Not a lot of news out of Grafton this weekend other than Friday night scores, but we did get an anonymous text saying that Dave Tubman hit a 3-run walkoff HR in the 7th to beat the NY Bombers and boost Ottawa Team Easton Thunder into the final. Brad Porter picked up the win in relief of Corey Costello.
UPDATE: 11:00 PM Additional detail from Adam Brown, author of the Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog and the Fitzroy Harbour West Carlton Electric squad:
Semis:
Easton 3 NY Bombers 2
Cobourg 2 Waterdown 1
Final:
Cobourg 2 Easton 1
WP: Kyle Linton 8 Ks, Save: Steve Ketchell 3Ks
LP: Brad Porter 10Ks
– Waterdown looked good. I didn’t see Wells pitch but Tim Neil looked strong. Their bats are really good, tough to pitch to those guys. They lost a tight one to Cobourg in the semis with Wellsy on the slab.
– CPI lost the head to head battle with Easton for the division. Both teams were 2-0 going into their match up on Saturday night. It was a beauty game 8;30 pm on the main diamond, decent crowd on hand. Corey Costello was firing bullets, went the whole way, with a two or three hitter. Jeff Murphy pitched well for CPI in what would have been a bit of “grudge match” for him. Winship came into finish the last inning or two. Ottawa’s #8 hitter Cory Morrison hits two solo shots for the Easton 2-0 win. CPI was essentially eliminated after that.
– NY Bombers looked very good as well. Ryan Cummings ball had great movement and he threw really well. He made an error on the ground ball in the bottom of the seventh after a double by Dan Jessiman of Easton, then threw one bad pitch to Dave Tubman for the walk off homer, 3-2 semi final win. I think Cummings had maybe a 3 or 4 hitter in this one.
– I didn’t see the final, but I guess Porter threw well for Easton and they left 10 men on base. The Cobourg runs came on a solo shot, and double that came around to score on a wild pitch and failed pick off attempt.
– Donnacona went 1-3 I believe. Leclair pitched great against us. They got shut out by Team Ontario U19 team 5-0. I guess the Blue Sox game against Waterdown was a bit better as they only lost 4-3
Complete scores courtesy Steve Bedard
Donnacona 8
Fitzroy Harbour 1
Wp F.Leclair
relief Luc Thibault
LP Bud Hanlon
Maccabbi 11
Pickering 5
WP
LP
New3 York Bombers 8
Team Quebec 2
WP Sean Sampson
LP Jnathan Roy
Napanee Express Jrs 2
Cobourg 1
WP Dale Dowdle
LP Steve Ketchell
Waterdown 8
Fitzroy Harbour 3
WP Jim Hurst
relief Tim Neil
LP Matt Greer
Pickering 15
Team Quebec 0
WP
LP Lachance
Ottawa Easton 10
Newmarket Stingers 0
WP Cory Costello 12k’s 5 inning mercy
LP Chris Boyd
Cory Costello HR
Chad Costello HR
Team Ontario 5
Donnacona 0
WP Josh Lockridge
relief Cory Alkerton
LP Jasmin Markot 3 1/2
Frank Laclair 3 1/2
CPI 8
Oshawa Int 1
WP Ian Knott
LP Ryan Swift
Ottawa Easton 9
Stouffville 2
WP Brad Porter
LP Greg Delgarno
Cobourg Force 4
Oshawa BB’s Jrs 3
WPKyle Linton 5 inn
Scott Evans 2inn
LP Nolan Fife
NY Bombers 3
Maccabbi 1
WP Ryan Cumming
LP Tom Berube
Napanee Jrs 6
Picton 5
WP Jordan Graham
LP Will Claus
Stouffville 6
Newmarket Jrs 2
WP Jay Nesbitt
LP Kevin Boyd
Waterdown 4
Donnacona 3
WP Wayne Wells 3 k’s
LP Frank Leclair 7 k’s
Maccabbi 7
Team Quebec 3
WP Tom Berube
LP Jonathan Prevost
Fitzroy Harbour 10
Team Ontario 5
Wp Steve Cavanagh
LP Bredan Roach
Ian Wallwork
Oshawa BB’s 9
Picton 5
WP Chris Vanvolkenburg
LP Will Claus
Ottawa Easton 2
CPI 0
WP Cory Costello 16k’s
LP Jeff Murphy 7 k’s
Cory Morrison 2 home runs
Waterdown 2
NY Bombers 0
WP Jim Hurst
LP Justin Haymen
Maccabbi 3
Donnacona 2
WP Tom Berube
LP Francis Leclair
CPI 9
Newmarket 5
WP Ian Knott
Ryan Sharpe
Team Ontario 4
Team Quebec 1
WP Abe Leahy
LP Alex Lachance 2/3
Jonathan Roy 1/3
Johnathan Prevost
Oshawa Int 9
Ottawa Easton 2
WP John Sharpe
LP Kevin Chevier
Semi Final
Cobourg Force 2
Waterdown 1
WP Steve Ketchell
LP Wayne Wells
Semi final
Ottawa Easton 3
NY Bombers 2
WP Cory Costello
LP R.Cummings
Final
Cobourg Force 2
Ottawa Easton 1
WP Kyle Linton
LP Brad Porter
Thanks to all
Have a care
Steve Bedard