{"id":1745,"date":"2007-06-17T10:14:42","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T18:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2007-06-17T10:16:58","modified_gmt":"2007-06-17T18:16:58","slug":"black-sox-win-the-test-series-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1745","title":{"rendered":"Black Sox win the test series 4-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> VS. \"\"<\/p>\n

From: \"\"<\/a>(click to visit)<\/em><\/p>\n

\nGame 1 NZ vs CA<\/strong>
\n(Game 5)
\nSat, 16 Jun 2007<\/p>\n

New Zealand Black Sox – 10
\nCanada – 0 <\/p>\n

New Zealand: 6.0.0.0.4.x.x.x.10.11.0
\nCanada: 0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.0.0.1<\/p>\n

New Zealand:
\nJeremy Manley: 5 IP, 0R, 0H, 8K, 1BB
\nC: Pat Shannon<\/p>\n

Manly threw a no hitter.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Canada:<\/p>\n

Rob O’Brien: 0.2 IP, 6R, 6ER, 5H, 0K, 0BB
\nRick Smith: 3.1 IP, 3R, 3ER, 5H, 3K, 3BB<\/p>\n

Trevor Ethier: 1.0 IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 0K, 0BB<\/p>\n

C: Rob O’Brien<\/p>\n

Rhys Casley had 2 hits including a home run in the first inning<\/p>\n

Donnie Hale had a two run home run, and a single<\/p>\n

Thomas Makea had two hits.<\/p>\n

Winning run was in the 1st inning, the first batter Makea singled and was doubled home by Nate Nukunuku<\/p>\n

MVP of Game: Jeremy Manley, a no hitter.<\/p>\n

Manley has been throwing strong all week.<\/p>\n

Al’s Game Notes<\/p>\n

Marc McFarlane is the umpire on the dish for this game.<\/p>\n

Marc is from New Zealand and as is tradition, travels with the team.<\/p>\n

The traditional playing of the two natational anthems ran into a bit of technical difficulty and in a moving scene the<\/p>\n

Black Sox lined up and sang their anthem loud and proudly. This placed the pressure on Canada to do the same, and<\/p>\n

the partisan crowd helped them out.<\/p>\n

When the two team line ups were announced, two honorary team captains were also announced, both former Kitchener\/Waterloo<\/p>\n

Twins catchers. Al Taylor, a native of New Zealand who had come to the area to be a professional fire figher many years ago, did<\/p>\n

duty as the Twins catcher for many years. Craig Crawford was announced as the honorary team captain for Canada. Craig also did<\/p>\n

duty as the catcher on the Canadian National team for almost ten years.<\/p>\n

T1<\/p>\n

Rob O’Brien has the ball for Canada, brother Sean is catching.<\/p>\n

Thomas Makea led the game off with a single.<\/p>\n

Nathan Nukunuku followed up with a triple, scoring Makea and already the Black Sox are up 1-0<\/p>\n

Travis Wilson pops one to the SS<\/p>\n

Pat Shannon singles.<\/p>\n

Jarrad Martin out but Nate scores<\/p>\n

Donnie Hale singles<\/p>\n

Brad Rona singles and adds a run<\/p>\n

Rhys Casley hits a home run, 3 RBI<\/p>\n

(Rick Smith comes in to pitch replacing O’Brien)<\/p>\n

Stacy McLean pops one to the SS<\/p>\n

Its 6-0 for New Zealand<\/p>\n

B1<\/p>\n

Jeremy Manley has the ball for New Zealand and Pat Shannon is catching.<\/p>\n

Ryan Wolfe strikes out.<\/p>\n

Jody Eidt drives one deep to CF but its caught<\/p>\n

Derek Mason goes down swinging.<\/p>\n

1-2-3<\/p>\n

T2<\/p>\n

Thomas Makea leads off again, called 3rd strike<\/p>\n

Nathan Nukunuku called 3rd strike<\/p>\n

Travis Wilson hits one towards the pitcher, dropped, safe on 1b<\/p>\n

Pat Shannon drills a single past SS<\/p>\n

Jarrad Martin walks<\/p>\n

Donnie Hale drills a long one out to RF, caught.<\/p>\n

B2<\/p>\n

Colin Abbott walks<\/p>\n

Rob Gray hits into a double play<\/p>\n

Bryan Abrey goes down swinging<\/p>\n

T3<\/p>\n

Brad Rona walks<\/p>\n

Rhys Casley called out<\/p>\n

Stacy McLean SAC, Rona to 2b<\/p>\n

Makea pops one to RF, out<\/p>\n

B3<\/p>\n

Keith MacKintosh grounds one to the SS, out<\/p>\n

Kevin Schellenberg grounds out<\/p>\n

Sean O’Brien goes down swinging.<\/p>\n

T4<\/p>\n

Nathan Nukunuku grounds out to 2b<\/p>\n

Travis Wilson grounds out<\/p>\n

Pat Shannon goes down swinging<\/p>\n

B4<\/p>\n

Ryan Wolfe goes down swinging<\/p>\n

Jody Eidt pops one to deep LF, out<\/p>\n

Derek Mason fans out<\/p>\n

T5<\/p>\n

Jarrad Martin walks<\/p>\n

Donnie Hale home run, deep CF, 2 RBI<\/p>\n

Brad Rona singled down the 3b line<\/p>\n

Rhys Casley doubled, at least two Errors, and drove in a run<\/p>\n

(Rick Smith out and Trevor Ethier in to pitch for Canada)<\/p>\n

Gus Leger in to hit for Stacy Maclean, SAC, runner to 3b<\/p>\n

Thomas Makea doubles and drives in a run, making it 10-0 ball game<\/p>\n

Daniel Milne in to hit for Nate and grounds out to 3b<\/p>\n

Jonathon Mundon in to hit for Travis Wilson goes down swinging to end the inning.<\/p>\n

B5<\/p>\n

Colin Abbott called 3rd strike<\/p>\n

Rob Gray grounds out<\/p>\n

Abrey goes down swinging to end the game.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Manley threw a no hitter.<\/p>\n

Game 2 NZ vs CA<\/p>\n

(Game 6)<\/p>\n

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:30:31 -0700<\/p>\n

NZ. 5<\/p>\n

CA. 1<\/p>\n

New Zealand: 0.1.0.1.1.1.1.x.x.x.5.9.0<\/p>\n

Canada: 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.1.7.0<\/p>\n

New Zealand:<\/p>\n

Jeremy Manley: 7 IP, 1R, 1ER, 7H, 10K, 1BB<\/p>\n

C: Pat Shannon<\/p>\n

Manley pitched both games back to back. He pitched a five inning no hitter in the early game<\/p>\n

and a one run game in the final game. As Tim Maziarz said walking out of the park, “I think we could<\/p>\n

have gotten to him (Manley) if we had played one more game”. That was taken as a tribute to Manley who has thrown strong<\/p>\n

all week in this test series.<\/p>\n

Canada:<\/p>\n

Todd Martin: 5 IP, 4R, 4ER, 6H, 6K, 3BB<\/p>\n

Dean Holoien: 1.2 IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 1K, 0BB<\/p>\n

Trevor Ethier: 0.1 IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0K, 0BB<\/p>\n

C: Abrey<\/p>\n

For NZ Donnie Hale had 3 hits including a home run.<\/p>\n

Nathan Nukunuku had 3 hits including a home run.<\/p>\n

For CA Ryan Wolfe had a lead off home run.<\/p>\n

Steve Mullalley had two hits.<\/p>\n

Jody Eidt had two hits.<\/p>\n

MVP of Game: Donnie Hale<\/p>\n

Al’s Game Notes:<\/p>\n

Before the second game started Terry Baytor was honoured by Larry Lynch for all his work with the
\nnational program.<\/p>\n

Lynch also officially honoured his long time catcher and friend Craig Crawford.<\/p>\n

Umpire crew for this final game (game 6 of 6):
\nGary Kipper on the dish
\nJay Hart on 2b
\nMarc McFarlane on 3b
\nSteve Pangelly on 1b<\/p>\n

T1<\/p>\n

Todd Martin is pitching for Canada and Bryan Abrey is catching.<\/p>\n

Thomas Makea led off with a walk
\nNathan Nukunuku bunt and safe on 1b
\nTravis Wilson SAC bunt moves the runners
\nPat Shannon single blooper, safe but Makea tagged out at home plate
\nJarrad Martin goes down swinging.<\/p>\n

B1<\/p>\n

Jeramy Manley is still pitching for New Zealand and as always, Pat Shannon is catching.<\/p>\n

Ryan Wolfe thrown turns into a monster home run to deep CF and Canada is up 1-0
\nJody Eidt goes down swinging
\nMason out
\nColin Abbott grounder to RF, out<\/p>\n

Canada is ahead for first time today.<\/p>\n

T2<\/p>\n

Donnie Hale takes the first pitch from Martin deep and well over the CF fence and we have a 1-1 ball game.
\nBrad Rona grounds to SS and nice throw by Schellenberg to 1b for the out.
\nRhys Casley goes down swinging.
\nStacy Maclean, out<\/p>\n

B2<\/p>\n

Rob Gray grounds out
\nAbrey out
\nKeith MacKintosh called 3rd strike.<\/p>\n

T3<\/p>\n

Thomas Makea grounds to 3b, out
\nNathan Nukunuku grounds out
\nTravis Wilson pops up to SS<\/p>\n

B3<\/p>\n

Steve Mullaley singles down LF side
\nKevin Schellenbeg singles down the same side
\nRyan Wolfe goes down swinging
\nJody Eidt single on an E by 2b
\nDerek Mason goes down swinging
\nBill Simmons in to pinch hit for Abbott with the bases loaded, grounds out<\/p>\n

3 LOB<\/p>\n

T4<\/p>\n

Pat Shannon walks
\nJarrad Martin strikes out
\nDonnie Hale hit CF fence for a double and drives in Shannon for the RBI and now its 2-1 for NZ
\nBrad Rona doubles but Hale is out at the plate in a close play with a lot of dust
\nRhys Casley walks
\nStacy McLean walks
\nThomas Makea gounds out to 3b<\/p>\n

B4<\/p>\n

Jeff Ellsworth strikes out
\nAbrey is out
\nKeith MacKintosh grounds out to 3b<\/p>\n

(Holoien has been warming up for past two innings)<\/p>\n

T5<\/p>\n

Nathan Nukunuku hits a home run shot over CF fence and now its 3-1 for Black Sox
\nTravis Wilson grounds out
\nPat Shannon goes down swinging
\nJarrad Martin grounds out to SS<\/p>\n

B5<\/p>\n

Steve Mullaley singles
\nKevin Schellenberg pops one to 3b
\nRyan Wolfe singles
\nDale Levy PH for Eidt, walks
\nDerek Mason strikes out
\nBill Simmons grounds to 3b, nice play by Brad Rona<\/p>\n

T6<\/p>\n

Donnie Hale singles
\n(Dean Holoien comes in to pitch for Canada replacing Martin)
\nBrad Rona out at 1b
\nRhys Casley, passed ball moves Hale to 3b, Casley singles and gets RBI
\nDaniel Milne, with Gus Leger running for Casley, Milne pops to LF, out
\nThomas Make is out<\/p>\n

B6<\/p>\n

Jeff Ellsworth goes down swinging
\nAbrey goes down swinging
\nIan Fehrman grounds out<\/p>\n

Jeremy Manley is still pitching for NZ and showing no signs of tiring.<\/p>\n

T7<\/p>\n

Nathan Nukunuku grouns to SS, out
\nTravis Wilson pops to RF
\nPat Shannon is out
\nJarrad Martin doubles, RBI driving in Nathan Nukunuku
\n(Dean Holoien leaves the game and Trevor Ethier comes in to pitch for Canada)
\nDonnie Hale pop up, out<\/p>\n

B7<\/p>\n

Steve Mullaley grounds out to SS
\nKevin Schellenberg singles
\nRyan Wolfe singles
\nLevy out
\nMason is out<\/p>\n

1030PM\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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