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Patsy’s wins first ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship

South Bend, Ind.—Patsy’s of New York City won its first ever ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship on Saturday night with a 9-5 win over the Farm Tavern of Madison, Wis. Gerald Muizelaar, who was named as the Herb Dudley Most Valuable Player, held off a scrappy Farm Tavern squad to collect his third win and secure Patsy’s first ASA Men’s Major National Championship.

Patsy’s Thomas Makea was named as the Batting Champion after going 9-for-18 (.500) during his team’s run to the title. Despite a runner-up finish, the Farm Tavern’s second baseman Zeron Winters was named as the Most Valuable Player after posting a .433 batting average with 13 hits, three home runs and 10 RBI.

Patsy’s cruised in to the championship game with a 6-2 win over the Quaker Riversharks of Ambler, Pa. Frank DeGroat was once again the offensive star for Patsy’s collecting a single, a home run and three RBIin the winning effort. Travis Wise drove in two RBI while Omar Moraga posted a single, a double and an RBI. Adam Folkard was the winning pitcher for Patsy’s after striking out nine.

After dropping its opening game of the tournament to Broken Bow, the Farm Tavern battled all the way back to meet Patsy’s in the championship game. On Saturday alone, the Farm won four games in a row just to get in to the championship game. They started the day with a 10-6 win over the Minn Dak Millers of Fargo, ND at 9 a.m. Jeff Goolagong almost hit for the cycle going 3-for-3 with a double, triple, home run and two RBI.

At 11 a.m. the Farm got their revenge on Broken Bow with an 8-7 victorythat sent the Gremlins home. The win sent the Farm into the semi-finals of the loser’s bracket where they faced Circle Tap of Denmark, Wis., the defending ASA National Champion. Arepeat of 2006 was not to be for Circle Tap as Broken Bow continued their dreamcome back with a 6-2 win to move one step closer to the championship game. Wintersled the way for the Farm with a single, a home run and two RBI.

In the loser’s bracket finals the Farm showed no signs of fatigueas they took down the Quaker Riversharks, who were playing just their secondgame of the day, 8-2, to advance in to the championship game against Patsy’s.Collin Abbott, Donny Hale and Winters were all offensive stars in the win. Abbott had a single, a home run and two RBI, while Dale contributed a single, a double and two RBI. Winters continued his success with a single, two RBI andtwo RBI.

Brian McCall
bmccall@softball.org

(Championship) Game #37 – 5:00pm
The Farm Tavern – Madison, WI 5runs, 10 hits, 0 errors
Patsy’s – New York, NY 9runs, 9 hits, 2 errors
WP – Gerald Muizelaar
LP – Sebastian Geravsutti
Zeron Winters (Farm Tavern) three singles
Donny Hale (Farm Tavern) triple, home run, two RBI’s
Jeff Goolagong (Farm Tavern) single, home run, RBI
Paul Rosebush (Farm Tavern) two singles, RBI
Travis Wilson (Patsy’s) two singles, two RBI’s
Frank DeGroat (Patsy’s) single, home run two RBI’s
Lois Joglar (Patsy’s) two singles, RBI

Batting Champion: 9 hits, 18 at-bats, .500 batting average
Patsy’s – Thomas Makea

Herb Dudley Most Valuable Pitcher: Won 3, Lost 0 –1.68 ERA, 16 2/3 innings pitched, allowed 10 hits, while striking out 20
Patsy’s Gerald Muizelaar

Most Valuable Player: 13 hits, 3 HR’s, 10 RBI’s,..433 batting average
The Farm Tavern – (2B) Zeron Winters

Bob Waters
Belleville Softball Staff
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Final Bracket

First Team All Americans

Second Team All Americans
Final Order of Finish

Individual Award Winners

Eight Teams Left Standing As Tournament Heads into Day 3

Matchups for Saturday:

Winner’s Bracket Final:
Patsy’s vs. Riversharks

Loser’s Bracket:

9am EST – The Farm vs. MinnDak Millers
11am …….winner to face Broken Bow at 11am

9am EST – Midland vs. Florida Fastpitch
11am……….winner to face Circle Tap at 11am

1pm EST – Loser’s Bracket final, with last two standing from above 6 teams
3pm EST – Loser’s Bracket winner vs. loser of Winner’s Bracket final (Patsy’s-Riversharks)

5pm EST – Championship Game
7pm EST – “if” game

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

ASA Major Winner’s Bracket Down to Elite Eight

After an opening round of games yesterday, the ASA Major winner’s bracket is down to eight unbeaten teams, and provides the following matchups today:

Florida Fastpitch vs. Broken Bow, 1pm EST
Quad City Sox vs. Patsy’s, 3pm EST
Midwest Stampede vs. Riversharks, 3pm EST
Minn Dak Millers vs. Circle Tap, 3pm, ESQ

The top opening night matchup was The Farm vs. Broken Bow, with the Gremlins coming out on top. That sends an awfully good team to the loser’s bracket early, no picnic for teams in their path. Dolan and Murphy & Planggers play for the privilege in a “loser’s bracket play(back) in” game today.

In the winner’s bracket, Bow, Patsy’s and the Riversharks (ISC World # 1, # 2 and # 3 ranked teams) would have to be considered favorites in their games today, with the MinnDak v. Circle Tap (ISC World # 7 and # 8.) figuring to be the closest contest of the afternoon. But of course, teams have been proving the rankers wrong all year, so we’ll let these games play out on the field. Florida Fastpitch always seems to do well in the Major, with a couple of runner-up finishes the past couple years, but faces ISC # 1 Broken Bow in their second game of the tournament.

In the Loser’s Bracket, (ISC # 13) Midland starts the long road back, winning it’s “play in” game against Dolan and Murphys before falling 3-0 in a close contest against the Riversharks. From their standpoint, at least they are at the opposite end of the bracket from ISC # 6 The Farm. The loser’s bracket alternates teams from the winner’s and loser’s bracket, meaning that advancing losers won’t see a team from the winner’s bracket until their third and fifth games.

First day surprises? The Midwest Stampede came in as the ISC #26 ranked team, and knocked off # 17 Bloomington Stix, inspiring a Butch Cassidy-Sundance Kid-like commentary from fans about the Stampede, “Who ARE those guys?”. Stampede pitcher Kim Hansen may not be a household name (yet), but he tossed a two hit shutout, striking out 12 against a solid Bloomington Stix team.

Duncan Outlaws and Rice Creek Michigan are both playing up in class, and will face each other in the loser’s bracket after opening night losses, with the winner facing the Circle Tap-Minn Dak loser.

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

Friday morning update: While we were posting this, the 9am games finished up, with Midland topping Ashland while Dolan and Murphy beat Planggers. That means Planggers drops to 0-2 and will have to get past Midland to avoid going 0-3 and being the first team of the tournament to be eliminated. In some odd bracketing, if Planggers had beaten Dolan, Midland and Dolan would have faced each other twice in their first three games. Dolan’s victory this morning will put them in the path of the freight train called “The Farm”, right now.