STDMFL Playoff Finals

[Al's Fastball News]

Received: 10/5/07 10:02:06 AM 




Subject:  STDMFL Playoff Finals  
  

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Friday, October 5, 2007 
Fingal, Ontario

St. Thomas Storm won the league playoff championship for the
3rd consecutive year and 4th in the team's history last night
by beating the Glencoe Astros 4-2.
Glencoe scored once in the top of the 1st and then the Storm
came back with 3 in the bottom of the inning. Tex Lessard lead
off with a single, Mark Coleman had an rbi double and then Chris
Wismer and Chris Payne executed a double steal that Payne scored
on for the eventual game winner. Brent Crocker restored the 2
run cushion with a solo blast in the 4th inning after Glencoe
had pulled to within 1 run.
Shaun Winship had both rbi's with a single in the 1st scoring
Dan Frank and a sac fly in the 4th that scored Mark Johnson who
had doubled. It was good to see Johnson gutting it out after
injuring his shoulder in game 1.
Dan Beecroft settled down after giving up the run in the 1st
inning and went the distance for the Storm, giving up only 3
hits(2 in T1) while striking out 16 with 3 BB. This was especially
gratifying to Dan as he was unable to make his scheduled start
the previous night due to work commitments.
Winship once again kept his team in it with another strong performance
on the mound. He gave up 4 hits while striking out 9 batters
and only 2 BB.
Pitching for both teams was superb as hits and runs were very
scarce! In the 5 games there were only 20 runs scored, 11 by
St. Thomas and 9 by Glencoe.
The entire series was an excellent showcase of the talent level
of the STDMFL.
The fans who attended were treated to some great pitching, solid
defense and clutch hitting. Last night's crowd of approximately
200 was very enthusiast and loud!!!

Congratulations to both teams!!!
See you next year!

Tom Edie
St.Thomas Storm
Tedie(at)sympatico.ca 

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