Received: 8/5/07 8:14:29 PM From: zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com
Subject: Circle Tap at ASA National Championship -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2-4 South Bend, IN The Circle Tap Fastpitch team went 3-2(29-14 overall) in garnering a 4th place finish in the ASA National Championship over the weekend. It was great to see the offense hit the ball very well over the weekend in preparation of the upcoming ISC World Tournament in Kitchener, ON. CT placed Chris DeLarwelle and Tim Jorgensen on the 1st team All-American team as well as Kyle Magnusson and Frankie Perez on the 2nd team. Here are the results. Game 1 8PM Thursday #8Circle Tap 8 #25Thomson Merchants(Thomson, IL) 0 5innings TM 0 3 0 3 CT 8 9 0 7 The Tappers came out ready to play on Thursday. In the bottom of the 1st Steve Schucker drew a lead off walk, with one out Chris DeLarwelle walked, Frankie Perez came up with an RBI base hit, Tim Jorgensen walked, Tom Crouch hit a sac fly to drive in another run followed by an RBI single by Bryan Hansen. CT made it a 4-0 game in the 2nd as DeLarwelle crushed a solo shot over the 300ft permanent fence. CT tacked on another in the 4th as Kyle Magnusson picked up a two out base hit and scored on a DeLarwelle base hit. In the 5th Jorgensen led off with a base hit and with two out Jamie Knudson singled followed by a Chad Ferguson walk. Steve Schucker followed with an RBI single and Magnusson ended the game on a 2RBI base hit. Magnusson 2x4, DeLarwelle 2x2 HR 2RBI WP:Matt Bramwell 11K 0BB LP:Roberto Bahler 3IP Steve Manson 1IP Kevin Anderson 1IP Game 2 3PM Friday #8Circle Tap 8 #7MinnDak Millers 6 MM 6 10 0 6 CT 8 10 1 8 The Millers took an early lead in the top of the first as Lucas Goring led off the game with a double and scored on a Chad Boom sac fly. CT came out banging in the bottom half as Steve Schucker led off with a base hit, then with one out DeLarwelle walked and Perez picked up an RBI single, Tim Jorgensen followed with a 2RBI triple and Tom Crouch followed with an RBI single. MinnDak made it a 4-3 game in the 3rd as Lucas Goring, Gregg Cascaes, Chad Boom and Roman Foore all picked up consecutive two out base hits. The Tappers answered right back in the bottom half as Perez led off with a solo blast, Jorgensen singled, Crouch walked and Kyle VanAbel hit a 2RBI base hit to make it 7-3. CT added one in the 4th on a Chris DeLarwelle solo shot. In the 6th MinnDak tightend the game to 8-5 as Roman Foore drew a lead off walk and then Brian Lammers crushed a two run shot. MinnDak added one in the 7th as Foore drew a two out walk and Lammers followed with an RBI single to make it 8-6. DeLarwelle 2x3 HR, Perez 2x4 HR 2RBI, Jorgensen 2x2 2BB 2RBI, Crouch 2x3 WP:Collin McKenzie 5.1IP 3K 1BB 5R SV:Matt Bramwell 1.2IP 3K 1BB 1R LP:Travis Price with relief from Ward Gosse Game 3 Winner's Bracket semi-final 9PM Friday #8Circle Tap 3 #3Riversharks(Orillia, ON) 7 OR 7 8 0 4 CT 3 7 1 5 This one started out ugly for the Tappers. In the top of the first with one out Jeff Ellsworth singled moved to 2nd on a passed ball, moved to 3rd on a passed ball and scored on a sac fly by Ryan Wolfe. Stephen Mullaly and Rob O'Brien then hit back to back home runs. CT picked up a run in the bottom half to make it 3-1 as Kyle Magnusson picked up a one out double and scored on a Frankie Perez base hit. Orillia put up 4 more in the 2nd as Tim Macumber lead off with a solo shot, Sean O'Brien drew a one out walk, Chris Miljavac doubled, Ellsworth followed with a 2RBI double and with two out Mullaly reached on an error that drove in another run. CT made it a 7-3 game in the bottom of the 2nd as Tom Crouch led off with a base hit and with one out Kyle VanAbel hit a two run shot. That would be it for the scoring for both sides. Magnusson 3x4 WP:Ryan Brand 3IP 3R 6H 7K 0BB Rob O'Brien 4IP 0R 1H 6K 2BB LP:Matt Bramwell 1.1IP 5R 4H 0K 1BB Collin McKenzie 5.2IP 2R 4H 7K 0BB Game 3 Loser's Bracket 11AM Saturday #8Circle Tap 10 #13Explorers(Midland, MI) 2 6innings CT 10 10 1 4 ME 2 4 0 5 The Tappers took an early lead in the first on a solo shot by Kyle Magnusson. The Explorers took a 2-1 lead in the 2nd as Steve Roberts hit a lead of solo shot then Eddy Kettlehut singed but a 3 base throwing error allowed him to come all the way around to score. The Tappers took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 4th as Frankie Perez hit a one out single and would score on a two out two run shot by Tom Crouch. It would remain a 3-2 game until the top of the 6th when CT erupted for 7 runs. DeLarwelle doubled to lead off the inning, Perez walked, Jorgensen RBI single, Crouch walked, Bryan Hansen reached on a fielder's choice, 2RBI single by Kyle VanAbel, RBI fielder's choice by Chad Ferguson, 2RBI base hit by Steve Shucker and an RBI single by DeLarwelle. Schucker 2x4, DeLarwelle 2x4 Matt Bramwell 2.2IP 2R 3H 2K 2BB WP:Collin McKenzie 3.1IP 0R 1H 4K 1BB LP:Doug Sleep in relief of Grant Patterson Game 5 1PM Saturday #8Circle Tap 2 #6Farm Tavern(Madison, WI) 6 FT 6 11 0 5 CT 2 7 1 5 The Farmers grabbed an early lead in the top of the first as Paul Rosebush lead off the game with a base hit and then Zenon Winters followed with a two run shot. The game remained 2-0 until the top of the 6th when Donny Hale hit a solo shot making it 3-0. CT answered in the bottom half as Kyle Magnusson led off with with a base hit followed by a Chris DeLarwelle base hit and with one out Tim Jorgensen delivered a 2RBI single to make it a 3-2 game. The Farm came back in the top of the 7th as Jason Hill led off with a solo shot. With two out Rosebush singled, Winters singled, Hale got an infield single and then Collin Abbott picked up a 2RBI single for the final margin. Jorgensen 2x3 2RBI WP:Sebastian Gervasutti SV:Rick Smith LP:Collin McKenzie 6.2IP 6R 9H 3K 1BB Matt Bramwell .1IP 0R 2H 0K 0BB The Circle Tap team now travels to Kitchener, ON for the ISC World Tournament and will open up play at 9AM Saturday vs Elkland, PA Zakk CT Fastpitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.circletap.minnesotafastpitch.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 Alsfastball@fastpitchwest.com http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com
