The second season is underway for the 100 Mile Men’s Fastball League.
The playoffs started June 25 with the Sanford and Dillman Hornets knocking off Jake’s Pub Old Buds 4-2 in the first elimination game, and the Shuswap Defenders shutting out the Lac la Hache Food Mart 8-0 in the second loser-goes-home contest.
Sanford and Shuswap will square off on June 27 to see who advances to take on the loser of the Red Rock Grill and Exeter Sporting Goods contest on June 26 (score unavailable).
Sanford advances
This first elimination games were tight with both teams playing some great ball and the chuckers dominating for the most part.
Greg Parent was on the mound for Jake’s and he registered four strikeouts in the loss. Sanford pitcher Reg Hooper was in playoff form as he sent 11 Jake’s batters back to their dugout shaking their heads.
Jake’s got a run in the first inning when Mark Dufour hit a single and scored on an RBI single by Jason Armeneau.
Rick Dillman responded with a single in the bottom half of the inning and trotted home on a deep sacrifice fly by Bill Esterbrook.
Sanford went up 2-1 when Dennis Gosselin’s triple pushed Bob Collens over the plate in the third.
It stayed 2-1 until the top of the fifth when Parent hit a single to get on and then scored on a fielder’s choice.
That set up the sixth-inning heroics as Esterbrook who hit the eventual game-winning home run. Rob Sanford singled Brayden Sanford in for the insurance run.
Jake’s failed to move any runners over the plate in the top of the seventh, and Sanford celebrated the victory.
Shuswap moves on
Shuswap was leading the Bantams 8-0 when the game was called due to inclement weather and lightning.
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Regular season
Red Rock finished on top of the regular season standing with 18 points off of nine wins and one loss.
Exeter was second with 15 points on six wins, a tie and three losses.
The Hornets took third with 10 points with a five and five win/loss record.
Shuswap came on at the end of the season to take fourth place with four wins and six losses.
The Bantams finished fifth out of six teams with a 2-1-7 record for five points.
Jake’s ended up in sixth place with four points on two wins and eight losses.
Exeter doubles Jake’s
Jake’s got on the sticks early in the first and chased Exeter chucker Craig Allison after six batters and he was replaced by Paul Carey in the June 18 matchup.
Jake’s led 6-4 after the first, but trailed 13-6 until they scored five in the fourth to close the gap to 14-11. The fifth inning saw Exeter trot eight runners over the plate for a 22-11 victory.
Red Rock stings Hornets
The closest game of the week was a 3-2 Red Rock victory over the Hornets on June 19.
Tied at one apiece from the first through the fourth inning, the Hornets scored one in fifth and looked to be control with big Reg Hooper registering 14 strikeouts in the game.
However, Red Rock scored two in the top of the seventh and held on for the win.
Grillers roll along
Red Rock finished their regular season with an 8-2 win over the Bantams who got their runs in the seventh inning.
Shuswap gearing for playoffs
As they did last year, the Defenders are definitely gearing up for the playoffs.
They got by Exeter 7-1 in a convincing victory over the league’s second-place team. Robin Gilbert registered 10 strikeouts for the victory, while Carey whiffed three in the loss.
