By Mike LeBoeuf
\nThe Palladium-Times
\nMon Jun 16, 2008
\nOswego, N.Y. –
\nThe Oswego-based Cutro Professional Inspections (CPI) fast-pitch softball team on Sunday earned a qualifying spot into this year\u2019s world tournament.<\/p>\n
CPI clinched a berth with its performance over the weekend in an International Softball Congress (ISC) II World Tournament Qualifier, held at the Legends Softball Complex in Oswego.<\/p>\n
The 32-team world tourney is slated for Aug. 10-13 in Appleton, Wis.<\/p>\n
Also earning a qualifying spot over the weekend was I4C Victory out of Ottawa.<\/p>\n
Both CPI and I4C Victory won their semifinal games, thereby clinching world tournament berths. The teams mutually decided not to play a championship game, so they were declared co-champions of the qualifier.<\/p>\n
CPI, No. 6 in the ISC II rankings, finished with a 3-1 record in the qualifier. It opened with a 3-1 win over 20th-ranked PA Power of Ephrata, Pa. In that game, Shaun Winship of London, Ontario pitched the win and blasted a two-run homer for CPI.<\/p>\n
CPI lost its next game 6-3 to the seventh-ranked Waterdown Hammer of Toronto, Ontario. Waterdown got a bases-loaded triple from ninth-place hitter Matt DaSilva to take a 3-1 lead in the second inning. Dave Kingdon\u2019s two-out, two-run double in the fourth made it 5-1, and Chris Smith tripled and scored in the sixth for a 6-1 Hammer lead.<\/p>\n
Plating two runs in the bottom of the sixth, CPI drew to within 6-3. Oswego\u2019s Mike Donovan and Winship singled and scored when Derek Stevens singled and the ball was misplayed in the outfield.<\/p>\n
In the seventh, CPI threatened again, loading the bases before Waterdown relief pitcher Wayne Wells got a strikeout for the final out.<\/p>\n
Oswego\u2019s Shawn Samson pitched for CPI and struck out two. Donovan finished with three hits and an RBI.<\/p>\n
CPI bounced back on Sunday with a tough 1-0 win over the fourth-ranked Perkasie Rise of Perkasie, Pa. Winship pitched the shutout, and Stevens drove in the game\u2019s only run.<\/p>\n
That put CPI in the semifinals against the ninth-ranked Easton Thunder of Ottawa, Ontario. Behind the pitching of Winship and a clutch two-run single in the first inning by Stevens, CPI picked up a 3-1 win.<\/p>\n
Winship scattered seven hits and struck out seven. In the CPI first inning, Charlie Walseman singled and Winship walked to set the table for Stevens, who delivered a two-out, two-run single to left.<\/p>\n
The Thunder got its run in the sixth on an RBI single by Dave Tubman, but CPI answered with a run in the bottom of the sixth. Mike McKie singled and scored after wild pitches by the Thunder\u2019s Dan Konkle. Konkle finished with a four-hitter and seven strikeouts.<\/p>\n In the other semifinal game, unranked I4C victory chalked up a 4-2 win over the Waterdown Hammer. Brian Brooks pitched the win, and Joel Lankford had a two-out, two-run double for the winners. Pat Severin and Mike Money were other hitting standouts for I4C Victory.<\/p>\n For the CPI team, notching a world tourney berth was the goal, and it was achieved.<\/p>\n \u201cIt came down to clutch hitting and good pitching,\u201d said Mike Cutro, CPI player\/manager. \u201cShaun Winship gave up just two runs in 21 innings.\u201d<\/p>\n Other Oswego players for CPI are Mike Sorzickas and Mark Blanchard. Rounding out the CPI roster are players from other parts of New York, Florida, and Canada.<\/p>\n CPI has competed in the world tournament the past three years. Its best finish was ninth place last year at Kitchener, Ontario.<\/p>\n The eight-team qualifier tournament included six teams ranked in the top 22.<\/p>\n Eagle Beverage made a donation to the tournament, and the Oswego Men\u2019s Softball Association helped to organize the tournament and maintain the fields.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" from the Oswego Palladium-Times By Mike LeBoeuf The Palladium-Times Mon Jun 16, 2008 Oswego, N.Y. – The Oswego-based Cutro Professional Inspections (CPI) fast-pitch softball team on Sunday earned a qualifying spot into this year\u2019s world tournament. CPI clinched a berth with its performance over the weekend in an International Softball Congress (ISC) II World Tournament […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981"}],"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=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.palltimes.com\/archive\/x390611158\/g13c1e197cdde97bff07ea4bca6dab41adb557836f53a8a.jpg\")
\nShaun Winship delivers a pitch for Cutro Professional Inspections (CPI) during a world tournament qualifier held over the weekend at the Legends Softball Complex in Oswego. Winship pitched three victories as the Oswego-based CPI team earned a berth in the world tournament.<\/em><\/p>\n