Tribe Results From Meaford

Mon Jul 31 14:19:19 EDT 2006

Received: 7/31/06 11:07:20 AM 
From:  "Michael Kelly" <kellymikej(at)hotmail.com> 

Subject:  Tribe Results From Meaford  

MEAFORD, ON

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Tribe Results from Meaford

Tribe took part in the tournament in Meaford this weekend, and
finished second to Kit/Pho who beat the Tribe 1-0 in the final.
 The Tribe won their first 4 games before getting upended by
the Outlaws in the finals.

Game #1

Tribe – 3

Harold Sutherland – 0

WP – J Giffen (6IP-0ER-3H-14K)

LP – ??

Jason Giffen was pretty dominating in this one going the distance
and shutting down Harold Sutherland while recording 14 strikeouts.
 The Tribe bats started off slow, but put up 2 in the 5th and
1 in the 6th to make sure Giffen’s performance wasn’t wasted.

G McNabb 2-3 RBI

J Giffen 2-3 RBI

C Kelly 2-3 RBI

Game #2

Tribe – 4

Berkley – 3

WP G McNabb (5IP-3ER-4H-7K) in relief of J Giffen (2IP-0ER-2H-6K)

LP R Fawcette (4IP-2ER-3H-6K) in relief of Scott Sharton (3IP-0ER-2H-3K)

Tribe started off well in this one opening up a 2-0 lead in the
top of the first, which was helped by a Berkley error.  Berkley
rallied for 3 in the bottom of the 4th when Ryan Whitney laced
a triple to the alley to clear the bases.  The Tribe tied the
score in 6th when a Lapham Sac Fly scored G McNabb.  In the top
of the 7th the Peterson hit a solo shot to centre to give the
Tribe the lead.  In the bottom of the 7th a the leadoff hitter
tried to stretch a double into a triple, but was gunned down
from the wall in centre by J McNabb.  G McNabb shut the door
from there.

G McNabb 2-4

D Drinkill 2-3

K Peterson 1-3 HR RBI

T Leonard, M Kelly, K Lapham RBI

Game #3

Tribe – 7

Durham Heat – 2

WP – G McNabb (3IP-1ER-1H-4K) Save J Giff (3IP-0ER-0H-9K)

LP – B Bricknell (6IP-4ER-11H-5K)

In the top of the first the Tribe again capitalized on a couple
of miscues by the Durham Heat to put up 4 runs.  In the bottom
of the 3rd inning with the score 5-1 the Heat scored a run capitalizing
on 2 Tribe errors narrowing the gap to 3.  The Tribe then put
up 2 in the 6th to seal the victory.  On the mound G McNabb got
the win going the first 3 innings giving up only 1 hit and the
1ER.  Only blemish on McNabb’s resume was some control problems
in the first when we walked the first 3 batters.  He got out
of it nicely giving up only 1 run.  J Giffen came on in relief
and struck out all 9 batters he faced to get the save.

M Kelly 4-4 3RBI

M Giffen 1-2

K Peterson 1-4 3RBI

D Drinkill RBI

Game #4 (Semi)

Tribe – 5

Kitchener Thunder – 4

WP – J Giffen (5IP-2ER-2H-12K) in relief of G McNabb(4IP-1ER-4H-3K)

LP – C Halstead (9IP-5ER-9H-9K)

In what turned out to be a very well played and exciting game,
the Tribe scratched out a 5-4 9 inning victory over the Kitchener
Thunder.  Again the Tribe struck early with 2 runs in the top
of the 1st inning.  That lead held until Kitchener plated 2 runs
of their own in the bottom of the 4th.  The game remained tied
at 2 after 7, so it went to the 8th with the international rule
in effect.  Both teams scored 1 in the 8th.  In the 9th the Tribe
scored 2 runs on 3 straight singles, while Kitchener couldn’t
push a 2nd run across in the bottom half.  On the mound for the
Tribe, J Giffen got the win in relief of G McNabb.  Both pitched
extremely well.

T Leonard 2-4 2 RBI

M Kelly 2-4 RBI

G McNabb 2-4

C Bell, M Lambie RBI

Game #5 (Final)

Kitchener Phoenix – 1

Tribe – 0

WP – M Ross (7IP-0ER-1H-5K)

LP – J Giffen (7IP-0ER-4H-8K)

C Bell 1-2

The Championship was another well played and exciting game. 
Mel Ross and Jason Giffen hooked up in a superb pitching duel
that saw the only run score on a ball that found it’s way into
the dugout when it was jarred loose in a run down.  An unfortunate
way to have the only run score, but Kitchener was the better
team throughout the game.  Ross kept the Tribe hitters off balance
all afternoon.  Giffen pitched extremely well in the loss really
gutting out the last 3-4 innings.

In the end the Tribe sported a 4-1 record and played quite well
all weekend.  The weather was exceptionally hot for the most
part.  And as always the Tribe had fun, and competed hard.  Hats
off to the Outlaws for a excellent tournament, and good luck
at the TOC.

In other news Arthur beat the Thunder in the consolation final.
 It was quite unfortunate that more teams didn’t make the playoffs.
 With only 4 of 18 teams moving on, some good teams didn’t get
a chance to ply their wares on Sunday.  Ottawa Team Easton, Owen
Sound Crunch, and a few others had 2-1 records, and I thought
deserved a shot on Sunday.  Luckily they didn’t have a 3-0 team
not make it to the playoffs because it was a possibility.

As they say “No Rest for the Weary”.  The Tribe now takes on
the Toanche Jr Eagles tonight, and Minesing on Thursday to round
out the SRFL schedule.

Michael Kelly

kellymikej[at]hotmail.com

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