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Indians win double header in Morpeth
sarniasports.com july 24th, 2011


The Alvinston Indians traveled to Morpeth, for a double header against the Morpeth Magic on Friday evening. The Indians are in the thick of the race for the St. Thomas & District Major Fastball league Championship, so two wins would be vital to their chances.

In game #1, the Indians piled on runs early and often as they cruised to a 15-1, 5-inning mercy. Alvinston scored 5 in the first inning, 3 in the third, 4 in the fourth, and 3 in the fifth, while young twirler Jeff Lyons for Alvinston allowed only two hits and 1 earned run in his 5 inning outing, recording the win for the Indians. Ryan Chapman was 4/4 for Alvinston, as he hit for the cycle, with a single, double, triple, and homerun, three runs scored, and 2 RBI's. Aaron Stocking and Jeff Lyons were both 3/3 with a walk for Alvinston. Chris Drew and Jeff Ingram each went 3/4 in the contest, including a homerun for Ingram. Andy Triest and Joe Triest also had multi-hit games for the Indians going 2/3 and 2/5 respectively.

In game #2, Alvinston got straight to work again early, as Joe Triest doubled and then scored on a Jamie Shields batted ball which was misplayed by Morpeth. Shields who reached base via the error, then scored on an RBI triple by Chris Drew, for an early 2-0 lead. In the third, Morpeth was able to make the score close, when Darcy Vink crossed home plate on a pass ball, making the score 2-1. However, in the fifth inning, Lyons singled to start things off for Alvinston, A. Triest advanced Lyons to second, J. Triest hit a double, and then Shields scored both Lyons and J. Triest on a key 2 RBI single, making it 4-1. Then with two out, Ingram singled home Shields, to add an all important extra run again, for a 5-1 lead. Morpeth's Darcy Vink then belted a triple and was able to score on an infield groundout making it 5-2, but Chris Sheppard responded in the Alvinston portion of the sixth inning, when he hit an inside the park homerun, making it a 6-2 lead, and sealing the win for Alvinston. John Ferguson started on the mound for Alvinston, and was effective in 4 innings of work, to earn the win. Ferguson allowed 2 runs and 1 earned run, on 2 hits, while striking out 4 and walking 1. Doug Charlton came in in relief of Ferguson, tossing 3 innings of shutout ball, on 2 hits, and 2 strikeouts.

The Indians now sport a record of 17 wins and 4 losses, through 21 of 24 games of their schedule. They have 3 games remaining on their schedule, including two of the games being played next Thursday night, against both Shedden and St. Thomas, during a double header, beginning at 7:30pm.
 


 

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