Union wins title in dramatic style <\/p>\n
Wednesday October 05, 2005
\nRob Ross
\nBy Rob Ross
\nTimes-Journal
\nFINGAL — Don\u2019t invite the Union Storm to the Valentine\u2019s Day party. They\u2019re heartbreakers.
\nFor 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.
\nKevin 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.
\nUnion trailed 5-2 before tying the game in the bottom of the sixth inning on a RBI single by Troy Rick and Chris Wismer\u2019s two-out, two-run single.
\nAfter two outs, the Storm loaded the bases for Coleman in the seventh against Astros pitcher Shaun Winship.
\n\u201cI like to be patient in that situation,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cComing down to one pitch you want it to be one you can put a good swing on. Really the pressure wasn\u2019t on me. The pressure is on him.\u201d
\nColeman had three balls go by him before he took two strikes. The sixth pitch was high and outside.
\n\u201cThat wasn\u2019t close. I had to let it go,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cMaybe 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.\u201d
\nPitcher Dan Beecroft took the win. He allowed five runs, eight hits and two walks while striking out 11 batters.
\n\u201cI appreciate any night the offence can bail me out,\u201d Beecroft said. \u201cThree pitches didn\u2019t hit the spot where I wanted to and (Glencoe) made me pay every time.\u201d
\nGlencoe led 4-0 after two innings on a pair of two-run home runs from Brett Neal and Bill Pisorowski.
\nLynch cut the lead in half with his two-run liner over the fence in the fourth inning.
\nRick Galbraith appeared to have given the Astros a little more insurance with a solo home run in the top of the sixth.
\n\u201cWe had them on the ropes and let it slip away,\u201c player-manager Tim Stover said. \u201c(Union) is too good a team and they don\u2019t give up. \u201c
\nThe 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.
\nWinship was handed the loss. He gave up six runs, seven hits and four walks. He struck out three.
\nRick finished two for three and Lynch scored two runs.
\nRon Pazitka and Pisorowski each had two hits for the Astros.
\nThis is the Storm\u2019s first league championship since 2001 after losing in the final in 2002 and 2003. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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