The NY Knights went 3-0 in the league play on Saturday, July 26 finishing the MAFTL regular season with a league best 7-1-1 record and earning # 1 seed for the playoff round. In league play the Knights defeated The Rise, TNT and Cornerstone Excavating. We opened the playoff round Saturday night with a win over Cornerstone before losing to Keating’s in the semi’s on Sunday morning. The Knights season record now stands at 22-5-1. Details of the weekend as follows:
League Play
Game 1
Knights 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 – 11 19 2
Rise 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 – 3 10 1
WP – Price 4 IP, 2R, 5 H, 6 K, 1BB
Dyke 3 IP, 1R, 5 H, 4 K, 0BB
LP – Smith 5IP Vogel 2 IP
Knights – Chad McConnell homered twice and John Rozich and Dewey Dyke added one each.
Game 2
TNT 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 – 2 8 0
Knights 0 3 3 1 0 0 x – 7 11 1
WP – Dyke 7 IP, 2R, 8 H, 6 K, 0BB
LP – Bauer 3IP, McClune 4 IP
Knights – Chad McConnell, Dave Simon and Steve Price each had HRs for the Knights. This game was not indicative of the close games we have played all year with TNT as they were resting their ace Jeremy Tracy.
Game 3
Knights 0 4 2 0 1 4 3 – 14 14 1
Cornerstone 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 – 6 10 1
WP – Stewart 6 IP, 6R, 8 H, 9 K, 4BB
Platt 1 IP, 0R, 2 H, 0 K, 0BB
LP -K. Obrehelizer 7IP
Knights – Steve Platt hit 2 HRs and George McConnell added a solo shot for the Knights. Aussie Damien Stewart saw his first action of the year as an injury prevented him from pitching during his season at home. He was able to battle through the rust and pick up the win.
Playoffs
Game 4
Cornerstone 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 – 6 10 2
Knights 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 – 7 10 2
Price 4 IP, 4R, 5H, 6K, 3BB
WP – Dyke 5 IP, 2R, 5H, 10K, 0BB
LP- J. Obrehelizer 10IP
Knights’ 14 straight hours at the fields and our 4th straight game took their toll on the Knights in this one as youth almost prevailed. The young Cornerstone team gave the Knights all we could handle forcing 2 extra frames before we could come away with the victory. Reggie Barrua was a one man show for the Knights in this one going 3-3 with a HR, 3 RBI including the game winner. Barrau also stole home with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th to force extra innings.
Game 5
Playoffs
Keatings 0 0 2 3 1 3 x – 9 12 1
Knights 0 1 0 0 1 0 x – 2 5 3
WP – Hertzler 4 IP Stokes 3IP
LP – Dyke 4 IP, 5R, 6H, 7 K, 0BB
Stewart 2 IP, 4R, 6H, 0K, 1BB
Knights- The Knights offense couldn’t get much going and Keating’s offense jumped on the Knights pitching staff for 9 runs and 12 hits in a 6 inning run rule shortened game. Dave Simon’s HR was the lone bright spot for the Knights in this game.
The Knights will be back in action Aug 1-3 in Holland Patent, NY for our last tune up before the ISC II TOC.
Gregg Leather
NYSoftball@aol.com
www.leaguelineup.com/NYKnightsFP
Editor’s Note: The NY Knights will be making their ISC II debut at the 2008 ToC and will headline a very tough Pool C that includes Elora, ON Wellington Brewers, Sun Valley, CA Rude Pac and Kenosha, WI Earls Club.