Game 1,2,3,4 8/21/08
Township Series Recap |
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| After two grouling Championship Series, two teams still stand in hopes of the 2008 Championship. The Flyin' Wildebeest making their first Championship appearence, while the Belly Itchers continue their way towards a Repeat. |
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Game 1:
Flyin' Wildebeest 0, Belly Itchers 4 F/6
W: Aj Tate
L: Andy Ross
RBI: Richardson 3, VonVorst 1
Game 1 featured a match up of the two Leagues Cy Wiffle Pitchers (Ross and Tate). Both pitchers showed signs of fatigue from the previous playoff rounds, but Ross struggled right out of gate giving up two runs on Walks. In an attempt to save Andy's arm for game 2, Matt Kirsch came onto pitch in the second. The Belly Itchers picked up right where they left off picking up 2 more runs in the bottom of the second. With a early 4-0 lead, Aj was able to put on the cruise control while striking out 12 and only surrendering 1 hit.
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Aj Tate struck out 12 in a complete game shutout. |
Game 2:
Belly Itchers 2, Flyin' Wildebeest 0 F/7
W: Adam Bontrager
L: Andy Ross
3B: Adam Bontrager
RBI: Adam Bontrager 2
Playing for a split on the first night, the Wildies looked to Ross to use his remaining innings to shut down the Belly Itchers. Adam Bontrager made his first postseason start and pitched possible his best game of his career. The game went scoreless until the top of the 7th when Adam would help his own cause with a 2 Rbi Triple to deep centerfield. The two runs would hold up as Adam retired the bottom half in 1-2-3 fashion, locking the Belly Itchers a 2-0 lead in the Series.
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Adam threw 7 Innings of 2 hit shutout wiffleball.
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Game 3:
Flyin' Wildebeest
0, Belly Itchers 3 F/6
W: Brian Richardson
L: Matt Kirsch
HR: Adam Bontrager 2
RBI: Adam Bontrager 2, Brian Richardson 1
After the Belly Itchers shut out the Wildies in the first two games, Brian Richardson toed the rubber to try and continue the shutout run. After working out of a couple early inning jams, Brian settled in throwing 6 shutout innings while striking out 7 batters. Adam Bontrager gave the Belly Itchers all they needed with his two solo bombs. Richardson added an RBI single to help his cause in the 5th and locked it down in the top of the six to extend the series lead to 3-0
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Brian continued the scoreless streak in Game 3.
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Game 4:
Belly Itchers 6 , Flyin' Wildebeest 2 F/6
W: Mike Downs
L: Andy Ross
SV: Mike Turley
HR: Brian Richardson 1
RBI: Brian Richardson 4, Aj Tate 1, Mike Turley 1, Steve Scudder 1, Matt Kirsch 1
Andy Ross tried to give the Wildies one last shot, but after two shutout innings, the Belly Itchers hit back to back singles before Richardson hit a 3-run bomb to deep left field. Joey Brainerd came on in relief of Ross, but the damage was already done. The Belly Itchers tacked on 3 more run the next inning and all but locked up with Cup for the second straight year. The Wildies managed to put a couple of runs up in the 5th inning to break their scoreless streak in the Township Series.
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Township Series MVP, Brian Richardson.
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For the Second straight season, the Belly Itchers have taken home the Mullany Cup.
During their four game sweep in the Township Series, the Itchers outscored the Wildebeest 12-2. While hold them to a .176 (16-91) team average.
Brian Richardson won the Series MVP with his .470 (8-17) average and 8 Rbi's.
Congratulations to the 2008 Champions! |
Belly Itchers pose with the Mullany Cup.
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