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2009 Alvinston Indians
Manager
# 13
Paul McCart - Glencoe
Coach
#20 Gary Wren - ST Thomas
# 95 Joe
Triest - Alvinston
# 14 Andy
Triest - Alvinston
# 37 Chris
Drew - Chatham
#3 John
Ferguson - Wyoming
# 0 Bryan
Depencier - Chatham
# 77 Jeff
Ingram - Union
# 55 Greg
Moore - Sombra
# 93 Theo
Metron - London
# 11 Steve
Donald - Chatham
# 15 Aaron
Stocking - Wardsville
# 61 Jamie
Shields - Glencoe
# 18 Eric
Hyatt - Oil City
# 8 Ryan
Chapman - Alvinston
# 10 Brad
Young - PT Edward
# 19
Kyle Crawford
# 49 Jason
Hope - Merlin
# 4 Tim
Brown - Shetland
# 24 Mike
Black - Glencoe
#7 Scott Smith - Wyoming
#44 Doug Charlton
# 44 Doug Charlton Strathroy |
Alvinston Indians
2009 Baseball
Alvinston vs Shedden
October 4, 2009
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ALVINSTON INDIANS ARE PLAYOFF
CHAMPIONS!
The Alvinston Indians
completed a task that they had not completed since the
2003 season. They won their first St. Thomas & District
Major Fastball League Playoff Championship in 6 seasons,
their 5 playoff championship in their 14 years in the
league.
Alvinston was quick to get the offence going in Game 4
in Fingal versus Shedden on Sunday evening, when with
two out and Steve Donald on first base, Theo Metron
crushed a two-run home run to put Alvinston in front
early.
John Ferguson started on the mound for Alvinston, and
surrendered a run to Shedden in the opening inning, when
Jeff MacPherson doubled to score Jason Dawdy. With the
score now 2-1, Alvinston went away quietly in the second
inning, but in the third, they got back to business in a
big way. Andy Triest led off the inning for Alvinston
with a walk, Joe Triest advanced him to second on a
bunt, and then with 2 out, Chris Drew and Theo Metron
both earned their way on base via walks, to load the
bases. That set the stage for Alvinston's big first
baseman Jeff Ingram who hit a monster grand slam for
Alvinston, to extend the lead to 6-1, and give Shedden
the crushing blow that would ultimately seal their fate
in the series.
Shedden did chip back in the bottom of the third when
they counted a run, when Gary Cooke singled home Rob
Burns for their second run, and a 6-2 deficit. Ferguson
would then shut the door in the fourth for Alvinston,
but in the fifth, allowed a couple base runners, and
turned things over to Brad Young, who shut the door
recording the final 2 outs of the inning, as Shedden had
runners on second and third and were threatening to make
the game closer, but failed to capitalize.
In the top of the seventh, Alvinston put the final nail
in the coffin, when with two out, Scott Smith hit a 2
rbi single that scored both Jamie Shields (who led off
with a pinch-hit double) and Theo Metron (who walked),
to make the score 8-2. Brad Young would retire Shedden
in order in the seventh inning, to make the Alvinston
Indians the league's well deserved playoff champions for
2009.
John Ferguson was the pitcher of record for Alvinston,
as he earned the win, with Brad Young pitching
effectively in relief to close the game and series out.
The series finished with Alvinston defeating Shedden 3
games to 1.
All-in-all, Alvinston posted a record of 8 wins, and 3
losses in the playoffs. They defeated Glanworth 2-0 in
the opening round best of three series, dethroned
Glencoe, last year's playoff champions, in a superb best
3 out of 5 semi-final series that went the distance, and
then cruised to the playoff title in the finals, posting
wins of 8-3, 9-4, and 8-2 in games 2, 3, and 4 versus
Shedden to end the series, after an opening game loss of
2-1. Alvinston was a perfect 6-0 on the road in the
playoffs, and were 2-3 on home soil.
Alvinston finished their successful 2009 season, with
a record of 43 wins and 24 losses on the season, as they
completed a 67 game schedule in 2009. They won two
tournaments, as they were Champions of the Port Huron
Invitational ISC II Qualifier, and the Pete Schwab
Memorial Tournament in Frankenmuth, posting 6-0 records
in each tournament. They finished in a tie for 9th at
the ISC II Tournament of Champions in Rock Island,
Illinois, and then capped off their season, by
earning the St. Thomas & District Major Fastball League
Playoff title. Congratulations are in order to
Alvinston on a fantastic season, and a big thanks goes
out to all of our loyal supporters and fans in the
playoffs, who cheered us on to the Playoff Championship!
The Indians will be back in 2010, for their team's
15th season!
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