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 2nd 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)
