So Cal Bombers-Team Rainey Winner to Face Portland in Rose Cup Final
Second Round Games – Quarter Finals
Game 9
Team Rainey, CA – 13
Lumberkings, CA – 0
WP-Sebastian Gervasutti
LP-John Nimmo
Game 10
So Cal Bombers, CA – 5
Larry Miller Hogs, UT – 3
WP-Brand (4), Price
LP-Cody Thompson
Game 11
CR/Portland, OR – 5
Vancouver Grey Sox, BC – 4, 8 innings
WP-Mike Piechnik
LP-Underhill (5), Smith
Game 12
Prince George Black Bears, BC – 7
NW Merchants, WA – 0, forfeit
Lots of scores here. Click here to view bracket.
Just three teams left. Host Portland is back in the finals for the second year in a row, with two So Cal giants squaring off in a semi-final matchup that will determine Portland’s opponent.
The bracket is up to date as of this posting at 1pm PST. Only three
teams remain. Just three teams left. Host Portland is back in the
finals for the second year in a row, with two So Cal giants, Team
Rainey and the So Cal Bombers squaring off in a semi-final matchup
that will determine Portland’s opponent. In the most dramatic game
of the day, Portland and Vancouver squared off in a quarterfinal game,
a rematch of last year’s championship game, which Vancouver won. This
year, it was Portland’s turn, with Mike Piechnik picking up a 5-4 win
in 8 innings over hard throwing Nick Underhill. Portland led 4-1
before Vancouver tied it and sent it into extra innings.
The Larry Miller Hogs of Salt Lake City, Utah gave the So Cal Bombers
a run for their money, before falling 5-2. The Bombers led midway,
2-1, but the Hogs tied the game at 2 in the 4th. Ryan Brand came on
in relief to pick up the win for the Bombers.
The Bombers will face local So Cal rival Team Rainey, who always seems to play their best at Portland. Rainey was in the finals in 2003 and 2004. Young Argentine Sebastian Gervasutti has three wins while Bricklen Anderson has two, for their 5-0 record thus far. Team Rainey is ranked # 24 in the current ISC rankings, while the Bombers are #8. Rainey opened the Rose Cup tournament yesterday morning with a 4-1 win over #6 ranked the Vancouver Grey Sox.
Prince George Black Bears, BC won their morning game, but departed
early, forfeiting their semi-final with Portland.
Complete Rose Cup Scoreboard at Fastpitchwest:
http://www.fastpitchwest.com/rosecup.htm
and
http://www.alsfastball.com
We’ll be recapping scores with winning and losing pitchers later this
afternoon.
Single Elimination Sunday, June 25, 2006
First Round Games
Game 1
Team Rainey, CA – 8
Mock Ford – 1
WP-Bricklen Anderson
LP-Mike Trotter
Game 2
Lumberkings, CA – 11
Colorado Rage, CO – 1
WP-Sonny Perkins
LP-Kurt Tabashnuik
Game 3
So Cal Bombers, CA – 5
A-1 Tank, CA – 2
WP-Tony Peeples
LP-Doug Sleep
Game 4
Larry Miller Hogs, UT – 11
Castlewood, UT – 4
WP-Brian Urqhart
LP-Steve Black
Game 5
CR/Portland, OR – 7
JRW Associates – 1
WP-Mark Bennett
LP-Dave Drotzman
Game 6
Vancouver Grey Sox, BC – 4
Houston Aces, TX – 0
WP-Nick Underhill
LP-Wayne Wells
Game 7
NW Merchants, WA – 11
Cleons Auto, WA – 3
WP-Penner
LP-Tungsvik
Game 8
Prince George Black Bears, BC – 8
CR/Adidas, OR – 0
WP-Sean Whitten
LP-Mike Trotter
ISC World #24 Ranked Team Rainey Upsets #6 Ranked Vancouver Grey Sox
Click link below for the complete scoreboard for the Rose Cup Tournament in Portland, Oregon. We’ve been sending out emails to our mailing list “The Fastpitch” as well. Click link at bottom of main page at www.fastpitchwest.com for “mailing list” to sign up.
Rose Cup Scoreboard
Team Rainey scored their biggest win of their season Saturday, a 4-1 win over the defending Rose Cup champion, the Vancouver Grey Sox, behind their newest addition, young Sebastian Gerutti from Argentina. Sebastian notched two wins Saturday, with mainstay ace Bricklen Anderson picking up one in his start, for a perfect 3-0 Saturday for Team Rainey.
The ISC World Rankings just released this week pegged Vancouver as #6 in the world, while Team Rainey is # 24. Vancouver entered the tournament as the highest ranked team, with the So Cal Bombers right behind, at #8. Like Rainey, the Bombers were a perfect 3-0 Saturday, with each of their three pitchers picking up a win, Travis Price, Tony Peeples and Ryan Brand.
Sean Whitten, who shone brightly at Red Rock while pitching on loan to the Bombers, notched two wins Saturday for the Prince George Black Bears of British Columbia.
So Cal’s Mark Bennett picked up two wins for the host team, CR/Portland, with teammate (and Team USA star) Terry Luster picking up one in the nightcap, giving Portland a 3-0 Saturday. Portland was the runner-up in last year’s tournament, making it to the championship game against the Vancouver Grey Sox.
The ISC II’s #16 ranked team, the Colorado Rage had a big day, knocking off the ISC World #23 ranked Houston Aces. Houston has been one of the hottest teams in the country over the past 4 weeks, upsetting #5 ranked Patsy’s at Red Rock and finishing second, followed by a title at the ISC Qualifier for the Texas region. They struggled to score runs in Portland, scoring only 1 run in three games. They beat A-1 Tank 1-0, after getting shutout 1-0 in a pitching duel between the Colorado Rage’s Kurt Tabashnuik and Houston’s Wayne Wells, before falling to host Portland, 6-0 in the nightcap.
ISC II Teams:
ISC II #16 Colorado Rage finished with the best record among the ISC II teams, with a 2-1 record, with their second win coming over a former ISC II team, A-1 Tank.
ISC II #14 ranked Lumberkings finished 1-2, notching a win over ISC II #22 JRW Associates, falling to two ISC World Tournament teams, the So Cal Bombers and the Prince George Black Bears, of British Columbia.
ISC II #22 JRW Associates also faced stiff competition, going 0-3 while playing up in classification. Like the Lumberkings, JRW had to face two of the ISC World’s best, the So Cal Bombers and Prince George Black Bears.
Play continues Sunday, in single elimination bracket play.
#1 County and #2 Farm Tavern Retain Top Spots
In the latest ISC World Tournament rankings, County Materials and The Farm Tavern remained atop the heap, at # 1 and 2, respectively. The Orillia Riversharks are now the #3 team, trading places with the Hallman Twins, who are now ranked #4.
Teams out West:
So Cal Bombers remained at # 8
Portland, formerly #18, climbed two spots to #16
Pueblo, formerly #19, climbed 4 spots to #15
Houston remained at # 23
Team Rainey remained at #24
Thanks to our friend Herb Dower for this edition of “The Dower Report”
It was showdown week in Santa Rosa’s two fastpitch leagues, and the young and talented Santa Rosa Fastpitch team was more than equal to the challenge. In a battle for first place in the Wednesday League, Santa Rosa first defeated Dry Creek 13-0 behind the three-hit pitching of Jim Fleck on June 14, and followed that up a week later with an 14-4 win over a veteran Wall’s Bail Bonds team, as Fleck got the nod over Jim Vargas.
It was the second night in a row that Santa Rosa defeated Wally’s, posting a 12-2 win on Tuesday, with Fleck again bettering Vargas. Santa Rosa is now 6-1 in both leagues. and is 22-8 overall (four of the losses came in the Red ock Tournament) after winning the Class C tournaments in Fairfield and Folsom. The team will be playing in Sonora this weekend in another travel league tournament. Fleck, who also pitches for the Class B River City Rockers, is now 10-1 in the Santa Rosa League, and he’s been getting plenty of hitting support from a bevy of young players like Carlos and Eddie Gomez, Jewels Valesi, Casey Hillman, Mark Young, Theo Fightmaster, and Brian and Danny Macler. Eddie Gomez had an awesome week against the Bailbondsmen, going 2-for-4, scoring three runs and driving in two in the 11-3 win, and then hitting for the cycle on Wednesday with a homer, triple, double and single, scoring three more runs and driving in six. Valesi was 2-for-4 with four walks, Carlos Gomez was 3-for-5 with five RBI, and Hillman and Brian Macler were both 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s win.
JOTTINGS–The Dry Creek team finished second in the big Ukiah Indian Tournament, losing in the finals to Blood Line of Gardnerville, NV…..The nucleous of the Wally’s Bail Bonds team played for the Santa Rosa Storm last season, including Jim and Mike Vargas, Carl Carr, Galen George, and Tony Lopez. All played in last year’s Class C National Tournament in Stockton, where the Storm went 1-2.
Monday June 19th, 2006
JRW & Associates of Yakima Thrice a Bridesmaid
Mt. Vernon, WA – A third place finish at the Skagit Invite on June 18th left JRW & Associates of Yakima, WA at the altar for the third straight weekend.
Two weekends ago (June 4) at the Rich Rice Memorial Tourn. In Wenatchee, WA, the JRW team was 1-1 in pool play and set to play the Northwest Merchants (NWM) of Lacey, WA in their next game. NWM are unranked as they are only playing a limited weekend schedule.
Mike Egerdeen had pitched the initial 11-1 victory for JRW. The loss came in the second game as JRW’s Masters pitcher Wade Liberty gave up 7 runs in the first two innings. Egerdeen came in and stopped the carnage, but JRW could only get 5 runs back. Egerdeen, nursing a calf injury on the mend, had to come right back against NWM and lasted 4 innings. JRW Masters pitcher Wade Liberty held the NWM for two more innings, but NWM scored 3 in the top of the 7th. NWM Kurt Penner shut JRW down in B7 for the 7-5 win.
From the So Cal ASA website:
SoCal ASA
Lancaster – Part IIThe Alliance Tournament Series once again goes to the City of Lancaster and the Big 8 Softball Complex where eight teams will be facing off in the “B” Classification and nine teams in the “C” Classification. Guest teams this weekend will include Taylor Farms making their first appearance in a So Cal ASA event in the B’s and the Silverhawks and Deadbolts entering the “C” portion of the tournament. The Silverhawks are no strangers to So Cal ASA as they have entered a number of tournaments in the past and the Deadbolts will have some familiar faces in their line-up from the old River Rat team.
Round Robin games will start at 9:00 AM on Saturday and the single elimination will start at 8:00 AM on Sunday. A word of warning; Caltrans has been closing Highway 14 overnight in both directions and has not been reopening until after 8:00 AM on weekends. We were not aware of this last month so we took players arriving late into consideration, however, for this tournament games will start on time and players should plan ahead to make sure they arrive at the park before their scheduled game times.
Click link above for schedule of games and directions to fields.
Report on Vancouver Grey Sox from Ducks Unlimited Tournament in Sasketchewan, Canada:
Vancouver, BC
The Vancouver Grey Sox traveled to Saskatchewan last Thursday for a doubleheader in Saskatoon on June 15 and the Ducks Unlimited Tournament in Melfort June 16-18. The Grey Sox were declared the winners in all games played, and the champions of the Ducks Unlimited event.
Under the Skins format for the Ducks Tournament the Grey Sox were able to advance to the final after picking up 6 Skins v. 4 Skins for SoCal Bombers, although SoCal scored 6 runs in the top of the first inning and the actual final score was 6-5 for the Bombers. Unfortunately, the Ducks Tournament fell almost two hours behind schedule on Sunday due to rainouts the previous day that were made up in full on Sunday, and a 16-16 extra inning marathon semi-final between Fargo Kegal Black Knights and Prince George on the Main Diamond. Thus the final, won 6-4 by Vancouver over Kegal, was severely time-restricted.
Monkton, Ont.
We are all set to go!!
The 3rd edition of the World Fastball Invitational is little more than 1 week away, and I’m very excited to give you some much anticipated updates regarding the tourney.
First, I must mention to my friends Larry Lynch and Keith MacIntosh; congrats on both of you pulling off “miracles” in simply getting your tourny’s in. Well done! Poor weather is every tourny directors nightmare and you showed amazing resolve, professionalism, and dedication by making the best of some horrible weather. Speaking on behalf of all players or teams involved, thanks for your hard work – it is very much appreciated.
Now, where to begin with our own tourny. Well, we’ve put the finishing touches on our infield surface, and now boast what I think is a “world class diamond”, complete with newly installed
lighting! Final adjustments were made just last week, and I must say they light up the night brilliantly! Contractors have been, and will continue to be busy installing new and additional electrical and high-speed internet lines, plumbing, broadcast centre, food booths, and of course – our “famous” beer tent! – complete with our major sponsor “Bud-Light” on tap. www.budlight.com
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