartley" <misterpaulo(at)hotmail.com> 

  
Subject:  Niagara comes up short at ISC Travel League Playoff
Tournament  
 

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July 29-30, 2006

Orillia, ON

The Niagara Snappers headed north this past weekend to participate
in the 
ISC Travel League of Eastern Canada Playoff Tournament. With
a berth on the 
line to the 2007 ISC World Tournament for ISC teams only, Niagara

(Intermediate team) was there simply for the experience. The
playoff 
tournament marked an end to the Snappers ISC season. With a regular
season 
record of 10 wins 13 losses and 1 tie the Snappers finished the
season in 
5th place. For the purpose of the playoff tournament, Niagara
is the 4th 
seed with Kitchener not participating due to already having an
automatic 
berth as next years World Tournament host.

Game 1:
Niagara’s opening game was against the 5th seed, Ohsweken Redmen.
Ohsweken 
opened the scoring with a run in the first on a Norm Logan double
that 
scored Mike Joseph who reached on a two out double. The Redmen
added to 
their lead in the 3rd when Logan singled to score Calvin Miller,
who 
extended the inning with a key two out double. Niagara got on
the board in 
their half of the 3rd when Mike Bateman led off the inning with
a single. 
Bateman was pushed over by a Todd Dawdy sacrifice bunt and then
scored on a 
Perry Bartley single. The Redmen answered once again with some
2 out magic 
in the top of the 5th. With two outs, Miller doubled and scored
on a Logan 
single, giving Logan 3 RBI’s for the game.

The two run lead was short lived for the Redmen, as Niagara would
continue 
to chip away at the lead. In the bottom of the 5th, Jim Wilson
led off the 
inning with a hard triple to left. Kevin Newhouse promptly smacked
a fly 
ball to centre to score Wilson who tagged up from third. In the
bottom of 
the 6th, the Snappers got another on an inside the park homerun
by Trevor 
Falk. With the game tied at 3, Niagara would add another run
in the bottom 
of the 7th when Wilson got the ball rolling again with a lead
off single and 
later scored on a Peter Dobbin RBI single to right.

Niagara 4
Ohsweken 3
WP: Byron Demoe – 5IP, 1R, 5H, 2BB, 6K’s – in relief of Mike
Bateman
LP: Mike Joseph – 7IP, 4R, 7H, 1BB, 6K’s

Game 2:
With an opening round win the Snappers would next face the host
and eventual 
winner, Orillia Riversharks. The Riversharks didn’t waste time
as the 
pounced early and often with 4 runs in the first, 1 in the second
and 2 more 
in the third to cruise to a 7-1 mercy shortened game. Niagara
starter, Byron 
Demoe was tagged with the loss as the Orillia bats took advantage
of 6 base 
on balls with some timely hitting. Pat Graham and Pat McIntosh
lead the 
Orillia attack with two hits each and Dwayne McKenzie had two
RBI’s.

Orillia starter, Rob O’Brien held Niagara’s hitters in check
all game 
allowing only two hits over 5 innings of work.

Orillia 7
Niagara 1 (5-inning mercy)
WP: Rob O’Brien – 5IP, 1R, 2H, 6K’s, 2BB’s
LP: Byron Demoe – 3IP, 7R, 6H, 1K, 6BB’s – Perry Bartley in relief
in the 
4th.

Game 3:
With a 1-1 record Niagara's third contest in the double knockout
would be 
against the 3rd seed, Innerkip Eagles. Innerkip’s bats were red
hot in this 
game as they would score in every inning but the 4th in this
6-inning mercy 
shortened game. Perry Bartley took the mound for the Snappers
and was the 
victim of a Mike Pullin two run HR in the first and then another
HR by 
Pullin in the 2nd, this time a three run bomb. That was all the
Eagles would 
need, as Niagara would only be able to score 4 runs over 6 innings.
Jay 
Paylove came on in relief for the weary Snappers but the Eagles
would 
continue to bat around for an eventual 12-4 win. Trevor Falk
continued to 
swing a hot bat going 2-2 with a HR, single and a walk. Innerkips’
Mike 
Pullin would finish the game with 2 HR's and 5 RBI’S. Tony Lisk
went deep 
with a HR in the 2nd and a single in the third for two RBI’s.

Innerkip 12
Niagara 4 (6-inning mercy)
WP: Dan Skillings – 4R, 7H, 4K’s, 4BB’s – Jamie Simpson in relief
in the 
5th.
LP: Perry Bartley – 2IP, 6R, 5H, 1K, 1BB – Jay Paylove in relief
in the 3rd.


NOTES:
With their second loss, that put a period on the 2006 ISC Travel
League 
Season for the Niagara Snappers. The Snappers would like to thank
Colin 
Smith and the rest of the league executive for a fine season
of fastball. 
The grounds crew at Kitchener Park in Orillia did a great job
at getting the 
diamonds back in game shape after some torrential downpours on
the Saturday 
afternoon. Good job folks.

Congratulations to the Orillia Riversharks for a job well done.
Lastly I 
would personally like to thank Gordy Scott and the Palermo fellas
who 
stopped to help me after I blew a tire on HWY 400 while heading
up to 
Orillia on Saturday morning. Here in Niagara, we hold a saying
dear to our 
hearts specific to our team and the game we play. The saying
is: “Good 
guys…Great Game.” It is safe to say that there are allot of good
guys out 
there who play this great game and Gordy and the Palermo gang
proved just 
that. Thanks again.

Perry Bartley
Niagara Snappers
misterpaulo(at)hotmail.com
 

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