Alvinston
first stop for New Zealand Black Sox
Tuesday June
19, 2012
The
Alvinston
Indians had
the honours
of hosting
the New
Zealand
Black Sox in
their first
game of a
series of
six on their
Canadian
Tour before
the team
from New
Zealand
participates
at the
Legends
Fastball
Tournament
this weekend
in
Kitchener.
The tour is
in
preparation
for the 2013
ISF World
Men's
Softball
Championship
that will be
held in New
Zealand.
The Black
Sox team is
comprised of
the best
players in
the country
ranging from
ages 17 -
36. The
Indians
played a
competitive
game but the
Black Sox
won with a
final score
of 5 - 1
before an
estimated
crowd of 600
people.
"This
is a great
crowd" New
Zealand
Pitching
coach Chubb
Tangaroa
"this is
where it
will start
is in small
towns like
this,
especially
some of the
younger ones
here
watching
could be
future
Canadian
ball
players."
With pitches
as high as
120 kph the
Indians
batted five
hits on the
night, that
included an
inside the
park home
run by pinch
hitter Alex
Chisholm.
Chisholm's
hit went
down the
third base
line that
took a
couple of
hops, hit he
light
standard
that had the
New Zealand
player
running all
over to
catch up
with it that
gave
Chisholm
time to run
into home
plate to the
cheers of
the local
fans.
The Black
Sox batted
12 hits out
that
included 2
out of the
park home
runs by
Thomas Makea
and Donny
Hale.
Brad Young
got the
start on the
mound for
Alvinston
and went 4
innings
allowing 8
hits and
walked 4.
Kyle
Crawford
came
in for 3
innings and
struck out
4, allowed 4
hits and
walked 3.
Penese
Iosefo
pitched 5
innings for
the Black
Sox,
striking out
6, allowing
2 hits and
walked 2.
Seventeen
year old
Kurt Scholum
came in for
two innings
and struck
out 5,
allowed 2
hit and
walked 1.
"Pretty good
game, good
stuff for
us." said
New Zealand
Manager Carl
Gould "our
guys were a
little bit
rusty with
the batting
they played
pretty well
in the field
this is the
first game
of six
before the
tournament I
think will
build from
here, it was
a good
start."
After the
Indians game
the Black
Sox were
back on the
field for
the second
game of the
double
header
taking on
the St.
Thomas
District
Men's
Fastball
League
Select team.
The Black
Sox's won
that game
with a final
score of 8 -
1.
"I think we
gave them a
very
competitive
game." said
Paul "Chico"
McCart
Manager for
Alvinston
main
organizer of
the event
"I'm so
impressed
with the
crowds this
is
unbelievable.
It's a
special
feeling
after
playing here
for 34 years
I didn't
think I'd
ever see
this happen
here."
On Tuesday
the New
Zealand team
travel to
the Six
Nations
Reserve in
Brantford
for a double
header and
on Wednesday
they are in
Moorefield
Ontario for
another
double
header
against the
Argentina
Men's
National
Team, then
on to
Kitchener
for the
tournament
on the
weekend.
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