Fitzroy Harbour Tournament Aug 27-29 Results

 

The Micksburg Twins were declared winners of the 3rd Annual Fitzroy Harbour Men's Intermediate Fastball in a rain-shortened final over the host Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric.  The tournament was held during the weekend of August 27-29 in Fitzroy Harbour, ON half an hour west of Ottawa.

 

Good-sized crowds were on hand for several games as six eastern Ontario team and one west Quebec team competed in the modified double knockout tournament.  Eleven of thirteen games were settled by two runs or less, with three games going into extra innings.  Two games were completed with walk off home runs.

 

Final order of finish:

 

1. Micksburg, ON Twins............................4-0

2. Fitzroy Harbour, ON West Carleton Electric.....3-2

3. Stittsville, ON 56ers..........................2-2

4. Ottawa, ON Valley Raiders......................2-2

5. Blackburn, ON Bombers..........................1-2

6. Manotick, ON Lomor Printers....................1-2

7. Campbell's Bay, QC Royals......................0-3

 

Results:

 

Game 1:

Fitzroy Harbour..5 (8 innings)

Blackburn........4

WP - Mark Wright (7K) in relief of Bud Hanlon (5K)

LP - Shannon Borho (3K) in relief of Rob Elder (3K)

 

Game 2:

Micksburg........5

Manotick.........1

WP - Shawn Costello (11K)

LP - Trevor Lahey (5K) with relief from Dave Nicholson (3K)

HR: Brad Steege, Chad Costello (Micksburg); John Lindsey (Manotick)

 

Game 3:

Ottawa...........3

Campbell's Bay...2

WP - Jesse Milne (3K)

LP - Joe German (9K)

HR: Joe McCleary (Campbell's Bay)

 

Game 4:

Fitzroy Harbour..1

Stittsville......0

WP - Bud Hanlon (5K)

LP - Dan Bradley (10K)

 

Game 5:

Blackburn........2

Campbell's Bay...0

WP - Mike Goodfellow (5K); SV: Rob Elder (2K)

LP - Joe German (2K)

 

Game 6:

Micksburg........7

Ottawa...........6

WP - Shawn Costello (5K) in relief of John Storie (2K)

LP - Ryan Cox (4K) in relief of Jesse Milne (1K)

HR: Chad Milne x 2 (Ottawa); Jamey Mick, Shawn Costello (Micksburg)

Game winning walk off homer by Shawn Costello

 

Game 7:

Stittsville......4 (10 innings)

Manotick.........3

WP - Scott Herriott (11K)

LP - Dave Nicholson (7K)

 

Game 8 "Consolation Game":

Manotick.........6

Campbell's Bay...4

WP - Trevor Lahey (7K)

LP - Joe German (5K)

HR: Todd Fraser x 2 (Campbell's Bay); Lyle Schell (Manotick)

Game winning walk off homer by Lyle Schell

 

Game 9:

Ottawa...........4

Blackburn........3

WP - Jesse Milne (4K) in relief of Gary Cavanagh (1K)

LP - Rob Elder (4K) in relief of Will Lowe (3K)

HR: Rich Antunnes (Ottawa)

 

Game 10:

Micksburg........8 (5 innings mercy)

Fitzroy Harbour..0

WP - Corey Costello (8K)

LP - Mark Wright (3K) with relief from Bud Hanlon (1K)

HR: Shawn Costello, Corey Costello - grand slam (Micksburg)

 

Game 11:

Stittsville......2

Ottawa...........1

WP - Scott Herriott (12K)

LP - Jesse Milne (10K)

HR: Scott Herriott

 

Game 12:

Fitzroy Harbour..6 (8 innings)

Stittsville......5

WP - Mark Wright (6K) in relief of Bud Hanlon (1K)

LP - Scott Herriott (7K)

HR: Scott Herriott, Darren Ladouceur (Stittsville); Mark Wright, Jason Armstrong (Fitzroy Harbour)

Game winning RBI on squeeze bunt by Jason Armstrong

 

Game 13:

Micksburg........2 (4.5 innings - rain shortened)

Fitzroy Harbour..0

WP - Shawn Costello (7K)

LP - Bud Hanlon (7K)

HR: Shawn Costello

Rain ended the game with Fitzroy Harbour at bat in the bottom of the fifth inning - title was awarded to Micksburg Twins.

 

Player of the tournament was Shawn Costello of Micksburg, with three pitching victories (23K in 15 innings) and three home runs.  Special mention goes to Scott Herriott of Stittsville, with 2-1 pitching record (30K in 25 innings) and two home runs.

 

Adam Brown

Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric Fastball

 

 

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