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Game
Reports
Quarterfinal: Newfoundland 12
Ironmen 2
Saturday, August 22nd
Newfoundland
scored four times in the fifth inning, and six times in the sixth, leading them to a 12-2 victory over a tired Chatham squad.
Newfoundland opened the scoring with a pair of runs off starter Gary Traer in the third inning. That lead
would hold through a thirty-minute fog delay in the fifth inning. When play resumed Newfoundland pushed their lead to
6-0, a lead the Ironmen could not make up.
Tom Burns led the Ironmen hitting attack with a pair of singles.
Newfoundland now advances to face Alberta in Monday's semifinals. The second semi-final will see Ontario face
off with Team Quebec.
Game 4: Ironmen 2 Ontario 0
Saturday, August 22nd
Pete Shaw tossed a complete-game
one-hitter to lead Chatham to a 2-0 victory over Ontario, propelling them to a quarterfinal matchup with Newfoundland.
Shaw was masterful on the mound, facing only 22 Ontario hitters, one over the minimum.
The Ironmen scored
both of their runs in the fifth inning. Adem Campbell's single scored Matt Jenkins. Campbell would be replaced
by pinch-runner Andrew Burns. Burns would take second on a wild pitch, and come around to score on an Ontario error.
Game 3: Dartmouth 5 Ironmen 2
Saturday,
August 22nd
Darren Doucette's three-run homerun in the top of the ninth
inning was the difference in Dartmouth's 5-2 victory over the Ironmen. The win drops the Ironmen to 1-2, making
this afternoon's contest with Ontario (2-1) a must-win.
JF Neveu was brilliant on the mound for the
Ironmen, striking out fourteen Dartmouth hitters. Matt MacDonald got the victory, scattering eight hits and eight strikeouts.
Tom Burns tripled and single for Chatham. Nick Hardy drove in two runs with two singles, and Jon Saunders
singled twice.
If the Ironmen down Ontario, they will play in tonight's quarterfinal matchup at 7pm.
Game 2: Ironmen 4 Manitoba 1
Friday, August 21st
Matt Jenkins tossed a complete-game victory for Chatham to even their record
at 1-1. Jenkins yielded only six hits and one unearned run, striking out four.
The Ironmen scored
their four runs in the second inning. With two outs, Alan Hilchie and Darren Hardy put two runners on for Adem Campbell,
who plated Hilchie with a single of his own. Tyson Waye followed with a two-run single, scoring both Hardy and Campbell.
Waye would steal second base, and score on a Tom Burns single.
JF Neveu will take to the hill this evening
versus Dartmouth in an important playoff matchup. Dartmouth sits at 0-2.
Game 1: Quebec
6 Ironmen 1
Thursday,
August 20th
The Ironmen were shut down by Quebec ace Dany Prata in dropping their
first game 6-1 to Team Quebec. Prata struck out six and scattered six hits. Derek Wilson suffered the loss
for the Ironmen, giving up four runs in four and two-thirds of an inning. Steve Aube and Gary Traer pitched in relief.
The Ironmen loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth inning with the score 3-1, but couldn't muster any
runs. Tom Burns supplied the lone offence for the Ironmen, knocking a long home run to centerfield to lead off the home
half of the first inning.
Chatham looks to regroup Friday morning when they face Manitoba at 9am. Their
third game will come Friday night at 7pm versus host Dartmouth.
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