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The Oshawa Juniors Fastball tour 8 won the Port Perry y 9 a nifty 2-0 victory over Scarborough Rock In Zoo. Brad Baker threw a three-hitter for the Juniors and drove in one of their runs (see story). Team members In front, from left: Jason Swift, Mike Aird, Dave Janes, Baker. Jack Crully and Mike Dingman. In the with back, from left: Doug Balsam, Geraid Delaney, Kevin Gibson, Danny Bi Brad Baker, Jason Rideout, Phil Yahn, Tim Timms, Scott Rooney, Bob MacKenzie, John Ennis, Buddy Yahn and 'Boomer' dur Kosziwka. Thunder Steve Durham of the host XL Eagles creates a cloud of dust sliding into thrid ing action Saturday. Walting for the throw Is Thunder's Dave handed Eagles & 4-2 loss In this one. Oshawa Juniors win fastball tournament The Oshawa "BB" Juniors cap- twred the annual Port Perry Fastball Tournament Sunday night with a near flawless 2-0 victory over Rock In Zoo from Scarborough. The Juniors got a masterful pitching performance from hard- throwing lefty Brad Baker (on loan to the team for this tournament from the Oshawa Merchants senior team) who held the Zoo batters 0 Just three scattered singles. Strong defense by the Juniors prevented those three Zoo runners from advancing beyond first base Baker was in peak form in this ope, throwing 14 strike-outs. And mixing the change-up with the "heat," had the Zoo batters off bal- ance from start to finish. The Juniors touched up Zoo pitcher Gary Latchford for eight hits (he fanned four) including a line drive solo home run by Mike Dingman in the fourth that casily Gamblers streak The Greenbank Gamblers had their winning streak broken off at 13 when they were defeated 2-1 by Thunder Sunday after- noon in the annual Port Perry tournament. Gamblers were one of the pre- tournament favourites and ges off to a good stant with wins of 54 and 16-1 before running into the Thunder who are now responsible for two of the five losses the team cleared the fence in straight-away centre. That run was all they need- ed, but they added a bit of insur- ance in the next inning as Phil Yahn crunched a double and then was driven home by Baker who helped his own cause by driving a long triple to the fence to make it 2-0 Yahn had a productive final game with two doubles and Baker had a pair of singles around his RBI triple. The game was played Sunday evening "under the lights" at the North Diamond and attracted a large crowd of spectators who wit- nessed a fine performance by both teams. The Juniors have three Scugog players on the roster: Tim Timms and John Ennis from Greenbank and Kevin Gibson from Port Perry. The game was the finale of the 12-tcam tournament that got under- has suffered in 26 league and tour- nament games to date this season. Last week in Peterborough League action, the Gamblers defeated Winslow/G way Friday evening, hosted by the Port Perry XL Eagles. 'Eagles, who have been playing well of late, had a rough time in their own tournament as they lost the opener 1-0 wo the Scamps and were doubled 4-2 by Scarborough Thunder before putting a 4-1 win over the Indians on the board That kept their hopes alive until they ran into the last year's champs Stouffville Juniors on Sunday and bowed out 6-3. The Greenbank Gamblers, one of the pre-tournament favourites, carried an 11-game winning streak into the weekend. They made it 12 in a row in the tournament opener with an extra- innings 5-4 victory over Scarborough as Terry Till won it with a homer. Gamblers next opponent was Pickering and they ran rough-shod in this one for a 16-1 victory that broken place in their league, and they have a huge home and home series this week that could determine playoff standings. On Tuesday night, y Motors by a 5-1 count and blanked the Juniors at lansdb Park by a 5-0 score. These wins pushed the streak to 11 and they added two more for 13 straight before falling 10 the Thunder. Gamblers are currently in first Dick Shinn (res) 985-0587 Randy Hathaway 995-8401 Gamblers take on rival ICG in Peterborough and the two teams meat head-on again Thursday night (July 2) in Greenbank at 8:00 PM. This coming weekend, the Gamblers will be in Nap to p in the Inter | Softball Congress Ontario final. featured a grand slam by Mark Goreski But the winning streak and the Gamblers hopes in this tournament ground to a halt at the hands of Scarborough Thunder who wok a 2-1 victory Sunday moming. This was the same Thunder squad that knocked out the Eagles and also knocked Greenbank out of Stump the Ump PINERIDG ITSOULEN S| "ORT Major League Baseball game, bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out; tie game. Pinch hitter steps into batter's box. Batter not thinking of grand slam home run, batter is three feet tall. a recent tournament in Bradford. Gamblers have lost just five games (out of 26) w date this season and two have at the hands of the Thunder. 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