From Dennis Frye:
The Midwest Stampede in Thrilling fashion WON in the 8th inning, to rally and Capture the Prize against a Very Tough Townline team from Green Bay 8-7 on Sunday afternoon . They also met on Saturday night and went back and forth in a see-saw affair , coming out on top 8-5 ! The Fast-pitch action all weekend had to deal with Strong winds and Sprinkle’s but The Higher Power wanted Softball at it’s Finest to be on DISPLAY for ALL who were here to Experience the Atmosphere .
“The Dower Report” from Herb Dower:
Fat City won the Grass Valley Tournament over the June 21-22 weekend.
They defeated Brotherton Pipe of Oregon. which finished third in the Boatnik Tournament in Grants Pass last month, in the finals, 7-4.
In Sunday’s single-elimination, Fat City trailed one of the local teams, 5-0, going into the fifth inning before coming back to win to stay alive.
Brotherton Pipe is the same team that finished second in the Class C Nationals in Stockton while playing under the Global Pacific banner, losing in the finals to Pennslyvania Power. They are a good team.
Earlier at Grass Valley they defeated Santa Rosa Fastpitch 8-0 in five innings.
Santa Rosa was 1-2, winning its opening game Saturday 10-9 with a four-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning and then losing Sunday, 7-5, in a five-inning time-limit game.
From Dennis Frye:
The Midwest Stampede / Albaugh Mens Major Level Open Fast-pitch Team just Captured The Eau Claire , Wisconsin ” Sawdust Days Invitational ” , by Out – Hitting THE Number ranked team , The Farm 7 – 4 . The Farm are also The defending International Softball Congress World Champions ! This is a FANTASTIC Spring board into a Busy week for The Stampede Staff . Wednesday night at The GDM Complex will be a warm-up for the ACTION taking place at The Elkhart , Iowa Softball Compex this weekend . Thursday night at The Iowa Cubs – Fastpitch , Food , and FUN with The Stampede Personel ! ALL players in Uniform young and old will Receive a FREE Ticket while supplies last and a Meet & Greet with The Stampede / Albaugh team that has the World of Men’s Fastball BUZZING !!! Friday night at 8:45 pm and Saturday games at 5:00 and 6:45 The Teal & Orange will Challenge teams from Omaha , Minnesota and Wisconsin in pool play for Sunday’s Wrap-up .
Rose Cup Tournament at Portland, Oregon
Saturday, June 21, 2008
8:30 a.m
Broken Bow Gremlins – 2
Horse Lake Thunder -0
WP-Andrew Kirkpatrick
LP-Darren Zack
8:30 a.m
IAC / Team Rainey – 8
LloydminsterDodgers -0
WP – Sebastian Gervasutti
LP – Mc Cabe
HR – Manfredi (IAC/TR)
8:30 a.m
SoCal Bombers – 3
Innovative Communications, UT – 0
WP- Grant
LP – Frame
HR – Landy Rodriguez (B)
8:30 a.m
Vancouver Grey Sox – 4
River City Rockers – 3
WP – Piechnik
LP – Newton
Broken Bow Tops So Cal Bombers, 1-0 for Rose Cup Title
Quarterfinals:
Horse Lake Thunder over Vancouver Grey Sox
Host Portland DeMarini team defeated the Bakersfield, CA Lumberkings 6 – 3 to advance to the semi final vs. Broken Bow.
Semi-Finals:
Broken Bow over Portland out of the event with a 5 inning victory.
So Cal Bombers 3, Horse Lake Thunder
Championship Game:
Broken Bow 1, So Cal Bombers 0
(Broken Bow scored the game’s only run in the 7th inning)
WP-Andrew Kirpatrick
LP-Lucas Mata
(shades of 2005 and 2006 when Kirkpatrick and Mata were teammates, winning back-to-back ISC World Tournament titles with County Materials)
Watch here for more details on earlier games in the tournament.
Portland, OR
The Vancouver Grey Sox completed round robin play with a record of 2-1 at the Rose Cup Tournament being held in Portland, Oregon. Results from all Grey Sox games played thus far are enclosed below.
The Grey Sox now advance to Sunday’s single elimination playoff round and will be matched up with the Horse Lake, AB Thunder with the winner of that game advancing to play the Palm Springs, CA So Cal Bombers who received a bye to the semi finals by virtue of their first place finish in Pool B. The host Portland Demarini team will be matched up with Bakersfield, CA Lumberkings and the winner will advance to the other semi final and will be pitted against Broken Bow Gremlins who also received a bye to the semi by virtue of their first place finish in Pool A.
Further updates will be provided on Sunday evening when the tournament is completed.
Larry Kancs
President
Vancouver Grey Sox
www.vancouvergreysox.com
Game 1 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 8:30 am PDT
Vancouver Grey Sox 4 – Sacramento, CA River City Rockers 3
WP – Mike Piechnik (6) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 5Ks in relief of Jeff Wilson, 5IP, 4H, 3R, 7Ks
LP – Bryan Newton, 7IP, 4R, 7H, 7ks
The Grey Sox rallied from a 3 – 0 deficit in this game, with Rob Geisbrecht delivering a 1 out, 2 RBI double in the 7th to score the tieing and winning runs.
Game 2 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 10:30 am PDT
Palm Springs, CA So Cal Bombers 5 – Vancouver Grey Sox 2
WP – Luca Mata, 7IP, 4H, 2R, 10Ks
LP – Nick Underhill, 6IP, 8H, 5R, 8Ks
Darrell Sandback led the So Cal offense with a 3 for 4 performance with 2RBIs.
Game 3 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 3:30 pm PDT
Vancouver Grey Sox 3 – Lehigh, UT Innovative Communications 0
WP – Mike Piechnik, 7IP, 0R, 4H, 8Ks
LP – Neal Chadwick, 7IP, 3R, 6H, 4Ks
Next Grey Sox Action is Sunday June 22nd at 8:30 am PDT vs Horse Lake, AB Thunder.
Editor’s note: We will have some scores to report, when I get back from my own games..
From the:
Hawks win third consecutive tournament
From sports staff reports
Baytown SunPublished June 20, 2008
Pitching is the name of the game and the Baytown Hawks had the best in Lucas Mata.Mata, widely considered as the best men’s fast pitch softball hurler in the world, led the Hawks to the championship in the Houston Sportsmen Father’s Day Tournament last weekend.
The Argentinean was named the Most Valuable Pitcher in the tournament, picking up four wins while giving up three hits and striking out 38. The Hawks have now won 16 games and three tournaments in a row, including the 12th Annual Castro Concrete Softball Tournament in June.
Baytown opened the tournament with a hard fought 7-6 win over Houston GEO-PER. The Hawks trailed 6-4 going into the bottom of the seventh and scored two runs to tie the game. Mata entered the game in relief and struck out eight of the nine batters that he faced to pick up the win as Baytown scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.
The next game lacked the drama of the first as the Hawks picked up a 13-0 win over the Houston Dynamo. Lalo Escobedo picked up the win on a one-hitter. Mata followed up with a one-hitter in a 6-0 win over Austin Castro.
The Hawks finished pool play with an 11-1 win over the Austin Blue Jays to advance into bracket play undefeated. It was there that Mata took over and proved unbeatable.
The pitcher threw two one-hitters as Baytown defeated Houston Sportsmen 2-0 and Killeen Elite 1-0. Charlie Pena had the game-winning hit in both games and was named Most Valuable Player.
Andy Ortiz, Landy Rodriguez and Manny Mata were each named to the all-tournament team.
Albaugh Inc. Invitational Tournament
Memorial Park
Elkhart, IA
June 27 – 29th
Pool A
1. Midwest Stampede / Albaugh Elkhart, Iowa
2. Kegal Knights Moorhead, MN
3. A & L Farms Omaha, NE
4. TownLine Green Bay, WI
Pool B
A. State Theatre Cresco, Iowa
B. Java House Des Moines, Iowa
C. Thomson Merchants Thomson, IL
D. Hopeville Hackers Hopeville, Iowa
Pool Play Schedule
Friday; June 27th
7:00pm B vs D
8:45pm 1 vs 3
Saturday; June 28th
10:00am A vs C
11:45am A vs B
11:45am C vs D Second Diamond
1:30pm 2 vs 3
3:15pm 3 vs 4
3:15pm B vs C Second Diamond
5:00pm 1 vs 2
5:00pm A vs D Second Diamond
6:45pm 1 vs 4
8:30pm 2 vs 4
All teams advance to Sunday 8 team single elimination tournament pools will be cross bracketed based on seed from pool play.
Regards,
Tom Owen
Click here for our earlier post about the tournament, with a full color PDF of the Tournament Flyer.
The Baytown Hawks went 6-0 on the weekend, beating a very good Killen team, 1-0 in the championship game of the Houston Sportsmen Father’s Day Tournament.
All Tournament Selections
Landy Rodriguez
Manuel Mata
Andy Ortiz
Outstanding Pitchers
Lucas Mata and Marc Tipol
Most Valuable Player
Charlie Pena (shown below in photo)
