The host Prince George Black Bears topped the Vancouver Grey Sox, 8-1 Monday night at the Sr. Canadians in Prince George B.C. Chad Ghostkeeper got the Black Bears on the board early with a two run homer into the beer tent. Prince George scored three in the first inning and never looked back, as Black Bears pitcher Colin McKenzie tossed a five-hitter enroute to the win, striking out 7 and walking just two.

Here is the Play By Play from the official website for the tournament. You can get this information by “clicking through the schedule” (click the “schedule” menu button at left of website, then go to the game for play by play. It appears they are posting in real time.)

pitching for Vancouver is Nick Underhill
Inning 1 PG Black Bears
first batter Sandback hits one back to the pitcher it deflects off and into the feild for a base hit next batter Ghostkeeper smashes one on the first pitch out of the park into the beer gardens for a 2RBI home run Potskin Evan gets on with a triple down the ffirst base line now batting Cain gets caught looking now batting Potskin Randy down swinging withn two away it brings Ormsby to the plate hits one through third and short for a RBI single now batting Stevenson Stevenson hits for a single up the middle now batting Dent runneres advance on a wild pitch to third and second Dent draws a walk to load the bases for Dirksgrounds out 5-3

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The Prince George Citizen newspaper in Prince George, B.C. is providing outstanding coverage of the Sr. Canadian Tournament, as is the official website for the tournament.

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From the Prince George Citizen
Monday, August 28, 2006

Host team avoids early two-loss hole

by JASON PETERS, Citizen staff

Korrey Gareau showed precisely why he is considered one of the best pitchers in the world.

Sunday night at Spruce City Stadium, the Prince George Black Bears hurler tossed a three-hitter against the Saskatoon Aspen Interior Black Sox to lead the Bears to a 5-4 win. Gareau ended the game with 10 strikeouts, none bigger than his final one. With the tying run standing on third base in the form of Sean Whitten, Gareau fanned Darrell Joy to end the ball game. With the victory, the Black Bears evened their record at the Canadian senior men’s fastpitch championship at 1-1.

Gareau and Joy — who are both on Team Canada’s 35-player list — are also teammates on The Farm Tavern, based in Madison, Wis. Gareau said he had a pretty good idea of how to work to Joy.

“(I threw) a drop ball and then struck him out with a rise ball,” said the 33-year-old Gareau, one of the Black Bears’ key pickup players for the tournament. “He was thinking drop ball and I came up with a rise ball.”

The victory was huge for the Bears, who could not afford to fall to 0-2 on opening day. Earlier Sunday, they blew a lead and lost 9-6 to the Charlottetown Razzy’s Roadhouse Fawcetts.

“We let the first one slip on us, and my duty was to try and get it back even again,” Gareau said.

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