Micksburg wins UOVMFL playoff title for third year in a row

[Al's Fastball News]

Received: 9/29/06 9:04:46 PM 
From:  Fitzroy Fastball <fitzroyfastball(at)yahoo.ca> 

   
Subject:  Micksburg wins UOVMFL playoff title for third year
in a row  
   

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Micksburg, ON
UOVMFL: http://ca.geocities.com/fitzroyfastball/UOVMFL.htm
 
The Micksburg Twins win the Upper Ottawa Valley Men's Fastball
League playoff final series with a 4-1 series win the best-of-seven
series over the Pontiac Royals from Bryson, Quebec. 
 
All games were very close, with the largest margin of victory
being a 3 run win by Micksburg in the final game.
 
This is the third consecutive playoff title for the Twins in
UOVMFL play, who also won the regular season title. Micksburg
also finished tied for third at the Tournament of Champions for
ISC II teams in Kitchener this summer.
 
Micksburg was led by ToC MVP Corey Costello, who threw four shutouts
in his four wins, allowing only two runs and eleven hits in the
36 innings of work over five complete games in the final. Costello
also had two no-hitters.
 
Veteran lefty Len Burger threw very well for Pontiac before going
down to a knee injury. Burger lost the first game despite throwing
a two hitter and won the second game in eight innings with a
one hitter. Darren Featherstone and Mark Wright also threw for
the Royals.
 
Game four was a hitless game, as Micksburg scored their two runs
on a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk.
 
The only home run of the series was hit by Corey Costello, a
solo shot that won the first game of the series by a 1-0 score.
 
There was some controversy in the series, with allegations of
pitchers deliberately throwing at batters, and even a player
getting involved with fans. 
 
See the links below for stories on each game. The series was
plagued by rain as three games had to be postponed.
 
Pontiac had previously beaten the Shawville, QC Athletics in
the semi-finals 3 games to 1 in the best-of-five.
 
The Upper Ottawa Valley League was down to three teams this season
after Beachburg, ON NRTCo dropped out in June. Fitzroy Harbour,
ON WC Electric and Quyon, QC Junior Flyers played an affiliate
schedule with the league. There has been discussions of a possible
team from Cobden, ON joining the league for 2007.
 
Game Results in the finals:
Game 1 at Micksburg
Micksburg 1 Pontiac 0
WP - Costello (no-hitter); LP - Burger (two-hitter). 
Game winning solo HR: Corey Costello
story: http://fitzroyfastball.blogspot.com/2006/09/micksburg-defeats-pontiac-1-0-in-game_01.html
 
Game 2 at Bryson
Pontiac 2 Micksburg 1 (8 innings)
WP - Burger (one-hitter); LP - Costello (two-hitter). 
Game winning RBI: Chad Milne
story: http://fitzroyfastball.blogspot.com/2006/09/pontiac-edges-micksburg-2-1-to-even.html
 
Game 3 at Bryson
Micksburg 2 Pontiac 0
WP - Costello (four-hitter); LP - Burger with relief from Featherstone.

Game winning RBI: Kevin Humphries
story: http://fitzroyfastball.blogspot.com/2006/09/micksburg-wins-2-0-over-pontiac-in.html
 
Game 4 at Micksburg
Micksburg 2 Pontiac 0
WP - Costello (no-hitter); LP - Burger with relief from Featherstone
(combined no-hitter). 
Game winning RBI: Jerry McIntyre
story: http://fitzroyfastball.blogspot.com/2006/09/micksburg-2-pontiac-0-twins-take-3-1.html
 
Game 5 at Micksburg
Micksburg 3 Pontiac 0
WP - Costello (five-hitter); LP - Featherstone with relief from
Wright. 
Game winning RBI: Barry McIntyre
story: http://fitzroyfastball.blogspot.com/2006/09/micksburg-wins-upper-ottawa-valley.html
 
submitted by Adam Brown
 
<fitzroyfastball(at)yahoo.ca>


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