Circle Tap in Palm Springs

[Al's Fastball News]

Received: 5/21/07 8:04:46 PM 
From:  zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com 


Subject:  Circle Tap in Palm Springs  
  

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May 19-20
Palm Springs, CA


The Circle Tap men's fastpitch team kicked off the 2007 campaign
in Palm
Springs, CA over the weekend going 4-2(4-2 overall) good enough
for a 2nd
place finish. You probably don't need a weather report but it
was HOT. 
Upper 90's into the low 100's for all the games. Overall a very
successful tournament that allowed us to get our new guys some
at bats and
they showed what they are capable of. We did not have any pickup
players
this weekend but were missing Paul Algar, Frankie Perez, Kevin
Reichardt,
Todd Malnory, and Jamie Knudson, we did lose Chris DeLarwelle
and Tim
Jorgensen in the 6th inning of the semi-final due to early flights.
Let's get to the action:

Game 1
10AM Saturday

#8 Circle Tap 6 Young Bucks(Santa Barbara, CA) 0
YB 0 2 0
CT 6 5 0
CT kicked off the season with the 23U ASA champs in the Young
Bucks. CT
got things rolling in the bottom half of the 2nd inning when
Tim Jorgensen
drew a walk followed by a Chad Ferguson walk and then Kyle VanAbel
delivered a two RBI triple. Bryan Hansen walked and then Steve
Schucker
grounded into a fielder's choice allowing VanAbel to score for
a 3-0 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth VanAbel drew a one out walk, Hansen
picked up
a base hit moving VanAbel to 3rd and then Steve Schucker flew
to center
picking up a sac fly RBI. In the 5th Matt Bramwell smashed a
one out
triple and would later score on a passed ball for a 5-0 advantage.
In the
6th, Chad Ferguson led off with a base hit, stole 2nd and would
later
score on a passed ball. Bramwell got the opening day start and
worked a
masterful game allowing just two hits and striking out 19 walking
none.
WP:Matt Bramwell 19K 0BB 2H
LP:Anthony Martinez 7K 6BB 5H

Game 2
Noon Saturday

#8Circle Tap 1 #15Portland/deMarini(Portland, OR) 4 (6innings,
time limit)
PD 4 7 2
CT 1 4 1
This was a very frustrating game. Even though we had only 4 hits
we left
9 men on base due to a few walks and a couple errors. Portland
pitcher
Bricklin Andersen got some big outs when he needed them leaving
a pair on
in the 1st, 2nd and 6th and loaded in the 3rd. Portland grabbed
a 3-0
lead in the 2nd inning as Rob Gehrke and Rod Rainey drew one
out walks,
Randy Potskin reached on an error scoring a run and then with
two out Ryan
Daley knocked in a pair. Portland added another in the 5th Daley
scored
after reaching on a fielder's choice on a Jesse Duncan base hit.
CT would
get on the board in the bottom half of the 6th when Tom Crouch
led off
with a base hit, Tim Jorgensen followed with a base hit, after
a strike
out Kyle VanAbel knocked in Crouch but a ground out and strike
out
stranded the other two runners.
WP:Bricklin Andersen 12K 4BB 4H
LP:Collin McKenzie 4K 4BB 7H

Game 3
4PM Saturday
#8Circle Tap 4 Lumberkings(CA) 2
CT 4 7 2
LK 2 5 1
The Tappers came right out in the top of the first and grabbed
two runs as
Steve Schucker led off the game with a walk followed by a Kyle
Magnusson
base hit. Chris DeLarwelle then walked to load the bases Matt
Bramwell
came up with an RBI single but Magnusson was gunned down at the
plate. 
Tom Crouch followed with an RBI single to take a 2-0 lead. The
Lumberkings came back in the bottom half to make it a 2-1 game
as Chris
Baker, Jon Nimmo, and Tim Hunt all picked up base hits. The Lumberkings
would even the game in the 2nd as Trevor Knight picked up a one
out double
and would later score on an error. CT came right back in the
top of the
3rd as DeLarwelle drew a one out walk, Bramwell was hit by a
pitch and
with two out, Tim Jorgensen picked up an RBI single. It would
stay a 3-2
game until the top of the 7th when Schucker picked up a one out
base hit
and Kyle Magnusson followed with an RBI double. Magnusson was
3x4.
WP:Collin McKenzie 4IP 5K 0BB 4H
S: Matt Bramwell 3IP 6K 1BB 1H
LP:Mike Egerden 7K 3BB 7H

There were 14 teams in the tournament broken down to two pools
of 7. Each
of the pools sent the top 4 teams to a single elimination bracket.
With a
2-1 record and allowing 6 runs we earned the #4 seed in our bracket
so we
face the top seed of the other bracket.

Game 4
10AM Sunday
#8Circle Tap(4seed) 7 #23Houston Aces(Houston, TX)(1 seed) 0
CT 7 11 0
HA 0 4 1
This was a quiet game until the 3rd when Chad Ferguson led off
with a base
hit, followed by base hits by Kyle VanAbel and Bryan Hansen.
Steve
Schucker would ground out but knock in a run. It remained a 1-0
game
until the 6th inning when the CT bats finally came unglued. Schucker
led
off with a base hit, after a fly out, Chris DeLarwelle picked
up a base
hit followed by a Matt Bramwell RBI single and then Tom Crouch
found a gap
in right center for a 2RBI triple and scored himself as the CF
had trouble
handling the ball. CT leads 5-0. In the 7th, Kyle Magnusson drew
a one
out walk and then Chris DeLarwelle unleashed his first 2 run
bomb of the
season. DeLarwelle 2x3 HR 2RBI, Bramwell 2x4 RBI, Crouch 2x4
3B 3RBI.
WP:Collin McKenzie 6K 0BB
LP:Terry Luster 6K 2BB

Game 5
Noon Sunday Semi-Final
#8Circle Tap 10 #7SoCal Bombers(Yucaipa, CA) 2 6innings
SC 2 3 0
CT 10 13 1
The Tapper offense kept rolling right into the first inning with
this game
chalking up 3 first inning runs. Steve Schucker led off the game
with a
triple followed by an RBI base hit by Kyle Magnusson. Chris DeLarwelle
followed with a base hit moving Magnusson to 3rd who would score
on a wild
pitch, moving DeLarwelle to 2nd and he would later score on a
Tom Crouch
ground out. The Bombers game back in the bottom half with a run
of their
own as Adam LaLonde drew a lead off walk and would later score
on a Darren
Box sac fly. CT made it a 4-1 game in the 3rd when DeLarwelle
smashed his
2nd home run of the season, this time a lead off solo blast.
The Tappers
tacked on two more in the 4th as Kyle VanAbel smashed his first
home run
in the "bigs." Bryan Hansen then drew a walk and would score
on a Steve
Schucker double making it a 6-1 game. In the 5th Matt Bramwell
crushed
his 1st home run of the season making it 7-1. CT tacked on 3
more in the
6th as Schucker led off with a base hit, Magnusson walked, DeLarwelle
picked up an RBI single, Bramwell followed with an RBI single
and then Tom
Crouch hit into a double play but another run scored making it
10-1. 
SoCal made it a 10-2 game in the bottom half as Adam LaLonde
led off with
a base hit and moved to 2nd on a passed ball and scored on a
Chad
Ghostkeeper single. Matt Bramwell kept the very potent Bomber
offense in
check allowing just 3 hits. Schucker 3x3 2B,3B DeLarwelle 3x4
HR 2RBI,
Bramwell 2x4 HR 2RBI, VanAbel 2x3 HR RBI.
WP:Matt Bramwell 6K 1BB
LP:Darrel Tilley 4IP 7R 2K 2BB 9H
Tony Peeples 2IP 3R 0K 2BB 4H

Game 6
2PM Sunday Finals
#8Circle Tap 7 #9Grey Sox(Vancouver, BC) 8 8innings
GS 8 11 1
CT 7 9 3
This was a frustrating game. This was ours and we let it slip
away, but
give credit to the talented Vancouver team for coming back and
taking the
championship game. CT would talley 4 first inning runs keeping
the
offense hot. Steve Schucker led off the bottom half with a base
hit, Kyle
Magnusson followed with a base hit, Tom Crouch then squared to
bunt them
over however a bad throw to first allowed him to reach. Matt
Bramwell
then drew a bases loaded walk. With one out Chad Ferguson flew
out
driving in a run and Darren Derricks picked up a base hit making
it 4-0. 
The Grey Sox made it a 4-1 game in the 4th as Doug Cain and Kevin
Schellenberg picked up two out base hits and then a CT error
allowed Cain
to score. In the top of the 5th Vancouver tacked on two runs.
Brian
Banner led off reaching on an error all the way to 3rd. Calem
Gardner
then singled him in. Starting pitcher Collin McKenzie then moved
to left
field and Matt Bramwell came on to pitch. After a sac by Trevor
Johnstone,
Rob Giesbrecht then knocked in Gardner making it 4-3. The CT
offense got
back together and got the two runs back in the bottom of the
5th as Chad
Ferguson picked up a base hit stole 2nd, moved to 3rd on a wild
pitch and
then with two out Bryan Hansen hit his first home run of his
career in the
"bigs" making it 6-3. Vancouver added a run in the 6th as Rosy
picked up
a two out double and moved to third on an error and then was
knocked in by
Brian Banner. In the top of the 7th trailing 6-4, a walk, strike
out and
then Derek Mayson hit a two run bomb down the right field line
evening the
score. In the bottom half Matt Bramwell hit a ball on the 3rd
base side
of Vancouver pitcher Nick Underhill made an outstanding play
to throw him
out. Kyle VanAbel picked up a base hit and then with two out
Darren
Derricks smashed a line drive right up the middle and Underhill
made the
grab to end the threat. In the top of the 8th, international
tie breaker
in effect, Collin McKenzie moved back in to pitch. After a fly
out and
strike out the tie breaker runner moved to 3rd on a wild pitch
and scored
on a Brian Banner base hit. Gardner and Johnston followed with
base hits
making it 8-6. In the bottom half, Bryan Hansen drew a walk and
then
McKenzie executed a perfect sac bunt moving the runners to 2nd
and 3rd. 
After a strike out Magnusson picked up an infield hit, driving
in a run
but that would be it. Final 8-7.
Magnusson 3x5, Hansen 2x4 HR 2RBI.
WP:Nick Underhill 8IP 9K 4BB
LP:Collin McKenzie 5IP 5K 1BB 5R 4ER 7H
Matt Bramwell 3IP 1K 1BB 3R 2ER 4H

Circle Tap will be hosting the WI Classic League this weekend.
Games
start at 6 Friday night and the last one is at 2 on Sunday.

Zakk
CT Fastpitch
zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com
 

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