Ashland Ohio Qualifier

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Subject:  Ashland Ohio Qualifier  

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http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article/2176482

Ashland Mets finish 5-0 in regional qualifier 
June 25, 2007
By DUSTY SLOAN

T-G Sports Editor

For one weekend, at least, a men's fastpitch softball tournament
was played at Brookside Park.

Ashland Mets player/manager Kevin Scott, for one, couldn't have
been happier.

"It felt great. It's just really nice to sleep in your own bed,"
Scott said after his team went 5-0 and won the ISC Regional Qualifier
after a 3-2 win over Plangger's (Mich.) Sunday afternoon. "You
don't have to travel. Finally, for a weekend, we got to play
in Ashland."

In the title game against Plangger's, the Mets took a 2-0 lead
in the top of the fourth inning thanks to a Plangger's error
and an RBI single by Craig Scott. After Plangger's scored twice
in the bottom of the fourth, the Mets plated what would be the
game-winning run in the fifth when Justin Blair came home following
Plangger's other error of the contest.

Craig Scott was 3-for-3, and Blair also scored the Mets' first
run of the game.

"Justin's a great baserunner," Kevin Scott said. "He's just heads-up."

To get to the title game, the Mets had to beat the Ashland Merchants,
and did so, 7-3. The Mets had 12 hits, led by Brian Culler (2-for-4),
Blair (2-for-4), Jeff Wilson (2-for-2, RBI), Luke Painter (2-for-3,
home run, two RBIs) and Craig Scott (3-for-4, three RBIs).

For the Merchants, Trevor Urban was 2-for-4, while Shane Flinner
was 2-for-3 with an RBI.

The Mets beat the Merchants Saturday night, 6-0, in round-robin
play.

"They're definitely a great rival of ours," Kevin Scott said.
"They're a good team. They don't want to lose to us, and we don't
want to lose to them."

In five games this weekend, the Mets gave up just six runs.

"We got just tremendous pitching from both our pitchers (Jeff
Wilson and Tom Berube) the whole weekend," Kevin Scott said.
"I know we have a chance to win because they're throwing strikes
and they're letting us make plays."

Both the Mets and Plangger's already had bids for this year's
ISC World Tournament, so the championship game basically was
for pride.

The Merchants ended the weekend with a 2-3 record. In pool play,
they defeated Dunkirk, N.Y. (12-9) and lost to Elkland, Pa. (5-0)
and the Mets.

Sunday, they rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat Rice Creek 4-3,
then lost to the Mets.

ASHLAND METS: Culler cf, 4-0-0; Blair 1b, 3-2-1; K. Scott ss,
2-0-1; Wilson p, 3-1-0; Painter c, 3-0-1; C. Scott 3b, 3-0-3;
Hall lf-cr, 3-0-0; Tomasek 2b, 3-0-0; Gottfried rf, 2-0-0; Massie
ph, 1-0-1. TEAM 27-3-7.

PLANGGER'S: Marrero ss, 4-0-1; Libler 2b-cr, 4-0-0; Webb cf-1b,
3-0-2; Zaborowski c, 3-1-1; Brown 3b, 3-1-2; Wiley 1b-cf, 3-0-2;
Bohne rf, 3-0-0; Shattner lf, 2-0-1; Flores p, 2-0-0. TEAM 27-2-9.

Ashland Mets 000 210 0 -- 3 7 0

Plangger's 000 200 0 -- 2 9 2

RBI -- C. Scott; Zaborowski, Wiley. 2B -- Webb 2. 3B -- Wiley.
HR -- Zaborowski.

METS IP H R ER BB SO

Wilson, W 7 9 2 2 1 10

PLANGGER'S IP H R ER BB SO

Flores, L 7 7 3 2 1 4

SATURDAY'S GAMES

Rice Creek, Mich. 6, Dunkirk, N.Y. 0

Elkland, Pa. 5, Ashland Merchants 0

Ashland Mets 2, Plangger's, Mich. 1

Rice Creek 5, Plangger's 3

Ashland Merchants 12, Dunkirk 9

Ashland Mets 3, Elkland 0

Plangger's 9, Dunkirk 1

Elkland 4, Rice Creek 2

Ashland Mets 6, Ashland Merchants 0

SUNDAY'S GAMES

Ashland Merchants 4, Rice Creek 3

Plangger's 11, Dunkirk 2

Plangger's 8, Elkland 4

Ashland Mets 7, Ashland Merchants 3

Championship game -- Ashland Mets 3, Plangger's 2.

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