GAME #1
Tuesday, August 19
Sydenham opened the scoring in the first inning scoring three runs.  Centre fielder Hughie Vankoughnett led off the game with a double to left centre field and moved to third on a passed ball.  After a walk to first baseman Paul Hannah, third baseman Trevor Corkey followed with a sacrifice fly to right field to score Vankoughnett. Shortstop Chris Carroll then followed with a two run homerun to left field.  The Cowboys answered in the bottom of the second inning.  Shortstop Doug Kane drew a lead off walk and scored one out later on a single by left fielder Brandon Burtch.  Designated player Mike Halligan followed with a single before centre fielder Jeff Hannah hit a three run homerun to centre field.  Third baseman Pat Severin hit a single and scored on a double by second baseman Jon Swaine to make the score 5-3.  Sydenham tied the game in the fifth inning.  Second baseman Steve White led off the inning with a triple but was retired on a fielder's choice by first baseman Paul Hannah.  Corkey followed with a single that moved pinch runner Greg Murphy to second.  Right fielder Chris Austin then followed with a double to left centre field to score both runners and tie the game.  In the top of the seventh inning, Sydenham score three times.  Hannah began the inning with a single.  A single by Carroll moved pinch runner Dave Hannah to third.  Austin then hit his second double of the game, scoring his third and fourth RBI's, to left centre field.  Pitcher Justin Heyman followed with a single scoring Austin to finish the scoring.

FINAL SCORE:  SYDENHAM AMEY'S DRILLING 8 BRETT CONTRACTING COWBOYS 5
WP:  Justin Heyman 5.33IP 1H 0ER 3K
        Mike Dickson  1.67IP 5H 5ER 1K
LP:  Scott Nichol 6.67IP 13H 8ER 8K
       Jon Swaine    0.33IP 0H 0ER 1K

GAME #2
Thursday, August 21
The Cowboys opened the scoring in the top of the first inning with a homerun by left fielder Pat Severin.  Second baseman Jon Swaine followed with a walk, moved to second on a single by catcher Craig Pearce, and scored on a single by first baseman Kevin Buchan.  Sydenham replied in the bottom of the inning, scoring once to cut the deficit to 2-1.  Second baseman Steve White hit a double to left field an scored on a single by first baseman Paul Hannah.  In the top of the fourth inning, Pearce led off with a homerun and one out later third baseman Jon Peters hit a homerun to make the score 4-1.  Sydenham changed pitchers in the top of the fifth inning bringing in Justin Heyman to replace Dave Hannah.  A one out single by Severin followed by a single by Swaine led to Severin scoring on a passed ball to make the score 5-1.  Swaine finished the scoring in the top of the seventh inning with a solo homerun.

FINAL SCORE:  BRETT CONTRACTING COWBOYS 6 SYDENHAM AMEY'S DRILLING 1
WP:   Mike Halligan  7IP 5H 1ER 2K
LP:   Dave Hannah  4IP 5H 4ER 5K
         Justin Heyman 3IP 6H 2ER 3K
 

GAME #3
Monday, August 25
Sydenham opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, scoring four runs off of Cowboys starter Scott Nichol.  Centre fielder Hughie Vankoughnett led off the game with a walk and moved to second on a passed ball.  One out later, first baseman Paul Hannah singled to right field to score the first run of the game.  After a walk to third baseman Trevor Corkey, shortstop Chris Carroll hit his second homerun of the series to right centre field to make the score 4-0.  The Cowboys chipped away at the deficit in the bottom of the inning, driving starting pitcher Don Rose from the game.  Centre fielder Jeff Hannah reached base on a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by left fielder Tim Murphy.  Left fielder Pat Severin followed with a homerun to centre field to make the score 4-2.  Second baseman Jon Swaine then singled and moved to third base on two passed balls.  Catcher Craig Pearce drew a walk and stole second to put runners at second and third.  Sydenham then made a pitching change, bringing in Justin Heyman.  Shortstop Doug Kane hit a ground ball to shortstop to score Swaine from third and make the score 4-3.  The Cowboys took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning with the help of a couple of defensive lapses by Sydenham.  First baseman Kevin Buchan led off the inning with a single up the middle.  Third baseman Jon Peters followed with sacrifice bunt that was thrown into right field, allowing the runners to move to second and third.  After an out, Hannah laid down a suicide squeeze bunt allowing Buchan to score to tie the game.  On the same play, Peters moved to third and Hannah rounded first towards second base.  The catcher ran Peters back to third base but then made a move toward Hannah at second.  Peters raced past the catcher to an uncovered home plate to give the Cowboys a 5-4 lead.  As this was happening, the catcher tried to throw out Hannah at second and threw the ball into right field, allowing Hannah to score.  Murphy followed with a walk and scored on Severin's second homerun of the game.  In the fifth inning the Cowboys added another four runs.  Peters led off the inning with a single and scored on a homerun by left fielder Brandon Burtch.  Hannah followed with a double to the gap and later scored on another home run by Severin.  Three more runs were counted in the bottom of the sixth inning when Severin hit his fourth homerun of the game, driving in his ninth run of the game.  Burtch led off the inning with a walk and moved to second on a  single by Hannah.  After a fielder's choice by Murphy removed Burtch from the base paths, Severin hit his homerun off of pitcher Mike Dickson, the third Sydenham pitcher of the evening.

FINAL SCORE:   BRETT CONTRACTING COWBOYS 15 SYDENHAM AMEY"S DRILLING 4
WP: Scott Nichol 5IP 5H 4ER 6K
        Jon Swaine  2IP 2H 0ER 4K
LP: Justin Heyman  4IP 7H 5ER 4UER 7K
       Don Rose     0.33IP 2H 3ER 0K
       Mike Dickson  1.67IP 4H 3ER 0K 

GAME #4
Wednesday, August 27
The Cowboys opened the scoring in the top of the first inning with the help of two home runs.  Left fielder Pat Severin, following his four homerun game in game three, hit a two run homerun to left centre field, scoring lead off hitter, centre fielder Jeff Hannah, who had reached on an error.  One out later, catcher Craig Pearce hit a solo homerun to give the Cowboys an early 3-0 lead.  Sydenham responded in the bottom of the inning, scoring once after a walk to centre fielder Hughie Vankoughnett, a stolen base and two errors by the Cowboys.  In the second inning Sydenham tied the game at 3-3.  Pitcher Justin Heyman led off the inning with a double and scored when catcher Reuben Struthers doubled to left field.  After a passed ball allowed Struthers to move to third base, second baseman Steve White hit a sacrifice fly to right field to tie the game.  Sydenham took the lead in the bottom of the third inning on a solo homerun by right fielder Chris Austin.  The Cowboys rallied in the fifth inning and took the lead for good, scoring four runs.  A one out single by Hannah and a walk to right fielder Tim Murphy brough Severin to the plate again.  On the first pitch, Severin hit his seventh homerun of the series, second homerun of the game, driving in his 14th run in the last two games.  Second baseman Jon Swaine followed with a double to left centre field and later scored on a sacrifice fly to right field by shortstop Doug Kane.  Sydenham added a run in the bottom of the sixth inning following a walk to Vankoughnett and a throwing errow.  Pearce added the final run of the game, hitting his second homerun of the game, third homerun of the series in the top of the seventh inning.

FINAL SCORE:   BRETT CONTRACTING COWBOYS 8 SYDENHAM AMEY'S DRILLING 5
WP: Mike Halligan 7IP 6H 2ER 2UER 8K
LP: Justin Heyman  7IP 10H 7ER 1UER 2K