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The Michigan Twisters have been on a bit of a role with their third straight tournament victory in the past three weeks. We have won the Midland Memorial Tournament, The Midland Explores Boulavard Tournament (A-Division) and this weekend winning the Petosky B/C Tournament (June 15th,16th,17th). First game defeated Bases Loaded Trophy Case 8-3 winning pitcher Rick Engle. Defeating The Blues Softball Club 10-7 winning pitcher was Lane Bender.
Defeated Frankenmuth Tiffany’s 5-3 winning pitcher Rick Engle. Defeating The Blues Softball Club in the Championship 2-1 winning pitcher Lane Bender. Next weekend (June 23rd the Twisters will be participating in a 4 team round-robin playing first the Midland Explorers, Jarvis and St. Thomas at Emerson Park in Midland Michigan. Will e-mail the results to you. Thank you.From: Eric Brandt
Ken Zulski Memorial Invitational
Petoskey, Michigan
June 15-17, 2007
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Final Results & Bracket
Order of Finish:
1. Michigan Twisters – Roscommon – 4-0
2. Blues Softball – Hastings – 4-2
3. Tiffany’s – Frankenmuth – 2-2
4. CommuniQuest – Midland – 2-2
5. BASES / Trophy Case – Petoskey – 1-2
5. Auburn Buzz – Auburn – 1-2
7. Lumber Company – Zeeland – 0-2
7. M-46ers – Hemlock – 0-2
Individual Awards:
Outstanding Pitcher – Rick Engle – Twisters (2-0 record, 14 IP, 5 R’s, 20 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Outstanding Hitter – Shawn Davis – Blues (8-16, .500 avg, 3 HR’s & 3 2B’s, 1.125 slugging percentage)
Outstanding Outfielder – John Brandel – Twisters (5-11, .455 avg, solid defense in left)
Outstanding Infielder – Jared Nichols – Blues (catcher, 6-17, .353 avg, solid defense)
Game Results:
Game 1: Michigan Twisters – 8 (10 hits) over BASES / Trophy Case – 3 (10 hits)
WP – Rick Engle (10 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Bill Yoder (3 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Twisters – John Brandel had two doubles and a single, Neil Fasio homered and singled, Guy Thurston had 2 hits, singles by Wally Sidelko (3 RBI’s), Adam Osanowski and Ron Case (2 RBI’s).
B/TC – Tom Tryban and Scott Kelly (2 RBI’s) each had 2 hits with doubles, Brad Hasse had 2 hits, Jerry Lechowicz had an RBI single, singles by Denny Lechowicz, Matt Hall and Steve Hopkins.
Game 2: Blues Softball – 3 (6 hits) over M-46ers – 1 (3 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (14 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Lyle Pop (4 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Blues – John Ouendag tripled, Shawn Davis doubled, singles by Jared Nichols, Lee Nichols, Mike Cross and Josh Nichols.
M-46ers – Jeremy Doan doubled, singles by Terry Beougher and Keith Davenport.
Game 3: CommuniQuest – 6 (15 hits) over Lumber Company – 1 (5 hits)
WP – Shane Wilson (11 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Lee Ingles (2 K’s, 1 BB)
CommuniQuest – Timm Richardson had 3 hits with a homerun and 3 RBI’s, Robin Allen had 3 hits, Darren Haut had 2 hits, Nick Smith doubled, singles by Nick Phillips, Shea Bryant, Gary Kruger, Gregg Sauve, Dave Dufort and Brian Phillips.
Lumber Co – Lee Wyckoff had a triple and single, singles by Nate VanPuten, Joe Odowd and Steve VanPuten.
Game 4: Tiffany’s – 2 (6 hits) over Auburn Buzz – 1 (3 hits)
WP – Jeff Hoover (6 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Greg Wright (7 K’s, 1 BB)
Tiffany’s – Jeff Hoover had a double, singles by Dale Doughty, Mike Meinecke, Brad Gnatkowski, Gary Thompson and Brandon Carbeno.
Auburn Buzz – Brandon Drews had 2 hits and Craig Histed singled.
Game 5: BASES / Trophy Case – 10 (9 hits) over M-46ers – 6 (10 hits)
WP – Jim Potter (4 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 5 H’s, 5 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Bill Yoder (2 1/3 IP, 6 R’s, 5 H’s, 5 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Lyle Popp (3 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Jeff Buckley (4 IP, 5 R’s, 5 H’s, 2 K’s, 5 BB’s)
B/TC – Jerry Lechowicz had 3 hits, Scott Kelly had 2 hits, singles by Tom Tryban, Denny Lechowicz, Matt Zulski and Brad Hasse.
M-46ers – Terry Beougher had 2 doubles, Keith Davenport and Jason Young each had 2 hits, singles by Sam Davenport, Jeremy Doan, John Doan and Joel Buckley.
Game 6: Auburn Buzz – 7 (10 hits) over Lumber Company – 0 (2 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Greg Wright (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Lee Ingles (5 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Buzz – Steve Findlay had 2 hits with a homerun, Craig Histed had 2 hits, singles by Trent Ruthig, Chad Fournier, Kyle Engle, Brandon Drews, Jim Beyerlein and Andy Krauss.
Lumber Co – Ryan Wyckoff and Steve VanPuten singled.
Game 7: Michigan Twisters – 10 (9 hits) over Blues Softball – 7 (6 hits)
WP – Lane Bender (8 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Ryan Nichols (8 K’s, 6 BB’s)
Twisters – Steve Haynal had 3 hits, Wally Sidelko had 2 hits with a double, Bill Brandt homered, singles by Eric Brandt, Guy Thurston and John Brandel.
Blues – Josh Nichols hit a 3 run homer in the bottom of the 4th to prevent the 7 run mercy after 5 innings, singles by Jared Nichols, Lee Nichols, Ryan Nichols, Rich Brown and Mike Cross.
Game 8: Tiffany’s – 4 (6 hits) over CommuniQuest – 1 (6 hits)
WP – Jeff Hoover (6 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Gary Krueger (3 K’s, 5 BB’s)
Tiffany’s – Dale Doughty had 2 hits with a double, Mike Meinecke had a single with 2 RBI’s, singles by Brad Gnatkowski, Gary Thompson, and Drew Collison.
CommuniQuest – Shea Bryant had 2 hits, Dave Dufort doubled, singles by Darren Haut, Robin Allen and Kevin Fales (1 RBI).
Game 9: Blues Softball –2 (7 hits) over Auburn Buzz – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (8 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Greg Wright (10 K’s, 1 BB)
Blues – John Ouendag had 2 hits, Rich Brown hit a solo homerun to score the games first run leading off the top of the 7th inning, Shawn Davis doubled, singles by Jared Nichols, Lee Nichols and Mark Farley.
Buzz – Trent Ruthig and Brandon Drews singled.
Game 10: CommuniQuest – 8 (7 hits) over BASES / Trophy Case – 1 (5 hits) in 5 2/3 innings
WP – Shane Wilson (14 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Bill Yoder (4 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s) with relief from Jim Potter (1 2/3 IP, 4 R’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB)
CommuniQuest – Gary Krueger had two doubles, Robin Allen had 2 hits with a double, singles by Kevin Fales, Shea Bryant and Dave Dufort.
B/TC – Matt Hall and Tom Tryban each doubled, singles by Scott Kelly, Denny Lechowicz and Brad Hasse.
Game 11 Note (Winner Bracket Final): Play was suspended in the top of the 3rd inning due to fog at 12:30 am Sunday when a fly ball to centerfield went unseen. One run scored on this play that should have been the 2nd out of the inning and runners ended up at 1st and 3rd by the time the play ended. Twisters were ahead 4-1 with one out when play was suspended. Play was scheduled to resume at 9:00 am Sunday. When play was resumed Sunday morning, the first hitter grounded out pitcher to first to make it two outs, then a single to bring in one run before the third out of the inning. It is possible to point to two runs scored as a result of the fog issue. Unfortunately, fog comes in at the waterfront in Petoskey quickly and there is little warning or ability to plan around this. The fog began rolling in during the 1st inning but would come in waves and players reported that play was not being impacted. The decision to suspend play was made by the plate umpire, the umpire in chief of the tournament, the tournament director and the local ASA commissioners who were all present at this very late hour.
(ASA Rule 5, Section 3, C: …the umpire is empowered to call a game at any time because of darkness, rain, fire, panic or any other cause that places the patrons or players in peril. ASA Rule 5, Section 3, D: Games that are not considered regulation shall be resumed at the exact point where they were stopped.)
(The tournament got behind schedule after Game 5 that took 2 1/2 hours to play and 90 minute scheduled starts between games which were not enough time in scheduling which is noted for future reference by the tournament director.)
Game 11: Michigan Twisters – 5 (7 hits) over Tiffany’s – 2 (4 hits)
WP – Rick Engel (10 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jeff Hoover (6 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Twisters – Eric Brandt had 2 hits, Adam Osanowski tripled, singles by Seth Freed, Guy Thurston, John Brandel and Ron Case.
Tiffany’s – Mike Meinecke hit a solo homerun in the 1st inning, singles by Brad Gnatkowski, Jeff Hoover and Brandon Carbeno.
Game 12: Blues Softball – 9 (12 hits) over CommuniQuest – 2 (4 hits) in 6 innings
WP – Ryan Nichols (6 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Gary Krueger (3 K’s, 1 BB)
Blues – Shawn Davis had 3 hits with 2 homeruns, Jared Nichols had 2 hits with a homerun, John Ouendag had 2 hits with a double, Mike Cross had 2 hits, singles by Rich Brown, Mark Farley and Josh Nichols.
CommuniQuest – Gregg Sauve doubled, Shea Bryant, Gary Krueger and Nick Smith singled.
Game 13: Blues Softball – 3 (8 hits) over Tiffany’s – 2 (5 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (9 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jeff Hoover (7 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Blues – Shawn Davis had a homerun and double, Mike Cross had the game winning solo homerun in the 4th to break a 2-2 tie, singles by John Ouendag, Jared Nichols, Rich Brown and Josh Nichols.
Tiffany’s – Dale Doughty had a triple, Brad Gnatkowski had a double, singles by Mike Meinecke, Brett Szagesh and Josh Prastke.
Game 14 – CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Michigan Twisters – 2 (3 hits) over Blues Softball – 1 (7 hits)
WP – Lane Bender (6 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Ryan Nichols (2 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from David Nichols (3 1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Twisters – Seth Freed and Neil Faccio singled, Wally Sidelko had an RBI single in the 3rd inning when the Twisters scored both their runs.
Blues – Dave Nichols had 3 hits including an RBI in the 7th inning, singles by Shawn Davis, John Ouendag, Mark Farley and Mike Cross.
Notes: Ryan Nichols, Blues pitcher, came out of the game in the 3rd inning due to muscle cramps. David Nichols did a terrific job in his first relief action of the tournament. Blues started out the 7th inning with a walk, strike out, error, strike out, RBI single and with runners on 1st and 2nd, the game ended when a line drive was caught by left fielder, John Brandel, Outstanding Outfielder for the tournament for the Twisters.