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Rose Cup 2002
[Portland, OR-July 19, 2002-] Victoria, the number one seeded team going into Sunday's single elimination round, went undefeated in the tournament. McKenzie was dazzling, throwing a perfect game on Saturday against CRP/Adidas along with 19k's. In the finals, C-Mack shut down a good Vancouver BC Grey Sox squad, 4-0. McKenzie was MVP pitcher for the tournamnt. Gerry Kennedy (1B) for Victoria, was MVP positional player leading the way with 5 HR's over the weekend.
10 Teams - 24 Games - One Champion - Lots of Great Games! Game 1:
Victoria BC Fine Line
5 runs 9 hits 3 errors
WP: Careless
HR: Scaber (Victoria) Game Highlights: One of the
best games in the tournament. With two outs in the 7th inning, Tim
Scaber hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at 4 apiece. Two batters
later, Damion McCulloch of Fine Line drove in the winning run with a single
to score Doug Cain who had singled and taken second on a passed ball.
Team Rainey gave Fine Line all they could handle, but came up just short
of the victory. Travis Price threw a good game for Rainey.
Kevin Careless pitched real well for Victoria registering 18 k's.
WP: Peeples
HR: Garcia, Morrison, Wells (Team Lyons) Traverso (2) (Lucky Star) Highlights: This offensive
show produced 5 homeruns, two by Terry Traverso of the Lucky Star squad.
Team USA hurler Tony Peeples picked up the win for Team Lyons with some
outstanding relief in the 6th. Peeples struck-out 4 hitters in his
inning and one-third.
WP: Hunhoff
HR: none Highlights: A real pitching
dual between these squads. Aaron Owens double in the second inning
drove in the winning and only run in the ball game. Mike Warren pitched
well for CRP, but was out dueled by Tony Hunhoff of the Bucks who threw
a two-hit shut-out with 16 k's.
WP: Drutzman
HR: Linnane (Bodle) Highlights: Mike Linnane had
4 hits including a homerun and drove in two runs to lead Bodle to a victory
over SoCal.
WP: Wiens
HR: Waverick (Vancouver) Highlights: Kris Wavericks
3 run Home Run in the first inning was all the offense Harv Wiens needed
as he scatterd 8 hits and held the NW Merchants to two runs in picking
up the win. Sisco Sabate' pitched well for the NW Merchants in defeat.
Game 6: The Portland Merchants
4 Runs 8 Hits 1 Errors
WP: Pidcock
HR: none Highlights: Greg Walker's two
run double was enough offense for Portland to hold off the Lyons.
Craig Pidcock had it going for Portland as he fanned 12 hitters, gave up
just two hits and an unearned run in picking up the victory. Tony
Peeples matched that effort except for a rocky sixth inning which cost
them the ball game.
WP: Grebeck
HR: None Highlights: Rod Rainey
lead his team with two hits, scored a run and had an rbi. Stan Grebeck
scattered 4 hits, walked nobody and had 8 strikeouts in picking up the
win for Team Rainey.
WP: Barnes
HR: Ree (2), Gottberg, Waltier, Gehrke, and Perkins (Portland) Highlights: Brian Ree had 3
hits including a homerun and 4 rbi's to lead the Portland offensive outburst.
Dean Waltier had a single and homerun to go along with 3 rbi's for Portland.
Matt Barnes picked up the victory while registering 9 strikeouts.
WP: McKenzie
HR: Kennedy (Fine Line) Highlights:
Big Collin McKenzie pitched a perfect game to go along with 19 strikeouts.
Gerry
Kennedy hit a two-run homer for the Victoria squad. Mike Trotter
pitched well in defeat.
WP: Sabate'
HR: C. Knight, K. Knight (NW Merchants) Linnane (Bodle) Highlights: Casey and Korey
Knight led the NW Merchants in this slugfest with 3 hits apiece.
Korey also had 3 rbi's. They also each homered in the ballgame.
Sisco Sabate' picked up the win in relief.
WP: McKenzie
HR: Kennedy, MacEachern (Victoria) Clegg (SoCal) Highlights: Kevin MacEachern
and Gerry Kennedy each homered and MacEachern added 3 rbi's for Fine Line.
Collin McKenzie picked up the win with 3 solid innings in relief and registering
6 strikeouts. Don Clegg homered for SoCal.
WP: Underhill
HR: none Highlights: Nick Underhill
pitched a two-hit shutout against a tough Team Lyons squad. Underhill
also had 10 strikouts in this gem of an outing. Jeff Kawaguchi and
Kris Waverick each had two rbi's for the Grey Sox.
WP: Thompson
HR: Rasmussen (Lucky Star) Highlights: Kevin Rasmussen
hit a 7th inning grand slam for the Seattle team for a huge victory for
them. Harv Wiens had 16 strikeouts in 6 innings for Vancouver.
WP: Barker
HR: Nieblas (Team Rainey) Highlights: Dee Nieblas blasted
a two-run homer and Said Barker with relief help from Travis Price shut
down the CRP squad. Jesse Duncan and Jason Aceves chipped in with
two hits apiece for Team Rainey. Keith Willard had two hits for CRP/Adidas.
WP: Sabate'
HR: none Highlights: Sisko Sabate' kept
the Portland squad off balance with this pitching gem - scattering 5 hits
and registering 2 strikeouts. Darin Michael had two hits and two
rbi's to lead the NW Merchants to a big victory.
WP: Davis
HR: Williams (CRP/Adidas) Highlights: Rob Davis and Tony
Peeples combined to shut down CRP in this elimination game. Jeff
Coleman and Shawn Mandolesi each had 2 rbi's for the Lyons. Keith
Williams homered for CRP.
WP: Wells
HR: Blumer (Bodle) Highlights: Jerry Cole's triple,
run scored and rbi along with Terry Traverso's two runs batted in were
enough to keep Lucky Star ahead for good in this close battle. Kevin
Rasmussen scored two runs for Lucky Star. Al Well picked up the win.
Jeff Blumer homered for Bodle.
WP: Hunhoff
HR: Martin (SoCal) Highlights: First Baseman Don
Clegg went 4 for 4 and added 2 rbi's for SoCal. Ron Mizener
added two hits and scored 2 runs for the Bucks. Tony Hunhoff threw
a two-hit shutout for the SoCal Bucks.
WP: Pidcock
HR: Newell (Portland) Highlights: Craig Pidcock threw
a 4 hit shutout along with 15k's for the Portland Merchants. Dave
Newell hit a solo homerun for the Merchants. Brian Ree added two
hits for the Portland squad. Stan Grebeck added two hits for the
hard luck Rainey team. Rainey's only two losses in the tournament
were by a total of 3 runs.
WP: Underhill
HR: Galley (Vancouver) Highlights: Nick Underhill
bounced back with a sparkling 15 strikeout, 3 hit shutout performance.
Jeff Galley homered for the Grey Sox helping send the Lucky Star squad
packing.
WP: McKenzie
HR: none Highlights: Collin McKenzie
pitched a 4 hitter with 16k's to lead Victoria past the Lyons. Doug
Cain led the Fine Line squad with 2 hits and also scored two runs.
Jeff Coleman had two double for the Team Lyons squad.
WP: Underhill
HR: none Highlights: Nick Underhill
pitched well for the Grey Sox striking out 10 batters and giving up just
two runs. Big Mark Bennett, hampered by a sore knee, threw well but
gave up 3 runs in the 3rd inning. Todd Morrison drove in two
runs for the Grey Sox.
WP: Careless
HR: Kennedy (2), Cain, Nielson (Victoria) Highlights: Gerry Kennedy hit
two homeruns and drove in six runs to lead Victoria as the wheels fell
off for the host Portland Merchants in this game. Kevin Careless
had 8 strikeouts in 4 and two thirds innings.
WP: McKenzie
HR: Kennedy (Victoria) Highlights: MVP Pitcher Collen
McKenzie had 18 strikeouts in this 3 hit shutout. Big Gerry Kennedy
drove in all 4 runs for Victoria including a two run homerun in the first
inning. Harv Wien pitched well for the Grey Sox, but couldn't match
McKenzie on this day. Jeff Galley had two hits for the Sox.
Kevin Schellenberg had a double and also scored a run for the champion
Fine LIne squad.
Thanks again to Damon's Sports Grill where close to 200 players, fans and friends gathered for a buffet and lots of drinks and good company Saturday nite. It was great to see so many of you participate. We really enjoyed it. Collin McKenzie, Kevin Careless, John Bishop, Nick Underhill, Harv Wiens, Craig Pidcock, Matt Barnes, Mark Bennett, Tony Hunhoff, Tony Peeples, Rob Davis, Travis Price and Sisco Sabate' were just some of the fine pitchers who threw at the Rose Cup and put on a good show for the fans. Thanks guys! Thanks, Tom Ree
PS
Team Rainey of Southern California made a strong showing in the Rose Cup tournament in Portland Oregon, coming within 3 outs of defeating eventual winner Victoria Fineline in their opening round robin game Saturday. Rainey took a 4-2 lead into the seventh, but a 2 run homer for Fineline tied the scored, who then scored one more in the 7th for a 5-4 win -- and heartbreaking loss for Rainey. Rainey bounced back, though, defeating Bodle Chiropractice of Seattle, 4-3, and CR/Adidas of Portland, Oregon, 5-2, to finish the round robin portion of the tournment with a 2-1 record, good for a #3 seed in the ten team tourney. Team Rainey opened Sunday's single elimination play against the Portland Merchants, but lost a 2-0 decision. Rainey finished 2-2 in the tournament, a solid showing for Southern California.
Saturday scores: Victoria Fine Line 5
Team Lyons (Fresno, CA) 10
SoCal Bucks (Santa Barbara, CA)
1
Vancouver BC Grey Sox 5
Bodle Chiropractic (Seattle,
WA) 3
Portland Merchants (Host team)
4
Team Rainey (Orange County)
4
Portland Merchants 14
Victoria Fine Line 3
NW Merchants 8
Victoria Fine Line 6
Vancouver BC Grey Sox 5
Lucky Star (Seattle) 5
Team Rainey (CA) 5
NW Merchants 3
Sunday Single Elimination Round: Lucky Star (Seattle, WA) 5
Team Lyons (Fresno, CA) 8
SoCal Bucks (Santa Barbara, CA) 8
Vancouver BC Grey Sox 3
Victoria Fine Line 4
Portland Merchants 2
Semi-Finals Vancouver BC Grey Sox 4
Victoria Fine Line 13
*** SoCal Bucks and Portland
Merchants take 3rd Place in Tournament
Finals: Victoria BC Fine Line 4
A brief tribute to Neil Leard was given prior to the Championship game. The game, the fans and his many, many friends will truly miss this remarkable man. We thank Conrad Margolis for saying a few words about Neil Leard prior to the moment of silence. Other all-stars for Victoria Fine Line were: Doug Cain (DP), Tim Scaber (C), and Quinn Neilson (SS). For the Vancouver Grey Sox: Nick Underhill (P), Jeff Galley (3B), and Steve Venus (SS). For the Portland Merchants: Brian Ree (SS) and Scott Gottberg (CF). The SoCal Bucks had two players chosen whose names are unavailable at this writing. The Portland Merchants, hosts of the tournament, thank all the teams, fans, and media that attended this exciting event. Several hundred folks were in attendance and we appreciate it very much. Will McClure filmed some of the action for his upcoming documentary, KPTV -12 filmed highlights of the championship game which was shown on the 10 PM News and everyone seemed to have a real good time. Portand thanks all of you! Tom Ree
[Portland, OR-June 19, 2002-] The ten team field includes:
Tony Peeples(P) and Todd Garcia (C) both from Fresno, Ca are members of Team USA. Collin McKenzie (P), Victoria, is a member of the Canadian National Team. Mark Bennett (P) from SoCal, Nick Underhill (P) from Vancouver, BC, Tim Scaber (C) from Victoria and Rod Rainey (INF) from Team Rainey are just a few of the star studded players who will participate in this International Tournament. The ten team format will be 3 round-robin games for each team on Saturday with all ten teams proceeding to the single elimination championship game on Sunday. Seeds 7-10 will play for the last two spots in the eight team single elimination on Sunday. Will McClure, a freelance film producer, and Mike
Machado, a sports
Travel money in the amount of $2,500.00 will be distributed to the top 4 finishers. Trophies, MVP and Outstanding Pitcher awards. Also, 12 player all-star t-shirt awards. Tournament T-shirts featuring all 10 teams, 3 states and 2 countries will be available at the tournament. Damon's Sports Bar and Grill is hosting a free buffet at 8 PM Friday and Saturday evening for all teams, family and friends. The Portland Merchants are real enthused about reviving this event in Portland, Oregon and welcome all teams, fans and media.
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