The Bridgeport Braves, the South Perth Men’s Fastball League (SPMFL) regular season champs and the defending league champs, successfully defended their championship – but they did it the hard way Sunday, winning five consecutive games up the loser’s side of the 16-team bracket in the playoff tournament in Mitchell Sept. 15-17. They defeated the previously unbeaten Elmira Cubs twice in the final, 4-3 and then in the sudden-death final 3-1. Top pitcher award winner, lefthander Todd Winkworth, pitched three consecutive wins Sunday, a 4-3 eight-inning triumph over the Elmira Jrs, a 3-1 victory over the Sebringville Sting, and the first win over the Cubs before running out of gas. Veteran Jim Schnarr earned the save in their initial win over Elmira, then he pitched the complete-game victory in the final. MVP Mike Kelly, also of Bridgeport, was tremendous offensively and defensively, shining with the glove throughout the day along with
\nfellow middle infielder Jay Schnarr. It was a special birthday for the 41-year-old Kelly, who started the Braves\u2019 roll with a game-winning RBI over the Elmira Jrs in the bottom of the eighth inning, rallying the club from a 3-0 deficit. Kelly went a stellar 9-for-14 in the five games Sunday.<\/p>\n
1st – Bridgeport
\n2nd – Elmira Cubs
\n3rd – Sebringville
\n4th – Elmira Jrs.<\/p>\n
Sunday results<\/strong><\/p>\n 25 – Elmira Jrs 6, Moorefield 1 26 \u2013 Bridgeport 7, Mitchell 6 27 \u2013 Elmira Cubs 2, Sebringville 1 28 \u2013 Bridgeport 4, Elmira Jrs 3 (8-inn) 29 \u2013 Bridgeport 3, Sebringville 1 30 \u2013 Bridgeport 4, Elmira Cubs 3 31 \u2013 Bridgeport 3, Elmira Cubs 1 MVP \u2013 Mike Kelly, Bridgeport The Bridgeport Braves, the South Perth Men’s Fastball League (SPMFL) regular season champs and the defending league champs, successfully defended their championship – but they did it the hard way Sunday, winning five consecutive games up the loser’s side of the 16-team bracket in the playoff tournament in Mitchell Sept. 15-17. They defeated the previously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWP \u2013 Luke Hiller LP \u2013 Mel Ross HR \u2013 Ben Wideman (Elmira)<\/p>\n
\nWP \u2013 Don Harris SV \u2013 Jim Schnarr LP \u2013 Garnet Kraemer HRs \u2013 Jeff Pauli
\n(Mitchell), Jodie Schnarr, Don Harris (Bridgeport)<\/p>\n
\nWP \u2013 Casey Halstead LP \u2013 Don Scott<\/p>\n
\nWP \u2013 Todd Winkworth LP \u2013 Dan Martin (in relief of Jon Hiller) HR \u2013 Don
\nHa rris (Bridgeport)<\/p>\n
\nWP \u2013 Todd Winkworth LP \u2013 Don Stebbings<\/p>\n
\nWP \u2013 Todd Winkworth SV \u2013 Jim Schnarr LP \u2013 Casey Halstead (in relief of
\nRyan French)<\/p>\n
\nWP \u2013 Jim Schnarr LP \u2013 Casey Halstead<\/p>\n
\nTop Pitcher \u2013 Todd Winkworth, Bridgeport
\nRegular Season Champions \u2013 Bridgeport Braves
\nSPMFL Playoff Champions – Bridgeport Braves
\nJournal-Argus award for longtime service, dedication \u2013 Jon Bailey
\n(formerly of St. Pauls Generals)
\nDoug Smith umpire award \u2013 Jim Heckman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"