PLAYOFFS - SECOND ROUND

1. North Fred Kings vs. 6. Napanee Jr. Express

Game One: North Fred 2 vs. Napanee 0

Bryan Brooks was dominant in this one striking out 19 Napanee batters and tossing a no-hitter. North Fred scored twice in the opening inning on RBI doubles by Cory Brooks and Mike Finn.

North Fred leads series 1-0

Game Two: North Fred 12 vs. Napanee 3

Game Three: North Fred 3 vs. Napanee 1

Winning Pitcher Bryan Brooks, Losing pitcher Tim Kellar.  Pat Severin drove in two NF runs with a single and Brandon Burtch homered for the third run.

NF wins series 3-0.

2. Kingston Can Wealth Financial Cowboys vs. 5. Sydenham

Game One: Kingston Can Wealth Financial Services Cowboys 1 Sydenham 0

This game was a tight pitchers duel as Jon Swaine tossed the 4-hit shutout for the Cowboys and Blake Orr threw a 3-hitter for Sydenham. The Cowboys finally broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the seventh when catcher Doug Kane hit a rope to the right field wall for a double with one out and then first baseman Kevin Buchan hit a little looper over short that Sydenham SS Chris Bowes made a tremendous play to get to, but couldn't quite hold on to the ball.

Game Two: Kingston Can Wealth Financial Services Cowboys 8 Sydenham 5

WP:  Ryan Sharpe (starter) 5IP 11H 1BB 3K 5ER
        Jon Swaine (relief) 2IP 3H 0BB 3K 0ER
LP:  Mike Halligan (starter) 4IP 7H 1BB 3K 4ER
       Scott Nichol (relief) 1.67IP 4H 3BB 2K 4ER
       Blake Orr (relief) 1.33IP 0H 1BB 4K 0ER

In an extreme contrast to the 1-0 score of Game #1, both team's offenses fired on all guns for Game #2.  The Cowboys opened the scoring in the top of the first inning with a two out rally.  Jon Swaine and Ryan Sharpe singled to put runners at the corners for Doug Kane, who single to left field to plate Swaine.  Sydenham tied the game in the home half of the inning as Blake Orr hit a monster homerun to centre field.  The Cowboys responded in the second inning when Craig Pearce led off the inning with an opposite field homerun and added a second run in the inning when Jeff Hannah singled home Jamie Purdon who had doubled.  Sydenham closed the gap in the fourth inning on a two out RBI single by Terry Redden that scored Chris Carroll, who was on base with one of his four hits on the evening.  The fifth inning saw the Cowboys knock out starter Mike Halligan, who was replaced by Scott Nichol.  Pinch hitter David Purdon hit a grand slam homerun to centre field to give the Cowboys a 7-2 lead.  Again Sydenham responded in the bottom of the inning, scoring three times.  Hughie Vankoughnett and Blake Orr started the inning with back-to-back singles.  Vankoughnett scored on a ground out by Greg Orr for the first run of the inning and Joe Bowes drove home two runs with a single up the middle that plated Orr and Carroll.  The lead was pushed to a three run cushion in the sixth inning when Jeff Hannah hit a solo home run to right field to make the score 8-5.  Blake Orr would come in to pitch for Sydenham after that and he shut down the Cowboys from that point on. Swaine came in to throw the final two innings for the Cowboys and Sydenham had the tying run at the plate in the seventh however the game ended when a base runner interfered with a fielder's opportunity to make the play, causing the final out.

Cowboys lead series 2-0

Game Three: Sydenham 5 Kingston Can Wealth Financial Services Cowboys 4

Sydenham took the lead in the top of the second inning taking advantage of two Kingston errors.  The score remained 1-0 until the fifth inning when Sydenham added one more run.  Tyler Robinson lead off the inning with a double and scored on a RBI single by Chris Carroll.  Sydenham extended the lead in the sixth to 4-0 with a two run homerun to centre field by starting pitcher Blake Orr.  The Cowboys reached the score board in the bottom of the sixth inning when Jon Swaine homered to centre field.  Sydenham restored their four run lead in the top of the seventh when pinch hitter Greg Orr doubled and scored on an errant throw after a Paul Hannah single.  The Cowboys rallied in their final at-bats, but came up short.  With one out Jeff Hannah reached on a walk and moved to second on a single by Tim Murphy.  Jon Swaine walked to load the bases.  Ryan Sharpe grounded out to score Hannah and Doug Kane followed with a two run single.  The Cowboys were able to get the tying run into scoring position but were unable to cash it in.

WP:  Blake Orr 7IP 8H 5BB 13K 4ER
LP:  Ryan Sharpe 7IP 11H 2BB 4K 3ER 2UER

Cowboys lead series 2-1.

Game Four on Wednesday in Sydenham at 8:30

PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND

1. North Fred Kings - BYE

2. Kingston Can Wealth Financial Services Cowboys - BYE

3. Sunbury vs. 6. Napanee Jr. Express (Best 2/3)

NAPANEE JRS WIN 2-1

Game One: Sunbury 5 vs. Napanee 4

WP:  Craig Hollingsworth (relief)

        Bob Finucan (starter)

LP:  Jordan MacDonald

HR:  Sun – Paul Tolles hit a two run homerun in the bottom of the sixth to give Sunbury the lead.

       Nap – Chris Lewis homered for Napanee.

Game Two: Napanee 12 Sunbury 7

WP:  Tim Kellar

LP:  Craig Hollingsworth (starter)
        Bob Finucan (relief)
        Dave Tolles (relief)

HR's:  Napanee - Grand Slam HR by Chris Lewis
          Sunbury - HR by Dave Tolles

Game Three: Napanee 10 Sunbury 8

Napanee Express juniors withstood a late rally by Sunbury to claim a 10-8 victory in a Loughborough Fastball League playoff game Wednesday night in Sunbury.

Napanee won the best-of-three quarter-final 2-1. It was the Express' first playoff series victory in their four years in the league.

Trailing 2-0 in the top of the second inning, Napanee erupted for eight runs. Kyle Mack's bases-loaded double, a two-run double by Chris Lewis, a two-run single by Tim Keller and a two-run, inside-the-park home run down the first-base line by Mike Roantree - his second hit of the inning - were the other key blows.

Solo home runs by Andy Madden in the fifth inning and Andrew Wemp in the sixth completed Napanee's scoring.

Facing a four-run deficit heading into the bottom of the seventh, Sunbury shortstop Trevor Corkey solved Keller for a two-run home run but that was all the Express would allow.

4. Enterprise Oasis Pools vs. 5. Sydenham (Best 2/3)

SYDENHAM WINS 2-1

Game One: Sydenham 7 Enterprise Oasis Pools 1

WP:  Blake Orr

LP:  Dale Dowdle

HR:  Syd – Blake Orr hit a two run homerun

Sydenham leads the best of 3 series 1-0.

Game Two: Enterprise 4 Sydenham 3

WP:  Kevin Brown

LP:  Mike Halligan

HR's:  Enterprise - Lyle Brown, Mike McCaw

Game Three: Sydenham 5 Enterprise 1

Chris Carroll had three hits, including a double and a triple, and he drove in two runs to lead Sydenham to a 5-1 win over Enterprise Oasis Pools in a Loughborough Fastball League quarter-final game Tuesday night in Enterprise.

Sydenham won the best-of-three series 2-1.

Blake Orr gained the pitching victory, while Dale Dowdle took the loss.

7. Napanee Express Midgets and 8. Battersea Merchants did not make the playoff round

News

Players from the North Fred Kings and the Kingston Cowboys combined to compete in the ISC II Worlds in Kitchener from August 12-19.  The team unfortunately did not perform to its potential, however they were involved in 4 close games, going 1 and 3.

This year's playoffs will be set up a bit differently than last year.  This year, of the 8 teams, only 6 will make the playoffs and first and second place will receive a bye into the 2nd round.  It will be 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 in the first round, in a quick best 2 of 3.  Then the lowest seed to go through will play the first ranked team and the second ranked team will play the other team in best 3 of 5 series.  The final round will see the two teams play a best 4 of 7 for the title.

Standings (FINAL)

Regular Season Results