POS plays back-to-back weekends in Oshawa

POS headed to Oshawa on June 15-16 looking for their SPO Provincial qualifier for London.  POS started the weekend with a Saturday 9:45am game against the Durham Cardinals and took that one 17-12.  The second and third games were both mercy wins for POS with a 14-1 and 18-4 scores against L’Original and The Dodgers respectively in the 12:15pm and 2:45pm timeslots.  All 3 round robin games were played on diamond #2.  At the end of the day POS was a perfect 3-0 and had the 2^nd overall seed due to the run differential tie-breaker.  After a perfect weather Saturday, Sunday was a different story with pouring rain and many mini-lakes in the infields on the diamonds along with very slippery outfields.  The quarter-final matchup at 9:45am on #6 had POS taking on the Durham Cardinals again who provided the toughest challenge in the Saturday matches.  The game was back and forth with both teams taking the lead and POS was trailing 9-8 heading into the bottom of the last inning.  POS was able to score the tying run and also managed to load the bases giving Ash the opportunity to single in the winning run for the 10-9 win.  The semis at 12:15pm on #4 had POS taking on the RamRods and the game started off in the first inning with a scary moment as Paul going full out for a gapper in the OF hit the fence…he suffered a gash under his eye and bruised knees but was able to return an inning later and never missed an AB!  The RamRods were hitting well and jumped out to a 15-5 lead after 4 innings…POS then started to find their bats and controlled the remainder of the game out-scoring the RamRods 8-1 but came up short losing 16-13.  POS got their qualifier for London and will play their 2nd SPO qualifier on July 13-14 in Oshawa.

POS Roster for the Tournament:

Wayne Cosby (Greenthumb) – Coach/Sub

Derek Ackford (Xtreme Contracting) – Sub

Todd Boisvert (Greenthumb)

David Hatt (Greenthumb)

Paul Power (Greenthumb)

Bob Peppler (Storm)

Joey Pilkey (Storm)

Ashley Teeter (Falcons)

Cas Litwin (Falcons)

Jeff Hutchinson (Bradley Motors Shifters)

Mike Anderson (Xtreme Contracting)

Duncan McDonald (St. Louis Devils)

Ryan Rayner (St. Louis Devils)

Tim Sullivan (not in WMSPL)

The following weekend, June 22-23 had POS back in Oshawa for their 2nd SPN qualifier for Niagara.  This weekend was the replacement for the Mother’s Day SPN tourney which POS wasn’t able to get enough guys for.  Saturday was a stormy day with thunder storms in the area.  The first game for POS was a noon start on #2 against Dead Last which had the heaviest rain happening before/during this game.  POS came out hitting and with solid defense which included a triple-play they were able to get a 13-1 mercy win giving some extra time to dry before the next game.  The second and third games did not have the same outcome for POS as some timely hits were missed giving POS two 1-run losses against Fully Loaded and There’s Always Time by scores of 13-12 and 8-7 respectively on #2 (2:30pm) and #4 (3:45pm).  With a 1-2 record it didn’t look promising for Playing On Sunday but with some other teams having worse records POS ended up with the 3rd seed out of the 6 teams in their pool.  Sunday morning at 9:30am had POS taking on MIA in the quarter-final game on #1.  POS jumped out to an early lead and MIA was able tie it up after being shutout the first couple of innings.  POS bats went silent as MIA was able to take the lead and came away with a 13-7 victory.  Next up for POS and SPN is the Provincials on Labour Day weekend in Niagara Falls.

POS Roster for the Tournament:

Wayne Cosby (Greenthumb) – Coach/Sub

George Douma (A’s) – Coach/Sub

Todd Boisvert (Greenthumb)

David Hatt (Greenthumb)

Paul Power (Greenthumb)

Bob Peppler (Storm)

Joey Pilkey (Storm)

Ashley Teeter (Falcons)

Cas Litwin (Falcons)

Sean Dunn (Falcons)

Mike Anderson (Xtreme Contracting)

Derek Ackford (Xtreme Contracting)

Duncan McDonald (St. Louis Devils)

Ryan Rayner (St. Louis Devils)

Tim Sullivan (not in WMSPL)

Eight was enough!

With four signed out for this game, one who notified just before game-time, and two who didn't notify at all (Impose beer penalties here). The Storm with 8 strong were able to handily defeat Greenthumb and there own attendance issues, they only had 9 guys.

Final Score: Storm 21 - Greenthumb 7

All Rain-outs have been Re-scheduled

All the games that have been Rained out, have now been re-scheduled.

Please see the list below for new game dates and times. I have also updated the Beer Schedule, please take a look at it, or download a new updated copy.

Make-up Game Dates:

Wednesday June 26th, 9:30pm on K1 @ Greenthumb

Wednesday July 3rd, 9:30pm on K2 @ Bradley 

(Diamond Change only!)

Wednesday July 17th, 9:30pm on K1 @ Rebels
(Now 2nd game of a Doubleheader)

Friday July 19th, 8:00pm on K2 @ Mayhem

Friday July 19th, 9:30pm on K1 @ Xtreme
(A Doubleheader)

Falcon's Crush Storm once again

It most definitely wasn't a happy fathers day for the Storm crew last night as the Falcons hammered them inning after inning, the only bright side was Bob's two home-runs and Jeff and Brad getting some pitching practice.

Final Score: Falcon's 23 - Storm 8

Devil's win ?

Not sure what happened here, but the Devil's tricked us into letting them win this game.

Final Score: Devils 8 - Storm 7

Bat's show up against Direct Elevator

The rains came again last night but fortunately the game was able to be played. The Storm's bats showed up in force for this game as they had 32 hits including 5 Hr's and 4 doubles and a triple.

Final Score: Storm 21 - Direct Elevator 7

Game two better than one!

In the second game of the doubleheader last night, the Storm did a better job of holding a lead. Thanks in a very large part to Bob who hammered two 3 run HR's.

Final Score: Storm 16 to Rebels 7

Just out of reach

Last night was one of those games that you will look back on and say, that was our game and we let it slip away.After 3 innings the Storm had a 9 to 0 lead but in the 4th, Hanet roared back with 8 of there own. The Storm did get a couple of more but could not hold on, as in the bottom of the 7th inning, Hanet was able to score two runes for the victory.

Final Score: Hanet 11 to Storm 10

The Invisible man shows his face

For the first time this year, our elusive new player, James was finally able to make his debut with the Storm, as neither Mother Nature or his job kept him from the game. It was a low scoring affair as both pitchers and a solid defense played a strong role, but thanks to a good start, the Storm was able to prevail over the A's.

Final Score: Storm 8 vs. A's 3

Mother Nature back out in front

For the fifth time this short season, Mother Nature has washed away another perfectly good Sunday evening of ball. This time it was because of unplayable diamond conditions. No rain at the time of the game but way too much for the hours leading up to the game. We'll keep our fingers crossed and try again tomorrow night against the A's.

Final Score - Mother Nature 5 vs Storm 4

Storm come from behind to take the victory!!

On a hot and sticky night with the threat of rain or worse, the Storm and Hanet played a makeup game. It was a back and forth affair but in the end thanks to a two out two on single by Kevin, the Storm come from one run down in the bottom of the seventh inning to get the victory.

Final Score: Storm 11 and Hanet 10