By Blair Setford & Jim Flanagan
ISC II Day Five Highlights
The Sweet 16 was narrowed down to the Final Four in ISC II on Thursday night as Corey Costello entered the record book for most strikeouts in a tournament … Costello came into his quarter-final game tied with Jonas Mach of the Thomson, IL Area Merchants at 85, erasing the old record of 80 … after striking out the first batter of the game, the ball was removed from play and Costello eventually pushed the record to 98 and counting as he struck out 13 as the Micksburg, ON Twins defeated Ashland, OH Merchants 2-0 … Gord Scott of Palermo, ON Athletics scattered three hits and struck out nine in a 1-0 win over South Lebanon, PA TNT to reach the semi’s … Perkasie, PA Rise reached the semi’s with a 3-1 win over Kitchener, ON Phoenix Outlaws … Rise pitcher Ben Blonde allowed only two hits to get the win … Ryan Cummings picked up two wins on the day for Tavistock, ON Merchants, tossing a no-hitter (his second of the tournament) at Elora, ON Wellington Brewers in second round action before knocking out Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils on a one-hitter (also his second of the tournament) in the quarters … Earlier in the day, Port Elgin’s Scott Christie tossed a complete game gem to knock out the host Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves … Jeremy Tracy had a monster home run and pick up the win for TNT over Harriston, ON Mercury’s … Tim Dubois has the game-winning RBI in the 9th as Kitchener knocked out the fan-favourite California Lumberkings … Brad Pender keys a Micksburg rally from down four against Alvinston to win 5-4 … Highlight of the day: Trailing 5-0 into the sixth, Palermo rally for 8(!) runs against the defending champions Elmira, ON Cubs … Gord Scott re-enters the game after reliever Chad Reed pinched a nerve in his shoulder and strikes out the final batter with the bases loaded to preserve the 8-5 win.
Scores
Second round
Perkasie, PA Rise 8 Reading, PA Bob Hoffman’s Garage 1 – 6 innings
Kitchener, ON Phoenix Outlaws 2 Bakersfield, CA California Lumberkings 1 – 9 innings
Tavistock, ON Merchants 3 Elora, ON Wellington Brewers 0
Palermo, ON Athletics 8 Elmira, ON Cubs 5
Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils 5 Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves 2
South Lebanon, PA TNT 4 Harriston, ON Mercury’s 3 – 8 innings
Ashland, ON Merchants 5 Mitchell, ON Mets 2
Micksburg, ON Twins 5 Alvinston, ON Indians 4
Quarter finals
Rise 3 Kitchener 1
Tavistock 2 Port Elgin 0
Palermo 1 South Lebanon 0
Micksburg 2 Ashland 0
Today (Friday)
Peter Hallman Ball Yard
Diamond 2 9 am Rise vs Tavistock – www.ballparkradio.com
Diamond 2 11 am Micksburg vs Palermo – www.ballparkradio.com
Diamond 1 5 pm – ISC II Championship Game – www.ballparkradio.com