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Alvinston Indians
2010 Baseball
The Alvinston Indians play in the
St. Thomas and District fastball League.
August 22, 2010
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ALVINSTON INDIANS IMPRESS AT ISC WORLD TOURNAMENT
The Alvinston Indians
traveled to Midland, Michigan, for this year's most
important tournament, the ISC World Tournament, from
August 14-21. The Indians were the 17th ranked team
headed into the 48 team tournament, but had their eyes
set on finishing in the top 10.
The Indians opened up the tournament against Carey's
All-State, right from Midland, Michigan. Indians
starter Ryan Swift and the Indians offence went to work,
ending this game in six innings, after the seven run
mercy rule kicked in, and the Indians won 8-1. Swift
allowed 1 run (but it was unearned), he struckout 6, and
allowed only 2 hits, to earn the win on the mound. Jeff
Ingram went deep in the game in the sixth, when he hit a
1-1 pitch over the centre field fence for Alvinston.
Scoring for the Indians were Joe Triest (2), Chris Drew
(2), Ryan Gray, Rowan Lam, Ingram, and Steve Donald.
Driving in the runs were Keith Rankin (2), Ingram (2),
J. Triest, Andy Triest, Gray and Lam.
In game #2, the Indians faced the 14th ranked Kegel
Black Knights from Fargo, North Dakota. Brad Young got
the ball for Alvinston and allowed 2 runs in the opening
inning, while the offence for Alvinston couldn't get
things going early. The Indians left runners on second
in third in both the first and fourth innings, failing
to capitalize. In the top of the sixth however, after a
Keith Rankin triple for Alvinston, Rankin would score on
an RBI sacrifice fly by Mark McCallum, cutting the Fargo
lead to 2-1. However, reliever Shaun Winship would
allow a run in the bottom of the sixth, as Alvinston
suffered their first loss, 3-1, to the Kegel Black
Knights.
With the loss, the Indians were to face Rude Pac, from
California, but they bailed out of the tournament, and
did not attend, so Alvinston was awarded a 2-0 win, and
now had a 2-1 record.
In game #4, the Indians would face another rival Ontario
team, the Cobourg Force. The Indians sent pitcher Shaun
Winship to the rubber, and he didn't disappoint, and
neither did the Indians offence. Winship pitched all
seven innings, allowing 1 run on 4 hits with 2 walks and
seven strikeouts, to earn the win. The Indians got to
work in the second inning, scroing 2 runs. Lam led off
the inning with a walk, promptly stole second base, and
then scored on an RBI single by Rankin. Rankin then
stole second base and scored on an RBI single by
McCallum. The Indians would add 3 more runs in the
third inning. Gray singled, stole second, and scored on
an RBI single by Drew. Drew then stole second base, and
scored on an RBI single by Lam. Lam stole second,
advanced to third on a groundout, and then scored
Alvinston's fifth run on a wild pitch. The Indians
added their last run in the fifth inning, when Gray
doubled, and then scored from second base on a deep
sacrifice fly by Chris Drew.
Game #5, pitted the Indians against another Ontario
team, the Wellington Sox. The Indians sent Brad Young
to the mound, and he was masterful. The offence went to
work in the second inning, when Rankin singled, and then
scored on an RBI double by Swift. In the third, the
Indians moved the score to 2-0, when J. Triest
reached first on an error by the shortstop, advanced to
second on a perfectly executed sac bunt by Gray, and
then he scored on an RBI single by Drew. In the fifth,
the Indians counted two more runs. Gray singled, stole
second, and then scored on an RBI single by Rankin.
Rankin would then score on an RBI single by Swift.
After five effective innings on the mound for
Young, Young was pulled at the end of the 5th in favour
of Winship. Young allowed 5 hits over 5 innings of
shutout work, with 3 strikeouts. Winship would come in
and allowed the game's first run against in the sixth,
but Alvinston fought back with a run of their own, when
Andy Triest singled, stole second and then scored on an
RBI single by Joe Triest. Wellington added two more in
the seventh, leaving the get-close and tying runs on
second and third, after Winship made an effective
defensive play on the mound to end the game. The final
score was 5-3, with Young earning the win, and with the
Indians win, they would do battle in the ISC part of the
tournament, meaning they could finish no lower then 24th
place out of 48 teams.
In game #6, the Alvinston Indians had their hands full
with the 15th ranked team, the Owen Sound Selects. The
Selects were favoured to win the game over Alvinston,
however, Alvinston gave them all they cound handle. The
Indians sent Shaun Winship to the mound, and he didn't
disappoint. Over seven innings, Winship had only one
blemish which was a solo homerun to Andy Skelton of Owen
Sound. He allowed one run on 6 hits, with seven
strikeouts and one walk, to earn the win. Yes it was a
win, because Alvinston was able to score a run in the
third, when Gray singled and stole second, and then
scored on an RBI single by Drew, and then they added
another run in the sixth, when Rankin singled and stole
second, and then scored on what was the game winning RBI
single by Ryan Chapman. What a game! The Indians were
guaranteed no less than 16th place.
In game #7, the Indians met up against Pete's Blues
from Mascoutah, Illinois. Once again, the program for
the day, predicted the Indians to lose to Pete's Blues,
but the Indians had other plans. The Indians sent Ryan
Swift to the mound, and he hardly gave the Blues a
sniff. Swift pitched 7 shutout innings, allowing no
runs on 1 hit, with 11 strikeouts and a walk. On the
offence, the Indians were able to put together 4 runs,
for a 4-0 win. They scored two runs in the first, and
added single runs in the third and sixth innings.
Scoring for the Indians were J. Triest (2), Drew, and
Lam. Driving in the runs were Drew, Rankin, Swift, and
Chapman. With their sixth win of the tournament, the
Indians were now in the top 12.
In game #8, the Indians met up against Albaugh, from
Elkhart, Indiana, the 7th ranked team in the world.
Alvinston struck first in the second inning, when Rowan
Lam went deep for Alvinston, putting them up 1-0 with
his homerun. However, in the bottom of the third,
Albaugh touched up Indians starter Brad Young for two
runs. Winship came in the fifth inning and also
surrendered a run, and the Indians could not fight back,
and were finally eliminated with a 3-1 loss to Albaugh.
All in all, the Indians were 6-2 on the week, and never
looked out of place playing against higher ranked
teams. They finished in 9th place in their first ever
ISC World Tournament, accomplishing their pre tournament
goal of finishing in the top 10. In eight games, the
Indians allowed only 12 runs, and scored 29. Overall,
the Indians posted a 26-5-1 record in tournament play
this season in 2010. Congratulations to Keith Rankin
and Ryan Gray of the Alvinston Indians, who both made
the second ISC All-World Team as All-Stars in
the tournament. |
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