Received: 6/12/07 10:52:43 AM From: cstaats6(at)hotmail.com Subject: New Zealand - Jarvis Exhibition games
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jarvis, Ontario Close to 300 fans turned out on Monday night to catch thekick-off of the New Zealand Blacksox tour of Ontario. Under clear skies, the fanswere treated to two well played games. Game 1: New Zealand 5 Jarvis 0 WP- Jeremy Manley (with relief from Michael Gaiger) LP- Brian Urquhart (with relief from Andrew Phibbs) New Zealand broke a scorelesstie in the top of the 4th when Rhys Casley hit a solo HR. PatrickShannon followed with a solo HR of his own in the 5th. After aBrad Rona walk, Casley hit his 2nd HR of the game to make the score4-0. Stacy McLean scored on a fielders choice to round out thescoring. Manley and Gaiger combined strike out 12 and give up 1 hit. Urquhart allowed 8 hits and struck out six in his 4-1/3 innings. Phibbs gaveup three hits and struck out two. Game 2: New Zealand 2 Jarvis 3 WP- Scott Wagar LP- Heinie Shannon (in relief of Gaiger) The Blacksox struck first with a pair of runs in the firstinning on a walk to Nathan Nukunuku, an RBI triple by Travis Wilson and a FC byPatrick Shannon. Jarvis responded with a run in the bottom of the second ona HR by Brad Robinson. New Zealand threatened in the 4th inningwhen Brad Rona and Casley singled with one out. After a McLeanfly-out, Milne singled to center but Brad Rona was thrown out with a collisionat the plate on what was scored an 8-3-4-2 put out at home. Jarvisreplied in the bottom of the fifth to win the game with a pair of runs. Rino Dambrosio singled on a misplayed pop-up that landed between three Blacksoxplayers. Chad Staats followed with a single to RF to put runners at firstand second. Bob Gillow then hit a high chopper to SS to load the baseswith none out. CF Bill Simmons then hit a 2-1 pitch to center fielddriving in two runs to end the game. Rhys Casley was hot on the night with four hits for theBlacksox. Pat Graham went 2 for 2 in the second game and Bill Simmons hada pair of hits on the night for the Merchants. The executive of the Jarvis Merchants would like to thankall the fans, sponsors and the Blacksox for their attendance and support onMonday night. Clarke Staats cstaats6(at)hotmail.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
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