JRW at NAFA 40-OVER Masters

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Received: 9/26/06 12:42:00 PM 
From:  "James Robert Williamson" <jrwilliamson(at)foodfacility.com>


  
Subject:  JRW at NAFA 40-OVER Masters  




Tuesday September 26th, 2006

JRW & Associates of Yakima gains Silver at NAFA 40 & Over

Carson City, Nevada – JRW & Associates 40 & Over team parlayed
three
come-from-behind victories into a Silver Medal at the NAFA Masters
World
tournament Sept 23-24. With the help of four British Columbia
players, JRW
was 3-2 for the weekend.

At 1-1 in Sat pool play, JRW went into Sunday’s single elimination
play as
the # 2 seed from Pool A in the six team tournament.

JRW reached the Championship game with two victories on Sunday,
but lost to
the UTAH juggernaught 10-0. DB Tom Magers singled for the lone
hit off
pitcher Steve Morgan. Only four JRW players struck out in this
game, a great
improvement over the Sat 8-0 loss to UTAH in pool play in which
P Steve
Morgan struck out 12 on the way to a perfect game.

NAFA Utah Director Les Vaughan assembled a squad of Master players
from past
Miller Toyota and Castlewood teams that went undefeated in the
40-Over
category.

In JRW’s first pool play game, the team rallied from a 7-6 deficit
in the
5th for a 12-10 victory over KHT Pumpers of Visalia, CA on SS
Mike Parham’s
2 RBI single in B6. CF Steve Pidman was 3-4 with 3 runs scored
and 2 RBI. 2B
Don Cawthron was 2-4 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI, that coming
on a 3 run
homer in B5.
In T7, JRW walked CF Todd Budke with 1B occupied. Todd had two
2 run homers
and a double in three previous AB’s. With the bases loaded, JRW
pitcher Wade
Liberty induced a force out at 2B to insure the victory.

(See a related story on NAFA web site later on for Budke’s tourney
achievements, which were probably the greatest single batting
performance by
a player in any tournament).

In Sunday’s opening SE game, JRW 1B and BC native Keven MacDonald
(1B)
singled home CF Steve Pidman in B7 for JRW’s 2nd come from behind
victory, a
5-4 win over Tule Lake, CA. In T7 with 2 outs and first and third
occupied
with Tule Lake runners and the score tied at 4-4, Manager Jim
Williamson
ordered an intentional walk for P John Wismuth who had a 2 run
homer in the
first. A ground out to 3B ended the inning with no score. 2b
Don Cawthron
was 2-3 with 1 run and 1 RBI. LF Troy Grow was also 1-3 with
an RBI. P Kurt
Penner allowed only one run in 3 2/3 innings of relief to post
the victory.

In Sunday’s next SE game, JRW faced long time nemesis BADEN Sports
of
Seattle, last year’s 40 & Over champion. (Formerly sponsored
by the
Hobnobber tavern). Trailing 2-3, JRW exploded for 8 runs in B5
for a 10-3
run-ahead victory. BC native Nick Trasolini (Caught all five
games) led the
scoring with a 2 RBI double while LF Troy Grow, SS Mike Parham
and DB Wade
Liberty chipped in with RBI doubles. SS Mike Parham was 3-3,
LF Troy Grow
was 2-3 and C Nick Trasolini also had an RBI single (2-4).

SS Mike Parham and 2B Don Cawthron were selected to the All-World
team as
well as was British Columbia P Kurt Penner and CF Steve Pidman.
 
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