The Big’s are the 2016 Provincial senior A men’s fast pitch softball champions.
Mike Noftall goes two for three with a solo home run leading the bigs to a 4-2 win over the NTV Hitmen.
Mark Power, who was named the tournament’s most valuable, pitched the win on a seven hitter with nine strikeouts.
Veteran Ward Gosse takes the loss. He was touched for 10 hits and recorded ten strikeouts.
The Bigs RUNS:
2R 1st: Geoff Evely led-off the inning with a single to left-field, Andrew Evans reached on an infield hit, a wild pitch allowed Evely to advance to third base and Evans to advance to second base, Bryan Clarke grounded out 4-3 to score Evely and Evans advanced to third base on the play and With 2-Out: Joey Maynard singled to centerfield to score Evans.
1R 2nd: Mike Noftall led-off the inning with a Solo Home Run to left-field.
1R 4th: With 1-Out: Craig Edmunds singled to centerfield, Shane Kelly singled to right-field, Geoff Evely grounded out 6-3 and Edmunds advanced to third base and Kelly advanced to second base on the play and With 2-Out: Geoff Evely came on to run for Edmunds (2-Out Catcher’s Rule) and a pass ball allowed Evely to score.
Members Of The Bigs Championship Team
Bryan Clarke, Jeff Conway, Rylee Costello, Johnny Doyle, Craig Edmunds, Andrew Evans, Geoff Evely, Justin Hand, Stephen Jesso, Shane Kelly, Donny King, Joey Maynard, Mike Noftall, Shane O’Brien, Mark Power, Felix Squires, Russell Woodman, Hughie Clarke (Coach) and Graham Evely Sr. (Coach).
NTV Hitmen Pitching Stats:
LP: Ward Gosse 7IP, 4R, 10H, 1BB, 12K
NTV Hitmen Top Batters:
Scott Dwyer 2-3
Jeremy O’Reilly 2-4, 1R, Triple
Ward Gosse 1-3, 1BB, 1RBI
Justin Gill 1-3, Double, 1BB
Brad Ezekiel 1-4
NTV Hitmen RUNS:
1R 6th: Jeremy O’Reilly led-off the inning with a triple to centerfield and O’Reilly scored on a wild pitch.
1R 7th: Justin Gill led-off the inning with a walk, Danny Mullins walked and With 1-Out: Jeremy O’Reilly reached on an infield hit to load the bases, Fergus Griffiths reached on a fielder’s choice; Gill out 1-2 on the play and With 2-Out: Ryan King came on to pinch-run for Griffiths and Ward Gosse drew a bases loaded walk to score Mullins.
2016 Tournament Award Winners
Most Valuable Player
Mark Power (The Bigs)
Pitching: 2-1, 18IP, 9R, 7ER, 15H, 20BB, 28K
Batting: 4-12 .333BA, 1R, 1SAC, 3BB, 3RBI
Top Batter
Justin Gill (NTV Hitmen)
8-13 .615BA
Sportsmanship & Ability
Brad Ezekiel (NTV Hitmen)
Batting: 5-10 .500BA, 2R, 2D, 1SAC, 5BB, 5RBI
2016 Final Tournament Standings
- The Bigs 3-2
- NTV Hitmen 2-2
- Kelly’s Pub Molson Bulldogs 2-1
- The Dance Academy Dodgers 2-1
- Kelly’s Pub Junior Canadians 0-3
