Alvinston Indians Win OASA INT Eliminations

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Received: 8/6/07 8:44:18 PM 
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Subject:  Alvinston Indians Win OASA INT Eliminations   
    

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ST Thomas ON

ALVINSTON CAPTURES ONTARIO FASTBALL CROWN


This past weekend, the Alvinston Indians travelled to St. Thomas
for the 
O.A.S.A Ontario Elimination Tournament and turned in their most
impressive 
results on the ball diamond this season. They were dominant this
past 
weekend in all aspects of the game, and beat some big teams,
as they 
captured the 2007 O.A.S.A Ontario Elimination Tournament Championship.

Thirteen teams from across Ontario competed in the tournament,
including 
most of Ontario's premier intermediate teams.

In game #1 on Friday evening, Alvinston opened up against the
Owen Sound 
Crunch, and got their bats going early in the tournament, as
they mercied 
Owen Sound 8-0 in five innings. The Indians sent former Owen
Sound native 
Doug Charlton to the mound, and he impressed. Charlton threw
five innings, 
allowing three hits, 1 walk, while striking out 1, to earn the
shutout 
victory. On the offence, Joe Triest and Mike Black paced the
Indians 
attack. Joe Triest was 3/3, with 2 singles, a 2-run homerun,
2 runs, and 3 
RBI's. Mike Black was 4/4 with 2 triples, 2 singles, 2 runs,
and 2 RBI's. 
Also scoring for the Indians were Ryan Swift, Theo Metron, Mark
Saunders, 
and Andy Triest. Also driving in runs were Greg Huston (2), and
Metron.

Alvinston's next game was on Saturday against the ISC II #3 ranked
Tavistock 
Merchants. Alvinston climbed out to 1-0 lead in the first inning,
but 
Tavistock doubled Alvinston with 2 runs of their own, for a 2-1
lead. 
Alvinston tied the game in the fourth inning, and then finally
took the lead 
in the fifth with 2 runs, and went on to add 4 runs in the sixth
inning. At 
the end of the game, Alvinston had clawed their way to a 8-3
convincing 
victory. Ryan Swift earned the win for the Indians, pitching
all 7 innings, 
allowing 7 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), while fanning 5 Tavistock
swingers. The 
Alvinston Indians pounded out 16 hits in the game, with numerous
players 
earning impressive line scores, and leading the Alvinston offence.
Theo 
Metron was 3/4 with 2 singles, a triple, 2 runs, and an RBI.
Shawn Fenton 
did the same, going 3/4 as well with 3 singles, and 3 RBI's.
Ditto for Ryan 
Swift, who was also 3/4 at the plate with 3 singles, and 3 RBI's.
Joe 
Triest was also a member of the three hit club for the Indians
going 3/5 
with 2 singles, a double, and 2 runs scored. Mike Black (2),
and Ryan 
Chapman (2), scored the other four runs in the game for for the
Indians. 
Greg Huston drove in what turned out to be the game winning RBI,
when he 
pushed Metron across the plate.

The tournament was a round robin format, with 3 divisions of
3, and 1 
division of 4. After your 2 round robin games, you were seeded
one thru 
three in each division, entering a single elimination playoff
round. 
Alvinston finished first in their division with their 2-0 record,
and 
crossed over to face the Palermo Athletics.

The Palermo Athletics are the ISC II #5 ranked team, and the
Indians knew 
they were in tough. However, the Indians offence was up to the
task, as 
they had been in the two previous games. Alvinston opened the
scoring in 
the second inning, when Ryan Chapman singled, advanced to second
base on a 
sac bunt by Doug Charlton, and then eventually scored on an RBI
single by 
Greg Huston. In the third inning, Alvinston piled on the offence,
recording 
six consecutive singles, and scoring three runs in the process,
for a 
commanding 4-0 lead. Scott Smith, Joe Triest, and Chapman scored,
with Theo 
Metron, Chapman, and Charlton driving in the runs. The Indians
sent veteran 
pitcher Doug Charlton to the mound, and he was dominant falling
just short 
of his second shutout victory in the tournament, as Palermo counted
their 
only run in the seventh inning. Charlton threw the entire 7 innings,

allowing 1 run (unearned), on 4 hits, with 8 strikeouts. Final
score was 
Alvinston 4, Palermo 1.

On Sunday morning, the Alvinston Indians found themselves in
the 
semi-finals, against the same team they lost to in the semi-finals
of the 
2005 ISC II Torunament of Champions, that being the Elmira Cubs.
Alvinston 
climbed out to an early 2-0 lead in their half of the second
inning, when 
after a Ryan Chapman walk with one out, Shawn Fenton doubled
into the gap 
scoring Chapman. Fenton then came around to score on an RBI single
by Mike 
Black. Elmira however, clawed back in the game, replying with
two runs of 
their own in the third inning, to tie the game. Alvinston went
back to work 
in the fourth inning, as they took the lead 3-2. Chapman lead
off the 
inning with a double, and then advanced to third when Fenton
reached base on 
an error. That set the stage for Andy Triest, who promtly executed
the 
suicide squeeze to perfection, plating Chapman from third base.
The Indians 
then added an all important insurance run in the fifth inning.
Joe Triest 
singled, and advanced to second on a Ryan Swift sac bunt. Theo
Metron then 
came to the plate, and hit a clutch RBI single to score Joe Triest.
This 
run proved to be important, as Elmira creeped close with a solo
homerun in 
the seventh, that made the game close at 4-3. That was as close
as Elmira 
would get though, as Doug Charlton came in relief of Swift after
the solo 
homerun, and earned 3 straight outs (2 strikeouts) to earn the
save. Elmira 
was a strong team 1-9 in the order, and Indians pitcher Ryan
Swift had the 
task of limiting their offensive output. Swift did just that,
pitching into 
the seventh inning, and earning the victory. Swift allowed only
five hits, 
walked 2, struckout 5, allowing 3 runs, in which only 2 were
earned. Final 
score was Alvinston 4, Elmira 3, with Alvinston now advancing
to the finals, 
with a chance to earn an Ontario Championship.

The Alvinston Indians were now in the finals, against the ISC
II #9 ranked 
Port Elgin Blue Devils. The Indians had previously lost to Port
Elgin on 
three occasions this season already, but in this all-important
game, 
Alvinston proved to be better. The Indians piled on the runs
early scoring 
1 run in the first, 3 runs in the second, and 1 more run in the
third 
inning, setting them up to an early 5-0 lead. Port Elgin replied
with 1 run 
in the fourth, to make the score 5-1, but Alvinston replied with
1 more run 
in the sixth inning, to make it 6-1. Port Elgin threatened with
four 
consecutive singles in the seventh inning with 2 out, but counted
only 2 
runs, and Alvinston went on to capture their first O.A.S.A Intermediate

Men's Elimination Tournament Championship, with a 6-3 victory.
Mike Black, 
Joe Triest, Ryan Swift, and Ryan Chapman were all 2/4 in the
finals, with 
Chapman providing the long ball, as he crushed a solo home run
in the third 
inning. Scoring for the Indians were Andy Triest (2), Chapman,
Black, Scott 
Smith, and Joe Triest. Driving in the runs were Chapman (2),
Black, Joe 
Triest, and Swift. Doug Charlton pitched phenomenally in the
finals, 
allowing only 6 hits to the potent Port Elgin offence, while
striking out 5, 
to earn the championship win.

All in all, the Alvinston Indians finished 5-0 on the weekend,
as they were 
crowned the O.A.S.A Intermediate Men's Ontario Champions. Charlton
pitched 
20 innings on the weekend, allowing only 3 earned runs. The Indians
offence 
was hard at work, amassing 30 runs in the five games, and their
team batting 
average was an impressive .395, with Joe Triest, Ryan Swift,
Mike Black and 
Ryan Chapman all batting .500 or better. It was definitely a
memorable 
weekend for the Indians, as they hope to carry on this momentum
onto the ISC 
II Tournament of Champions in Kitchener, August 14-18.

Next up for the Indians are their two remaining league games
to finish up 
their St. Thomas & District Fastball League schedule. The Indians
are at 
home Wednesday, August 8, against the Bucktown Bees, beginning
at 8:00pm. 
They travel to Blenheim Sunday, August 12, for a 2:00pm afternoon
tilt with 
the third place Blenheim Home Run Restaurant.

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