Roebothan, McKay and Marshall Republic are the 2018 Intermediate Fastpitch softball champions as they defeated CBC Junior Canadians 6-3. They win the best of five final in straight games.
Playoff MVP Ward Gosse pitched the win on a three hitter and ten strikeouts. Eric Healey was tagged with the loss.
Roebothan McKay Marshall Republic Pitching Stats:
WP: Ward Gosse 7IP, 3R, 3H, 4BB, 10K
Roebothan McKay Marshall Republic Top Batters:
Andrew Temple 3-4, 1R, Double, 1BB
Trevor Hefferan 2-2, 1R, 1HBP, 1BB
Matt Power 2-3, 1R, 1SB, 1BB
Leon Cantwell 1-3, 1BB, 2RBI
Stephen Oates 1-3, 1R, Double, 1SAC, 1RBI
Phillip Corbett 1-4, 1R
Roebothan McKay Marshall Republic RUNS:
2R 1st: Andrew Temple led-off the inning with a double, Trevor Heffernan was Hit-By-Pitch, Temple advanced to third base and Hefferan advanced to second base on a Ward Gosse 4-3 groundout and With 1-Out: Leon Cantwell singled to score Temple and Hefferan.
1R 2nd: With 1-Out: Stephen Oates doubled, Andrew Temple walked, Trevor Hefferan walked to load the bases and Ward Gosse reached on an error that allowed Oates to score on the play.
3R 7th: With The Game Tied 3-3 Heading To The Top Of The 7th Inning: Leon Cantwell led-off the inning with a walk, Mike Crowe came on to pinch-run for Cantwell, Matt Power singled and Crowe advanced to second base on the play, Phillip Corbett reached on an error that allowed Crowe to score and Power advanced to third base on the play and With 1-Out: Stephen Oates hit a SAC Fly to right-field to score Power and an error allowed Corbett to score.
Members of the Roebothan McKay Marshall Republic Championship Team
Leon Cantwell, Phillip Corbett, Andrew Corcoran, Mike Crowe, Corey Drake, Ward Gosse, Trevor Hefferan, Andrew McCarthy, Blair Myers, Stephen Oates, Matt Power, Dawson Sieben, Andrew Temple, Brad Tuttle.
CBC Junior Canadians Pitching Stats:
LP: Eric Healey 7IP, 6R, 10H, 1HBP, 6BB, 2K
CBC Junior Canadians Top Batters:
Gerald Wall 1-2, 1R, 1BB
DJ Lake 1-3, 2RBI
Daniel Byrne 1-3
CBC Junior Canadians RUNS:
1R 1st: With 2-Out: Patrick O’Leary walked, O’Leary stole second base, O’Leary advanced to third base on an error and O’Leary scored on a pass ball.
2R 2nd: Daniel Byrne led-off the inning with a single, Liam Costello came on to pinch-run for Byrne, Gerald Wall walked, a wild pitch allowed Costello to advance to third base and Wall to advance to second base and With 2-Out: DJ Lake singled to score Costello and Wall.
2018 Intermediate League Playoff Awards
Most Valuable Player
Ward Gosse (Roebothan McKay Marshall Republic)
Pitching: 10GP, 8-2, 66IP, 8ER, 0.85ERA, 120K, 4SHO
Gosse Set 3 Playoff Pitching Records In 2018
Set Playoff Pitching Record For Wins With 8.
Set Playoff Pitching Record For Strikeouts With 120.
Set Playoff Pitching Record For Shutouts With 4.
Top Batter
Peter Kavanagh (CBC Junior Canadians)
10-24 .417BA
Final 2018 Intermediate Playoff Standings
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Roebothan McKay Marshall Republic 8-2
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CBC Junior Canadians 3-5
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Lafontaine Club 4-3
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CBS Storm 4-3
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Chayee Bourras NL Selects 0-2
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Sportscraft Waterford Valley 0-2
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Sable Building & Design 0-2
