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Alvinston, ON
– The Alvinston Indians played host to the St.
Thomas Storm on Thursday evening in Alvinston. On
what was a chilly night, a nice crowd was still on
hand, for what ended up being a roller coaster of a
game.
Alvinston and starter Kyle Crawford escaped harm in
the first, when they left two St. Thomas runners on
base. Alvinston then came up to the plate in the
bottom of the first and promptly scored the opening
run. Joe Triest singled to lead off the game, and
scored on an RBI double by Chris Drew.
But St. Thomas had an answer in the top of the
second, when three walks, an error, and three hits,
led the Storm to four runs in the inning, and a
early 4-1 lead in the contest. Alvinston however,
would not go away, as Joe Triest and Drew were at it
again. Triest singled, advanced to second on a pass
ball, and then scored on an RBI triple by Drew. Drew
then scored on ball four to the next batter Ryan
Chapman, as the ball went to the screen, to get the
game close at 4-3 for St. Thomas. Just when the
Indians were starting to regain momentum, Kevin
Lynch tripled off Indians pitcher Crawford to lead
off the inning, and he scored on a RBI groundout by
Payne to restore the 3 run lead, 5-3. The Indians
would have no reply in their half of the fourth, but
they did have a big answer in the fifth. Triest and
Drew did it again by both singling, and with runners
on second and third and two out, Brad Young
delivered a clutch 2 RBI double, to square the game
at 5's.
Since the fourth inning, Young came in in relief of
Crawford, and held St. Thomas at bay in the fourth,
fifth, and sixth, but in the seventh, the Storm
finally touched up Young for the go ahead run. A
clutch 2 out rbi single by Jamie Peat for St.
Thomas, plated Matt Lynch, for what turned out to be
the winning run, as St. Thomas won 6-5, forcing a
game 5 in the series.
Game 5 goes next Thursday night in Fingal at 8pm.
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