Durham delivers four homers for Ward’s Automotive

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The Startsafe competitive slo-pitch team I play on captured top slo-pitch honours in the Ontario Senior Games in Brantford on Friday.

We breezed through the round robin undefeated, got in a close one in our semifinal, finally beating London 7-2.

In the final we came up against Oshawa who had beaten us by two in the bronze medal game in last year’s Canadian Senior Games. (We found out this weekend that they had been awarded first and us second as the two top teams were disqualified after the fact). We had mercied Oshawa in the round robin in the morning but this was a tight one as both teams came up with some stellar defence and strong pitching. We got out of innings with two big double plays and the game was scoreless until our last bat in the seventh when Linda Madden singled and came all the way around to score on Mike Ruppe’s deep base hit!

We also punched our ticket to next year’s Canadians in Quebec City.

Along with myself, Brad Loveday grew up in Tillsonburg, Elaine Roswell was a longtime former player in Tillsonburg Ladies League and our coach and organizer, Jackie Davison, is a member of the Collins Harbour team in Tillsonburg Ladies Slo-Pitch.

LADIES

Jays 25, Nesbitt Trucking 3

Jays: Candi Obar 4-4, Heidi Teichroeb 4-4, Kirstie Jones HR

Nesbitt: Liz Yuile 2-3, Morgan Boldt 2-3

Kirstie Jones led the Jays with a double, triple and homer.

Court Farms 16, Sirens 11

Court Farms: Erin Myers 4-4, Lauren Court 4-4

Sirens: Kim Hurd 4-4, Samantha Peters 4-4

A six-run fourth keyed Court Farms’ victory. Erin Myers and Syd Court each scored three runs on the night.

Collins Harbour 17, Foldens 16

Collins Harbour and Marina: Connie White 3-4, Kerry Jensen 3-4, Kirby Steinhoff HR

Foldens Machine Works: Andrea Deblaire 4-4, Lisa Howey 2-3

In this see-saw affair Collins scored two sixth-inning runs to edge out Foldens. Shannon Oneill’s run-scoring triple was the difference.

TNT 19, Challengers 15

TNT Multiservices; Julie Deco 5-5 HR, Nicole Meursy 3-5

Challengers: Suzie Boldt 3-4, Greta Martens 4-4, Sara Hamn HR, Arminia Redecop HR

TNT had to score four runs late to earn the win over Challengers. Sara Sohm had a two-run double in the seventh.

Outcasts 15, Trillium Court 10

Outcasts: Alana Haskett 3-3, Megan Townsend 3-4

Trillium: Ashley Gee 3-4, Mckayla Gee 3-4

Alyssa Johnston and Belinda Loewen each doubled and scored two runs for the winners.

MEN’S A

Frank’s Auto won a pair of close games over Ward’s Automotive and G.C. Lounsbury respectively.

G.C. Lounsbury upset Wild Wing Chaos in a close low scoring affair, and Hit N Run won by eight over Courtland Landscape and Grounds rounding out the A division action.

Hit N Run 21, Courtland L&G 13

Hit N Run: Diedrich Klassen 4-4 HR, Jacob Enns 3-4 HR, Andres HR, Franky Klassen 2HR, Johnny Klassen HR, Peter Klassen HR

Courtland Landscape and Grounds: Brooks Scharr 3-3, Joe Thorburn 3-4, Dave Phillips HR

Hit N Run relied on the long ball as they belted six homers which accounted for over half of their runs. Franky Klassen homered twice and drove in five.

Frank’s Auto 21, Ward’s Automotive 18

Hitmen: Evan Bueckert 5-5 3HR, Henry Tiechroeb 4-5, Martin Klassen HR, Abe Hamn HR, Daniel Klassen HR, Martin Fehr HR

Ward’s: Brayden Rodgers 4-5, Connor Smith 4-5, Phil Durham 4HR

Evan Bueckert homered three times and drove in nine for the winners. Phil Durham homered four times and drove in 12 for Ward’s.

G.C. Lounsbury 7, Wild Wing 5

GC: Thom Puhr 2-2 HR, Cory Smith 2-3, Alex Penders 2HR

Wild Wing Chaos: Dallas Dalby 3-3 HR, Ryan Miller 3-4

Alex Penders’s lead-off sixth-inning homer won it for G.C. Penders also homered in the fourth.

Frank’s Auto 18, G.C. Lounsbury 17

Hitmen: John Klassen 4-4 HR, Abe Hamn 3-4, Daniel Klassen HR, Martin Klassen HR, Cam Bueckert HR, Evan Bueckert HR, Ben Bueckert 2HR

GC: Tim Townsend 3-4, Jarrett Anderson 4-4 2HR, Trevor Stuyt 2HR

Frank’s walked it off with a Henry Teichroeb single. Everyone in the winner’s order scored at least one run.

MEN’S B

O&L Duct Design won a close one over Crusaders to reclaim second place. They also won by forfeit over Evil Empire.

Pelicans lost to first place Smitty’s Electric and also won by forfeit over Evil.

O&L Duct 10, Crusaders 9

O&L Duct Design: Dave Vincent 3-3, Andrew Garnham 3-4

Crusaders: Jake Klassen 4-4, Willy Harder 3-4

O&L stole this one away courtesy of a four-run seventh. Dave Vincent had the walk-off hit.

Smitty’s 9, Pelicans 3

Smitty’s Electric: Chris Haas 3-3, Doug Falkins 3-3

Pelicans: Matt Summers 2-3, Kevin Buchner 2-3

Zac Cowenberg’s double was the only extra base hit for Smitty’s.

Pelicans 7, Evil Empire 0 (forfeit)

O&L Duct Design 7, Evil Empire 0 (forfeit)

MEN’S C

Sandy Shore Brew Jays collected three victories last week including a seven-run decision over Designated Drinkers.

J/E Bearing won by four over Yard Pimps in a bit of an upset to round out the action.

J/E Bearing 24, Yard 20

J/E: Dillon Outerbridge 5-6, Brad Wentzell 5-6, Craig Boucher HR, Jeff McKay HR

Yard Pimps: Tim Hewitson 4-4, Zen Ingram 4-4, Braiden Clarke HR, Zach Smith HR, Darryl Beattie HR

The nine-man J/E squad scored 11 over their final two at-bats to pull out the win. Dillon Outerbridge scored five runs on the night.

Sandy Shore 22, Designated 15

Brew Jays: Dylan Cremery 4-5, Tom Csoff 4-5, Logan Ernst HR

Designated Drinkers: Quinn Vanboerkel 3-3 2HR, Justin Young 3-4

Logan Ernst was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle and drove in five.

Sandy Shore 6, Smokin 3

Brew Jays: Logan Ernst 3-3 2HR, J.D. Collier 2-3, Derek Hodgson HR

Smokin Bases: Jake Rempel 3-3, Ryan Scott 3-4

For the second game in a row Logan Ernst was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle for Sandy Shore.

Sandy Shore 15, J/E Bearing 14

Brew Jays: Josh Knoflock 3-4, Derek Hodgson 4-5, Rick Csoff HR, Owen Smith HR, Dylan Cremery HR

J/E: Dillon Outerbridge 5-5 HR, Darren Beard 3-4, Darren Swick HR, Brad Wentzell HR

Matt Thiessen plated the winning run for Sandy Shore. Dylan Cremery drove in six runs.