Received: 5/21/07 8:04:46 PM From: zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com
Subject: Circle Tap in Palm Springs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 19-20 Palm Springs, CA The Circle Tap men's fastpitch team kicked off the 2007 campaign in Palm Springs, CA over the weekend going 4-2(4-2 overall) good enough for a 2nd place finish. You probably don't need a weather report but it was HOT. Upper 90's into the low 100's for all the games. Overall a very successful tournament that allowed us to get our new guys some at bats and they showed what they are capable of. We did not have any pickup players this weekend but were missing Paul Algar, Frankie Perez, Kevin Reichardt, Todd Malnory, and Jamie Knudson, we did lose Chris DeLarwelle and Tim Jorgensen in the 6th inning of the semi-final due to early flights. Let's get to the action: Game 1 10AM Saturday #8 Circle Tap 6 Young Bucks(Santa Barbara, CA) 0 YB 0 2 0 CT 6 5 0 CT kicked off the season with the 23U ASA champs in the Young Bucks. CT got things rolling in the bottom half of the 2nd inning when Tim Jorgensen drew a walk followed by a Chad Ferguson walk and then Kyle VanAbel delivered a two RBI triple. Bryan Hansen walked and then Steve Schucker grounded into a fielder's choice allowing VanAbel to score for a 3-0 lead. In the bottom of the fourth VanAbel drew a one out walk, Hansen picked up a base hit moving VanAbel to 3rd and then Steve Schucker flew to center picking up a sac fly RBI. In the 5th Matt Bramwell smashed a one out triple and would later score on a passed ball for a 5-0 advantage. In the 6th, Chad Ferguson led off with a base hit, stole 2nd and would later score on a passed ball. Bramwell got the opening day start and worked a masterful game allowing just two hits and striking out 19 walking none. WP:Matt Bramwell 19K 0BB 2H LP:Anthony Martinez 7K 6BB 5H Game 2 Noon Saturday #8Circle Tap 1 #15Portland/deMarini(Portland, OR) 4 (6innings, time limit) PD 4 7 2 CT 1 4 1 This was a very frustrating game. Even though we had only 4 hits we left 9 men on base due to a few walks and a couple errors. Portland pitcher Bricklin Andersen got some big outs when he needed them leaving a pair on in the 1st, 2nd and 6th and loaded in the 3rd. Portland grabbed a 3-0 lead in the 2nd inning as Rob Gehrke and Rod Rainey drew one out walks, Randy Potskin reached on an error scoring a run and then with two out Ryan Daley knocked in a pair. Portland added another in the 5th Daley scored after reaching on a fielder's choice on a Jesse Duncan base hit. CT would get on the board in the bottom half of the 6th when Tom Crouch led off with a base hit, Tim Jorgensen followed with a base hit, after a strike out Kyle VanAbel knocked in Crouch but a ground out and strike out stranded the other two runners. WP:Bricklin Andersen 12K 4BB 4H LP:Collin McKenzie 4K 4BB 7H Game 3 4PM Saturday #8Circle Tap 4 Lumberkings(CA) 2 CT 4 7 2 LK 2 5 1 The Tappers came right out in the top of the first and grabbed two runs as Steve Schucker led off the game with a walk followed by a Kyle Magnusson base hit. Chris DeLarwelle then walked to load the bases Matt Bramwell came up with an RBI single but Magnusson was gunned down at the plate. Tom Crouch followed with an RBI single to take a 2-0 lead. The Lumberkings came back in the bottom half to make it a 2-1 game as Chris Baker, Jon Nimmo, and Tim Hunt all picked up base hits. The Lumberkings would even the game in the 2nd as Trevor Knight picked up a one out double and would later score on an error. CT came right back in the top of the 3rd as DeLarwelle drew a one out walk, Bramwell was hit by a pitch and with two out, Tim Jorgensen picked up an RBI single. It would stay a 3-2 game until the top of the 7th when Schucker picked up a one out base hit and Kyle Magnusson followed with an RBI double. Magnusson was 3x4. WP:Collin McKenzie 4IP 5K 0BB 4H S: Matt Bramwell 3IP 6K 1BB 1H LP:Mike Egerden 7K 3BB 7H There were 14 teams in the tournament broken down to two pools of 7. Each of the pools sent the top 4 teams to a single elimination bracket. With a 2-1 record and allowing 6 runs we earned the #4 seed in our bracket so we face the top seed of the other bracket. Game 4 10AM Sunday #8Circle Tap(4seed) 7 #23Houston Aces(Houston, TX)(1 seed) 0 CT 7 11 0 HA 0 4 1 This was a quiet game until the 3rd when Chad Ferguson led off with a base hit, followed by base hits by Kyle VanAbel and Bryan Hansen. Steve Schucker would ground out but knock in a run. It remained a 1-0 game until the 6th inning when the CT bats finally came unglued. Schucker led off with a base hit, after a fly out, Chris DeLarwelle picked up a base hit followed by a Matt Bramwell RBI single and then Tom Crouch found a gap in right center for a 2RBI triple and scored himself as the CF had trouble handling the ball. CT leads 5-0. In the 7th, Kyle Magnusson drew a one out walk and then Chris DeLarwelle unleashed his first 2 run bomb of the season. DeLarwelle 2x3 HR 2RBI, Bramwell 2x4 RBI, Crouch 2x4 3B 3RBI. WP:Collin McKenzie 6K 0BB LP:Terry Luster 6K 2BB Game 5 Noon Sunday Semi-Final #8Circle Tap 10 #7SoCal Bombers(Yucaipa, CA) 2 6innings SC 2 3 0 CT 10 13 1 The Tapper offense kept rolling right into the first inning with this game chalking up 3 first inning runs. Steve Schucker led off the game with a triple followed by an RBI base hit by Kyle Magnusson. Chris DeLarwelle followed with a base hit moving Magnusson to 3rd who would score on a wild pitch, moving DeLarwelle to 2nd and he would later score on a Tom Crouch ground out. The Bombers game back in the bottom half with a run of their own as Adam LaLonde drew a lead off walk and would later score on a Darren Box sac fly. CT made it a 4-1 game in the 3rd when DeLarwelle smashed his 2nd home run of the season, this time a lead off solo blast. The Tappers tacked on two more in the 4th as Kyle VanAbel smashed his first home run in the "bigs." Bryan Hansen then drew a walk and would score on a Steve Schucker double making it a 6-1 game. In the 5th Matt Bramwell crushed his 1st home run of the season making it 7-1. CT tacked on 3 more in the 6th as Schucker led off with a base hit, Magnusson walked, DeLarwelle picked up an RBI single, Bramwell followed with an RBI single and then Tom Crouch hit into a double play but another run scored making it 10-1. SoCal made it a 10-2 game in the bottom half as Adam LaLonde led off with a base hit and moved to 2nd on a passed ball and scored on a Chad Ghostkeeper single. Matt Bramwell kept the very potent Bomber offense in check allowing just 3 hits. Schucker 3x3 2B,3B DeLarwelle 3x4 HR 2RBI, Bramwell 2x4 HR 2RBI, VanAbel 2x3 HR RBI. WP:Matt Bramwell 6K 1BB LP:Darrel Tilley 4IP 7R 2K 2BB 9H Tony Peeples 2IP 3R 0K 2BB 4H Game 6 2PM Sunday Finals #8Circle Tap 7 #9Grey Sox(Vancouver, BC) 8 8innings GS 8 11 1 CT 7 9 3 This was a frustrating game. This was ours and we let it slip away, but give credit to the talented Vancouver team for coming back and taking the championship game. CT would talley 4 first inning runs keeping the offense hot. Steve Schucker led off the bottom half with a base hit, Kyle Magnusson followed with a base hit, Tom Crouch then squared to bunt them over however a bad throw to first allowed him to reach. Matt Bramwell then drew a bases loaded walk. With one out Chad Ferguson flew out driving in a run and Darren Derricks picked up a base hit making it 4-0. The Grey Sox made it a 4-1 game in the 4th as Doug Cain and Kevin Schellenberg picked up two out base hits and then a CT error allowed Cain to score. In the top of the 5th Vancouver tacked on two runs. Brian Banner led off reaching on an error all the way to 3rd. Calem Gardner then singled him in. Starting pitcher Collin McKenzie then moved to left field and Matt Bramwell came on to pitch. After a sac by Trevor Johnstone, Rob Giesbrecht then knocked in Gardner making it 4-3. The CT offense got back together and got the two runs back in the bottom of the 5th as Chad Ferguson picked up a base hit stole 2nd, moved to 3rd on a wild pitch and then with two out Bryan Hansen hit his first home run of his career in the "bigs" making it 6-3. Vancouver added a run in the 6th as Rosy picked up a two out double and moved to third on an error and then was knocked in by Brian Banner. In the top of the 7th trailing 6-4, a walk, strike out and then Derek Mayson hit a two run bomb down the right field line evening the score. In the bottom half Matt Bramwell hit a ball on the 3rd base side of Vancouver pitcher Nick Underhill made an outstanding play to throw him out. Kyle VanAbel picked up a base hit and then with two out Darren Derricks smashed a line drive right up the middle and Underhill made the grab to end the threat. In the top of the 8th, international tie breaker in effect, Collin McKenzie moved back in to pitch. After a fly out and strike out the tie breaker runner moved to 3rd on a wild pitch and scored on a Brian Banner base hit. Gardner and Johnston followed with base hits making it 8-6. In the bottom half, Bryan Hansen drew a walk and then McKenzie executed a perfect sac bunt moving the runners to 2nd and 3rd. After a strike out Magnusson picked up an infield hit, driving in a run but that would be it. Final 8-7. Magnusson 3x5, Hansen 2x4 HR 2RBI. WP:Nick Underhill 8IP 9K 4BB LP:Collin McKenzie 5IP 5K 1BB 5R 4ER 7H Matt Bramwell 3IP 1K 1BB 3R 2ER 4H Circle Tap will be hosting the WI Classic League this weekend. Games start at 6 Friday night and the last one is at 2 on Sunday. Zakk CT Fastpitch zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list [email protected] http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com
