Received: 8/7/07 7:05:41 PM 
From:  Patrick Healey <pat_healey21(at)hotmail.com> 


Subject:  JR MEN'S - END OF DAY REPORT  
   

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Elmira-Quebec playing now bot 3rd elmira 2-0 lead over Que...will
send as separate story from hotel.
 
Here is the end of day recap
 
Jr. Diamondbacks come through on key day at Jr Men’s
 
BY PAT HEALEY
MEDIA OFFICER
SUMMERSIDE - The Saskatchewan Junior Diamondbacks knew Day 3
at the 2007 Causeway Bay Softball Canada Junior Men’s fast pitch
championship was going to be a pivotal day and they made good.
After making an error in the top of the seventh that allowed
Scarborough Wolverines (Ont 1) to cash in the tying run and make
it 1-1, Colby Bierle used his ball smarts and speed to race from
first base all the way home to score the winning run in a 2-1
upset win over the previously undefeated Wolverines.
Earl Ghostkeeper (2-3) drove home pinch runner Codie Gross with
the game’s first run in the bottom of the sixth.
The Wolverines countered in the top of the seventh when Ryan
Jaynes brought home Brad Fogal when Bierle fumbled the ball to
allow the game to tie.
When he had the chance to make amends for his mistake, Bierle
(1-4) put it into high gear.
"When I the coach waving me that just made me beared down even
more and run that much harder," Bierle said after the thrilling
win
Barry Sparvier, whose two home runs and three RBI keyed an earlier
5-4 win over Elmira Advance Millwright Tuesday afternoon, was
thrilled to get this win over their rivals from Scarborough.
"I was jacked for this game. Everybody was," he said.
However, Sparvier knows the Diamondbacks will need to enjoy this
tonight and regroup Wednesday morning for another big game, this
one against the Newfoundland and Labrador Kelly’s Pub Canadians.
"We can’t stay too high for long as we still have to show up
tomorrow," he said.
Brady Woods allowed just four hits and fanned five batters in
picking up the win. He credited his team with the win.
"Today was the game of my life," he said about the upset win.
Andrew Putham (2-3), Jaynes (1-3, RBI) and Dale Broadway (1-3)
were the batters to get hits for the Wolverines.
Matt Leahy wasn’t as dominant as he had in previous outings,
going six and two third innings allowing 10 hits, walking one
and striking out six.
Earlier Tuesday, Sparvier and Matt King keyed the extra inning
win over Elmira (Ont 2). 
Sparvier hit a two run blast in the second inning to put the
Saskatoon-based team a 2-1 lead, before hitting a second, two-run
bomb in the bottom of the seventh with his team down 4-2 to tie
it up and force the extra inning.
King scored Codie Gross on a fly ball to rightfield and Gross
missed the attempted tag at home.
Jack McLaren (2-3) had the bulk of Elmira’s offense, hitting
a two run home run of his own. Tim Freeman (1-2, RBI, caught
stealing) and Josh Brohman (1-4, run scored) also contributed.
Woods earned the win, going three and two third innings in relief
walking two and striking out three. 
Dan Martin took the loss going seven and two-third innings, allowing
five runs on four hits, walking one and striking out three.
 
Putham pitches gem as Wolverines win
Andrew Putham was solid on the slab and at the plate, pitching
a complete game one hitter fanning 13 batters to earn the win
in the process as the Wolverines (Ont. 1) pasted Nova Scotia
representative East Hants Henchmen 8-0.
Scarborough scored once in the first, two times in the third
and added three more in the fifth inning in the rout.
Putham (2-4) also had the hot bat, hitting a solo home run, scoring
twice and driving in four other runs in the win. Nick Dambrosio
(3-5, RBI, double, two runs scored), Dale Broadway (2-3, run
scored) and Brandon Horn (3-5, two runs scored, stolen base)
also led the attack.
Pat Stewart had the lone Henchmen hit off 
Steve Thomas pitched the complete game, giving up 14 hits in
the process walking three and striking out two, in taking the
loss.
 
P.E.I. hurler throws gem
John Veinott threw a five-inning, three-hitter, fanning five
and Jeremy McKinnon hit a deep two-run home run to center field
as the host P.E.I. Source for Sports Twins dropped the Simcoe
Wildcats 8-0 on day three of the 2007 Causeway Bay Softball Canada
Junior Men’s fast pitch championships.
P.E.I. got things going early battering Simcoe starter Scott
Marshall for five runs over one inning and two batters to take
an early 3-0 lead.
Donnelly Archibald (1-4, RBI double), Colin Dillon (2-2, RBI
double), and Alex MacDonald (1-2, RBII double) was also tops.
Will Fehrman (1-2), Nathan Fuller (1-2) and Jeff Bassindale (1-1)
were the offensive spark for the Wildcats.
Scott Marshall took the loss, allowing five runs on six hits,
fanning one. 
 
Quebec mercies Miramichi
Charlie Hebert’s two run home run led the Saint Leonard D’Aston
Express of Quebec scoring 
six runs in the third inning en route to an 11-4 mercy rule defeat
of New Brunswick’s Miramichi Vics in a battle winless teams.
Jean Daniel Doucet (2-4, two runs scored, RBI, stolen base) and
Miguel Mottard (3-3, two runs scored, RBI). 
Robbie Layton (2-3) had the big bat for the Vics, slamming out
solo and two run home runs to account for three of the team’s
four runs. 
Matt Greer went six innings, striking out seven, allowing four
runs on six hits and walking one to earn the win.Shane Benjamin
suffered the loss going two and two third innings 
Quebec moved to 1-3 with the win while the Vics fell to 0-4 
 
East Hants blanks Simcoe
Nova Scotia ace Cory Avery pitched a complete game four hitter,
striking out eight as East Hants blanked Simcoe Wildcats (Ontario
3) 5-0 on field 2 here.
Avery (1-3, RBI), Laurie Isenor (1-2, two runs scored, two run
home run), Andy Chase (2-2, three runs scored) and John Gunn
(1-2, RBI).led the N.S. offensive output.
Jeff Bassindale (2-3, double) was the top batter for Simcoe.
Kevin Buckley suffered the loss going three innings, allowing
four runs on seven hits.
East Hants improves to 2-3 with the win while Simcoe drops to
2-3 (won-loss).
 
Champs strong against host 
Jason Hill threw a four hitter, seven strikeout gem and Ryan
Boland was 2-fo-r3 at the dish to lead Kelly’s Pub Canadians
(NL) to an 11-1 mercy rule win to remain undefeated here.
Mark Lewis(1-3, run scored, two RBI), Nrad Ezekiel (1-2, two
runs scored, double, RBI), and Sheldon Keough (1-3, two RBI,
run scored) were the top hitters.
Darcy Lapierre (2-2, RBI) was the top P.E.I. hitter.
Donnelly Archibald suffered the loss going three and two third
innings allowing 10 runs on five hits - seven earned - walking
six and fanning five. Neil Arnold gave up one run on two hits
walking three.
The defending champion NL squad went to 4-0, and the only team
undefeated at this point while P.E.I. fell to 2-2 with the loss.
 
 

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