Thanks to Dennis Dosman for this report on the second stop on the North American tour of the New Zealand Black Sox
In the first game of a double header featuring the touring New Zealand
Black Sox, Ryan French, starting pitcher for the KW Cubs was the
lightning in the opening game.French of New Dundee, threw a 7 inning shutout for the Cubs against the powerful New Zealand Black Sox, facing 30 batters, allowing no runs, on 6 hits and 7 strikeouts. At the plate Dan Mitchel had 3 RBIs to lead the local fastball team to a 5 – 0 win.
Lightning shortened the second game in the top of the 3rd inning. This
time against an All Star team of Tri County All Stars, the New Zealand squad took a 3 – 0 lead on a towering 300 foot 3 run homer to
centre left field by Wayne Laulou, the designated player.Campbell Makea followed that homer with a triple that he tried to
stretch to a home run but was out in a run down at 3rd…then the rain
came down, the thunder threat turned to lightning and the fans, players and umps headed for cover…leaving the Tri County AllStars with no opportunity to catch up.Both the KW Cubs and the New Zealand Black Sox play Thursday night at Peter Hallman Ball Yard in Kitchener, opening the 8th edition of the 4
day Legends of Fastball Tournament in Kitchener.Game one…7pm…New Dundee
New Zealand Black Sox vs KW Cubs
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New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
KW Cubs . … 0 0 0 4 1 0 x 5 6 0Winning Pitcher..Ryan French/Allan Phibbs Catching
Losing Pitcher…Tomas Cameron/Casey Eden CatchingFrench faced 30 batters, allowing zero runs. on 6 hits, got 7 Ks and allowed 4
walks to the Black SoxDan Mitchell the Ciubs 2nd baseman had a 3 RBI triple to lead the Cubs to the win…Adam Hiller, Travis Hofstetter, and Nate Bauman also had triples..RBIs to French (3) Brad Thomson and Travis Hofstetter, one each.
Jerome Raymacki led the Black Sox with 3 singles.
The blue crew, first rate, Paul Baier, Stratford, Mitch Zuk, Erin and Lou Davis from Truro Nova Scotia
In the rain shortened second game the Black Sox were held off the scoreboard for 2 innings. The Black Sox put jerome Heretuku, Tyron Bartorillo on board with a single, and a double before the Laulau homer…
and then the rains came….
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Dennis Dosman