The 2013 Lefty Bartos/Lee Isenhart Memorial Tournament was played over the weekend at Emerson Park with Huron Wellness/Stockpack taking the title with a 1-0 win over the Owen Sound Juniors in the final. Rain early Sunday morning that caused all the Sunday games to start in the 3rd inning in deference to travel time and the Father’s Day holiday.
Thanks to Joe Squires for handling the UIC duties this weekend and to the Midland Parks and Rec grounds crew for getting us back up and going once the clay dried on the pitchers mounds.
For the 6th year in a row, the Midland Special Olympics softball team came out and played against the Explorers on Saturday afternoon. For any of the softball community who have played in the annual Special Olympics/ISC game at the World Tournament, I don’t need to explain what a great time it is. For those of you that haven’t, please do so. You’ll be happy that you did.
Kyle Beane
Midland Explorers
Game 1
Explorers – 5
Huron Wellness/Stockpack – 4 (8 innings)
WP – Putnam
LP – Zack Lach
Notes – Steve Horning bases loaded single in the bottom of the 8th for the Explorers
Game 2
Mariners – 11
Westerville – 1
WP – Tyler Kelly
LP – Ales Jetmar
Notes – Tyler Kelly (Mariners) HR
Game 3
Aces – 2
Owen Sound Juniors – 1
WP – K. Crawford
LP – Lagace-Roote
Game 4
OS Juniors – 8
Westerville – 4
WP – Hammel
LP – Cantrell
Notes – Lyons and Stuck both 3×3 for OS
Game 5
Mariners – 10
Aces – 4
WP – Sean Kelly
LP – Caleb Keeshig
Notes – Chris Heinlein (Mariners) HR
Game 6
Explorers – 3
Owen Sound Juniors – 5 (8 innings)
WP – Lagace-Roote
LP – Putnam
Notes – Hammel with 2-run triple in the 8th inning
Game 7
Huron Wellness/Stockpack – 6
Westerville – 3
WP – Lach
LP – Jetmar
Notes – Gerstenberger (Port Huron/Ashland) HR and triple.
Game 8
Explorers – 1
ACes – 0
WP – Phibbs
LP – K. Crawford
Notes – Blaise Zimmer leadoff HR over the scoreboard in CF in the bottom of the 1st for the only run of the game.
Game 9
Mariners – 4
Huron Wellness/Stockpack – 6
WP – Greg Guy
LP – Sean Kelly
Notes – Fowler, Gerstenberger (Huron Wellness/Stockpack) HR each. Heinlein (Mariners) HR
NOTE – All playoff/sunday games were started in the 3rd inning, as rain made the fields unplayable until Noon.
Game 10 – Playoff Game 1
Explorers – 6
Westerville – 7
WP – Jetmar
LP – Putnam
Notes – Craig Scott grand slam for Westerville in top of the 8th.
Game 11 – Playoff Game 2
Mariners – 3
Aces – 1
WP – Sean Kelly
LP – K. Crawford
Notes – Game suspended in 6th inning. Umpires award win to Mariners.
Game 12 – Playoff Game 3
Owen Sound Juniors – 4
Mariners – 1
WP – Hammel
LP – Tyler Kelly
Notes – Stuck had 3 hits
Game 13 – Playoff Game 3
Huron Wellness/Stockpack – 3
Westerville – 2
WP – Guy
LP –
Game 14 – Championship
Huron Wellness/Stockpack – 1
Owen Sound Juniors – 0
WP – Guy
LP – Lagace-Roote
Notes – Lee Foco 2 out single, Trevor Urban single to advanced Foco to 3rd, scored winning run on wild pitch.