June 1, 2005

Kingston Cowboys 3 Battersea Merchants 1, in Battersea
The Cowboys opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, with one out right fielder Tim Murphy singled to right field and moved to third base on a bloop double to right field by second baseman Jon Swaine.  After a fielder's choice forced Murphy out at the plate, catcher Doug Kane hit a five foot single in front of the plate to score Swaine.  Battersea tied the score in the bottom of the third inning.  With two outs, shortstop Mike Tye reached base with a walk and then stole second base.  Centre fielder Brad Cashman then hit an RBI double to right centre field to tie the game.  In the top of the fifth inning the Cowboys took the lead.  Murphy reached base on an error and scored on a hit and run that resulted in a line drive home run to left field by Swaine.  Cowboys pitcher Adam Garrison pitched a 2 hitter in his first complete game of the season. 

On a side note, congratulations to Battersea pitcher Kurt Clark and his wife Emily on the birth of their second son, Chad Norman Clark, last week.

WP:  Adam Garrison  7IP 2H 3BB 4K 1ER 0HBP
LP:  Kurt Clark 7IP 7H 1BB 8K 2ER 1UER 1HBP

North Fred Kings 9 Napanee Minor Midgets 5, in North Fred
North Fred overcame four first inning runs by Napanee to earn the victory.  Pat Severin earned the victory in relief of Nick Hogan, Nick Brooks took the loss.

WP:  Pat Severin
         Nick Hogan
LP:  Nick Brooks

Sydenham Amey's Drilling 2 Napanee Express Midgets 1, in Sydenham
Mike Halligan (4 hits 7 k's)and Jordan MacDonald (5 hits and 6 K's) hooked up for a tight one. The Express scored first in the top of the second when Craig McGarvey hustled home courtesy of an errant tag
throw when Sydenham was trying to get a double play after trapping Nate Moffat between second and third. Sydenham promptly tied the game in the third when Joe Bowes singled and was driven home by Chris Bowes double into right center.

The Express wiggled out of a bases loaded fifth inning but couldn't get to Halligan who kept the Sydenham crew in the game and composed the rest of the way.

Terry Redden ended the game with a two out single up the middle to drive
in Mike Burnett in the bottom of the seventh.

WP:  Mike Halligan 7IP 4H 7K
LP:  Jordan McDonald 6.66IP 5H 6K

June 2, 2005

Enterprise Mortgage Intelligence 6 Sunbury 3
WP:  Justin Heyman
LP:  Bob Finucan

June 3, 2005

North Fred Kings 5 Kingston Cowboys 3 in North Fred
The North Fred Kings moved into first place handing the Cowboys their first loss of the season.  Both teams scored in their first and last at bats.  In the top of the first inning right fielder Tim Murphy reached on an infield single and moved to third on a double by pitcher Jon Swaine.  Murphy then put the Cowboys in front when he scored on a passed ball.  North Fred didn't waste any time in responding, tying the game in the home half of the inning.  Left fielder Steve Cooke led off the inning with a double and scored one out later on an RBI single to left field by pitcher Cory Brooks.  The score remained tied at one until the bottom of the sixth inning when North Fred pushed four runs across the plate.  Second baseman Bryan Detlor singled to lead off the inning.  After the next two batters were retired, right fielder Bryan Brooks tripled off of the centre field fence to put North Fred in the lead.  Shortstop Jamie Thompson then followed with a single to score Brooks.  Pinch hitter Keith Cunningham then singled to centrefield to score Thompson and on the play scored himself when the ball went past the fielder to the fence.  The Cowboys attempted a comeback in the top of the seventh, eventually getting the tying run to the plate, however the rally fell short.  Third baseman Ryan Sharpe led off the inning with a triple to right centre field and scored on an RBI single to left by left fielder Brandon Burtch.  Two outs later, centre fielder Jeff Hannah singled to right field to score Burtch to make the final score 5-3.

WP: Cory Brooks 7IP 6H 1BB 8K 3ER 0HBP
LP:  Jon Swaine 6IP 8H 1BB 6K 4ER 1UER 0HBP

Sydenham Amey's Drilling @ Darren Green Sandblasting in Selby - Score not reported