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St. Thomas Extends Series After Win in Alvinston
Tuesday September 30, 2014
The Alvinston Indians
were on home turf on
Monday evening, for game
three of the St. Thomas
& District Major
Fastball League
Championship final. The
Indians lead the series
2-0, but the veteran St.
Thomas Storm had a gutsy
effort in game three,
paced by pitcher Ryan
Cummings and outfielder
Mark Coleman and took
the win with a final
score of 2 - 1.
St. Thomas scored in the
first inning, when Kevin
Lynch walked, and Mark
Coleman singled, putting
runners on first and
second with one out.
The next hitter was
former Alvinston Indian
Jeff Ingram doubled on a
0-2 pitch, scoring Lynch
for the game's first
run. Indians starter
Kyle Crawford retired
the next two hitters via
infield fly balls to end
the threat.
Alvinston however,
replied quickly in their
half of the first
inning. Joe Triest
bunted on the opening
pitch, and an error
by the Storm third
baseman, allowed Triest
to reach third base, as
the ball was thrown
away. The next hitter
was Craig Lyons, and he
earned himself a single,
when the Storm shortstop
and third baseman got
their signals crossed
up, and the ball went
between them, evening
the score at 1-1 as
Triest scored.
The game remained tied,
with both pitchers
ending threats by the
opposition in the fourth
inning. Neither offence
seemed to be able to get
the big hit to put their
team in front. That
changed in the top of
the sixth inning, when
Coleman singled for a
third time in the
contest, stole second
base, advanced to third
via a wild pitch, and
then scored on a
sacrifice fly by Chris
Wismer. That would end
up being the winning run
in the game, to push the
series to game four in
Fingal on Thursday
evening at 7:30pm.
Alvinston had a shot in
the seventh, as Brad
Cooper reached base with
one out via an infield
error. Pinch runner
Bryan Johnson stole
second base and advanced
to third via an
errant throw, but the
next two Alvinston
batters struckout, as
Cummings was masterful
for the Storm.
Cummings was the winning
pitcher, allowing one
unearned run. He
allowed only three hits
on the evening, while
fanning 16 Alvinston
batters in the
win. Kyle Crawford was
not to blame, as he had
an impressive effort as
well for the Indians,
allowing 2 earned runs
over seven innings of
work, with ten
strikeouts, one walk,
one hit batsmen, and
five hits allowed.
Hope to see a great
crowd in Fingal on
Thursday for game four
at 7:30pm.
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