Oshawa On

Wednesday October 12th 2005

Under very wet and cool conditions these two teams battled it out in this final deciding game to determine the Oshawa City And District Fasball League 2005 playoff champions.

Very fine misty rain prevailed for the whole game, pitchers had trouble hanging onto the ball having to constantly ask for a towel to dry of the ball. Kudos to the catchers.

Toronto Champion Indians 2005 playoff Champions

Game # 5
Cobourg Diamond Kings @ Toronto Champion Indians

Toronto 9
Cobourg 5

WP Tom Berube
LP Wayne Wells

Tom Berube 4Inn 3R 6H 2BB 5K’s
Grant Patterson 3Inn 2R 3H 4BB 2K’s
Wayne Wells 6Inn 9R 6H 6BB 7K’s

Toronto
Jamie Murchison 2-3 2R 2RBI
Pete Mintsopoulos 1-3 HR 1R
John Batten 2R 1RBI
Ken Innes 1-2 1R

Cobourg
Derek Coyle 3-4HR 2RBIs
Troy Gilmour 2-4 RBI
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Oshawa, ON

There will be a final and deciding game for the Oshawa City and District Fastball League Playoff Championship as the Toronto Champion Indians beat the Cobourg Diamond Kings Tuesday in game # 4 by a score of 4 – 3 in 8 innings.

Toronto pushed the go ahead run across in the top of the 8th inning and Grant Patterson retired the side in the bottom of the 8th to force the ” if ” game.

WP Grant Patterson
LP Wayne Wells

Toronto – Peter Mintsopoulos – 2R HR

Game # 5 Wednesday October 12 at Dieppe Park in East York, Toronto at 8 pm.

Championship awards will be presented after the game.

Mal Swift malswift@rogers.com
Oshawa City and District Fastball League – Vice President – Media and Promotion
Durham Region Umpire Membership – Vice President
SpinMaster Pitching/Catching School – Head Instructor
Coach – Durham Jack’s Fillin Station Eagles – OCDFL
Assistant Coach – Durham College Women’s Varsity Fastball Team – OCAA
International Softball Congress II (Intermediate Men) – Game Controller/Awards Committee

Micksburg, ON

Game 2 played Friday night in very cool conditions.

After losing game 1 by a score of 4-0, Kanata Team Easton defeated Micksburg in their own park by the same 4-0 score to tie the series. Dan Konkle pitched the complete game shutout. John Peck had a homer for Team Easton. Corey Costello took the loss.

The teams had agreed previously that in order to save travel and get the series in before the weather got too cool that third and deciding game would be a “mini-game” in which the first team to hold a lead after a complete inning would the winners.

Game 3 “mini-game” turned out to be the longest game of the series, as the teams played seven scoreless innings, before Corey Costello hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth to win the inaugral Regional Series for the Micksburg Twins. Costello had the pitching victory. Dan Konkle was the loser.
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Oshawa, ON
Oshawa City And District Fastball League

Final Playoff Series
Game # 3

Cobourg Diamond Kings 6
Toronto Champion Indians 1

WP Wayne Wells 1R 4H 12K’s 6BB
LP Grant Patterson 6R 10H 13K’s 0BB

Cobourg
Derek Coyle 2-3 HR 4RBI’s 1R
Ryan Jaynes 2-3 1RBI
Jason Cane 2-4 2R

Cobourg take a 2 – 1 lead in best of five final.

Game #4 @ Cobourg Tues Oct 11th
Game #5 If necessary Wed Oct 12th @ Toronto

Sylvia Ryan
Secretary/Treasurer Oshawa City & District Fastball League
Manager Claremont Rebels
Manager Bracebridge Dura Pros
Vice President Canadian Masters Fastball Association
Phone: 905-432-3272
FAX: 905-432-3721
e-Mail: sylvia.ryan@rogers.com

Mal Swift malswift@rogers.com
Oshawa City and District Fastball League – Vice President – Media and Promotion www.ocdsa.ca
Durham Region Umpire Membership – Vice President
SpinMaster Pitching/Catching School – Head Instructor
Coach – Durham Jack’s Fillin’ Station Eagles – OCDFL
Assistant Coach – Durham College Women’s Varsity Fastball Team – OCAA
International Softball Congress II (Intermediate Men) – Game Controller/Awards Committee

Last night’s result in Cobourg – Legion Fields

Toronto Indians 9
Cobourg Diamond Kings 0

WP Grant Patterson
LP Wayne Wells

James Murchison (Toronto) 2 HR, 4 RBI

Series is tied at 1 game each.

Game 3 will be Thursday Oct 7 at Dieppe Park at 8 pm. Games 4 and “if necessary” game 5 are yet to be scheduled.

Mal Swift

Mal Swift malswift at rogers.com
Oshawa City and District Fastball League – Vice President – Media and
Promotion – www.ocdsa.ca
Durham Region Umpire Membership – Vice President
SpinMaster Pitching/Catching School – Head Instructor
Coach – Durham Jack’s Fillin’ Station Eagles – OCDFL
Assistant Coach – Durham College Women’s Varsity Fastball Team – OCAA
International Softball Congress II (Intermediate Men) – Game
Controller/Awards Committee

Union wins title in dramatic style

Wednesday October 05, 2005
Rob Ross
By Rob Ross
Times-Journal
FINGAL — Don’t invite the Union Storm to the Valentine’s Day party. They’re heartbreakers.
For the second time in three games, the Storm won in the bottom of the seventh inning for a sweep of the Glencoe Astros in the St. Thomas and District Fastball League championship Tuesday.
Kevin Lynch scored the winning run on a bases loaded, two out walk to Mark Coleman for a 6-5 comeback win during a foggy night Tuesday.
Union trailed 5-2 before tying the game in the bottom of the sixth inning on a RBI single by Troy Rick and Chris Wismer’s two-out, two-run single.
After two outs, the Storm loaded the bases for Coleman in the seventh against Astros pitcher Shaun Winship.
“I like to be patient in that situation,” Coleman said. “Coming down to one pitch you want it to be one you can put a good swing on. Really the pressure wasn’t on me. The pressure is on him.”
Coleman had three balls go by him before he took two strikes. The sixth pitch was high and outside.
“That wasn’t close. I had to let it go,” Coleman said. “Maybe a little anticlimactic. You really want to come up and knock one out of the ball park or hit a line drive to score that winning run but a walk is just as good as a base hit.”
Pitcher Dan Beecroft took the win. He allowed five runs, eight hits and two walks while striking out 11 batters.
“I appreciate any night the offence can bail me out,” Beecroft said. “Three pitches didn’t hit the spot where I wanted to and (Glencoe) made me pay every time.”
Glencoe led 4-0 after two innings on a pair of two-run home runs from Brett Neal and Bill Pisorowski.
Lynch cut the lead in half with his two-run liner over the fence in the fourth inning.
Rick Galbraith appeared to have given the Astros a little more insurance with a solo home run in the top of the sixth.
“We had them on the ropes and let it slip away,“ player-manager Tim Stover said. “(Union) is too good a team and they don’t give up. “
The Astros had the bases loaded in their half of the seventh when Ryan Wolfe was given an intentional walk but Beecroft ended the threat, striking out Neal.
Winship was handed the loss. He gave up six runs, seven hits and four walks. He struck out three.
Rick finished two for three and Lynch scored two runs.
Ron Pazitka and Pisorowski each had two hits for the Astros.
This is the Storm’s first league championship since 2001 after losing in the final in 2002 and 2003.

Micksburg 4 Team Easton 0

WP: Corey Costello – 7IP – 0R – 0H – 14K – 0BB – faced 22 batters. No hitter – one baserunner reached on an error.
LP: Dan Konkle – 7IP – 4R – 5H – 14K – 1BB – 1HBP

On a night that seemed more like August than October, the Micksburg Twins defeated Team Easton by a score of 4-0 in Stittsville.

The Twins got on the scoreboard in the top of the first. Lead off hitter Barry McIntyre was hit by a pitch. Jerry McIntyre sacrificed his brother to third and Corey Costello hit an RBI single to get the Twins up 1-0.

In the bottom of the first, with two out, Easton catcher Todd Fraser hit a long off hand fly ball that looked like it had potential for a home run. However, it only reached the warning track, and the Twins still led 1-0.

In the fourth, Corey Costello led off the inning by hitting a large solo homerun. Jamey Mick then got on base with a walk, but was stranded there. Micksburg led 2-0 after three and a half innings.

In the bottom of the fourth, Team Easton got their first (and it would turn out to be only) base runner of the game. Kevin Chevrier reached on an error when first base was left uncovered in a comeback dribbler to the pitcher. Chevrier got to second on a ground out, then stole third, but was stranded there as Randy Peck grounded to first to end the inning.

In the top of the seventh, Micksburg scored two insurance runs. Brad Steege led off with a single, was sacrificed to second by Kerr Childerhose, and was brought in on a Joran Graham single. With two out, Wayne Ready hit another single to score Graham to push the Twins lead to 4-0.

Corey Costello threw a no-hitter, facing only 22 batters and struck out 14. Dan Konkle only gave up five hits, and also struck out 14, including striking out the side in the second and sixth innings.

The next game will be up in Micksburg on Friday October 7, at 8PM, and if the weather cooperates, a large crowd is expected.

Adam Brown