In other opening-round games of the ISC world tournament in Kitchener Ontario Canada, the CR Portland team fell to Albaugh Iowa, 4-2, win SoCal’s Sunny Perkins hit a dramatic two-run homer in the top of the 8th inning for Iowa. Portland will start the long Road back through the losers bracket on Monday at 11am.

The Vancouver Grey Sox advanced to the second round in the winners bracket with a 4-2 win over the Ashland MVD Merchants of Ohio, and will face the Heflin Gremlins of New York in their second round game.

The Southern California Bombers topped Innerkip, Ontario Canada by a 5-0 score Saturday in opening-round play at the ISC world tournament in Kitchener Ontario Canada. Ryan Brand started the game for the Bombers and notched the win, while Tony Peeples came on in relief to close things out. The game was the first of 20 televised on the new ISC TV streaming video broadcast channel and was well received by members of the viewing audience.

Bombers pitcher Ryan brand scattered three hits in his five innings of work, striking out nine, while Tony Peeples tossed two no-hit innings of relief. Raymundo Parra had two hits each for the Bombers, with Parra driving in two of the five runs for the Southern California squad.

The Bombers will have Sunday off in Kitchener, and return to play on Monday at 5:00 p.m. (2pm PST)) against Circle Tap Wisconsin, who recently captured the ASA major national crown at South Bend Indiana August 3-5.

The Pueblo Bandits won a dramatic 16 inning marathon, 3-2 against the Jarvis Merchants of Ontario Canada, in opening-round play at the ISC world tournament. Frank Basuto and Shaun Vanduval both had four hits in seven at-bats in the marathon win, while pitcher Jeremy Manley helped himself with three hits on his own. The game ended in the bottom of the 16 inning when Sean and of all single home the game-winning run. Manley set what is believed to be an ISC record, striking out 37 matters over the 16 innings, scattering but five hits, while Pueblo scored their three runs on 18 hits. Pueblo will now face the unenviable task of facing the 2005 defending ISC world champions, county materials, at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Team Rainey opens play at the ISC World Tournament tonight at 5pm Eastern, 2pm California time. No audio or video for this game, but see the ISC website for details followng the game. Rainey takes on Kegel Black Knights from Fargo, North Dakota.