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28 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 1, 1989 Three big wins put Gamblers in topspot (~ Going into last weeks fastball action the Greenbank Gamblers were sitting in second place in the Oshawa City and District "A" Division, just one point behind Stouffville and one point ahead of the Oshawa Merchants. } Also the Gamblers had three games scheduled for the week and all three games were with Stouffville and the Oshawa Mer- chants. So the Greenbank team had their fate in their own hands. When the dust had cleared after the three games the Gamblers had won all three and taken over top spot by a single point over Stouffville. Last Monday night in Green- bank Park the Gamblers were cruising along witha 3-0 lead behind Mark Goreski when Oshawa suddenly came to life in the sixth inning to score 3 runs and tie the game at 3-3. But in the bottom of the seventh inning after two were out Paul Goreski lined a long double to right field to set the stage for Brian Till. And Brian Till didn't let the Gamblers down as he pro- mptly drilled a shot up the middle to score Paul Goreski with the winning run. Mark Goreski was the winning pitcher for Greenbank with Steve Crummy taking the loss for Oshawa. Rodd Real and Paul Goreski had two hits each to lead the Gambler attack with Dave- Bacon, Trevor Till, George Red- shaw, Brian Till and Mark Goreki rounding out the Greenbank hitting. The key blow in the game for Greenbank was George Red- shaws two out double in the third inning to break a scoreless tie. On Wednesday night in Stouff- ville the Gamblers met the Betz Pool boys and behind the three hit pitching of Russ Korbak they stopped Stouffville by a 4-1 score. The Greenbank squad struck in the game and then held off Stouff- ville as Korbak was on top of his game and only allowed a single run in the fourth inning. In the Gamblers half of the se- cond inning Rodd Real was safe. on an infield error and John Jeffs followed with a long home run that rolled to the road in the huge Stouffville ball park, and Green- bank were in front by a 2-0 score. In the third inning Terry Till and Trevor Till both scored to make the score 4-0 and that was all that Korbak would need to lock up the victory. Stouffville did score a run in the fourth as Mark Joslin, John Tait and George Burkholder combin- ed to plate a run but Russ Korbak was unhittable after that. Greenbank picked up five hits off the offerings of John Annis with Terry Till, John Jeffs, Brian Till, Rodd Real and George Red- shaw each hitting safely. On Sunday afternoon the Oshawa Merchants again visited Greenbank Park and again the Gamblers struck early enroute to a 4-0 win. Terry Till singled to open the game but was nipped at second on John Fosters attempted sacrifice. Brian Till singled to put runners on the corners and Foster scored on Don Beatons infield out. Then Rodd Real belted a long drive over the center field fence and the Gamblers had an early 3-0 lead. That was all the scoring until Rodd Real again blasted a long home run over the right field fence in the sixth inning and Greenbank won the game 4-0 and moved into first place in the process. Russ Korbak pitched the six hit shutout and was in control of the game with the exception of the first inning when Oshawa had men on first and third but Korbak bore down and struck out the side, an excellent performance by the veteran right hander. Rodd Real was the batting star of the game with his two home runs and 3 RBI's. Terry Till had a pair.of Gambler hits and Brian Till also hit safely. John Logeman and Steve Crummy shared the Oshawa pit- ching with Rodd Real banging a home run off each Oshawa pitcher. This coming weekend sees the Gamblers in Burlington at the Senior "A" 0.A.S.A. Tournament. Also during the next few weeks Greenbank will be at the Minden Tournament, at the League Championships in Stouffville and atthe O.A.S.A. Senior "B" Cham- pionships which will also be hosted by Stouffville. The fastball season is in the home stretch for 1989 so get out to the park and enjoy some of the best fastball played anywhere in the world! Bantams proceed to playdowns This week, the Canadian Tire Bantams had a home and home series against Orangeville with the winner being eligible for the "All Ontario Playdowns" to be held in Mitchell on the August 26th and 27th weekend. What was thought to be tough competition turned out to be an easy 17-2 and 20-4 win for Port Perry. Pitchers Brett Puckrin and Richard Brough each won a game. On Friday night, a regular league game was played in Greenbank against Unionville with Port Perry winning 3-2. Brett Puckrin pitched for the win with 8 strike-outs and only 4 hits allow- ed. Both teams played excellent ball, with the Unionville pitcher allowing only 5 Port hits, and recording 8 strike-out as well. On Saturday, the Bantams were involved in the Scarborough tour- nament and earned a record of 1 win and 2 losses. This did not allow Port Perry to advance to the finals. In the first game, Port met a very strong team from Fergus which was one of the favourites to win the tournament. Richard pit- ched one of his best games of the year, but unfortunately was on the losing end of a 3-1 score. The damage was done with a 2 run homer in. the 3rd inning. The Fergus pitcher recorded a high this year of 12 strike-outs in one game against our team. We will see this team again at the OASA playdowns in Mitchell. In the second game, Port Perry beat Dundalk 8-6 with Scott MacLennan hitting a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 7th inning. Brett started the game but had to leave in the 4th with an injured arm, and Richard pitched a strong 3 innings to record the win. In the 3rd game, Port Perry met Niagara Falls and lost 6-4. Brett pitched a good game with the Port team leading 3-2 going in- to the last inning, but Niagara Falls was able to score 4 runs which were enough to win the game. Port Perry had men in scoring position on several occa- sions, but could not capitalize with any runs. Doing the hitting for the 6 games were: Steve Laird with 6 singles, 3 triples, and 12 RBIs, Scott MacLennan with 3 singles, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run and 9 RBIs, John Ennis with 6 singles, 1 double, 2 triples, and 8 RBIs, Jason McBride with 3 singles, 2 doubles and 6 RBIs, Darrell Vander Slagt with 4 singles, 2 double, and 3 RBIs, Jody Logan with 2 singles, 1 dou- ble, and 2 RBIs, Jason Cochrane with 2 singles and 2 RBIs, Richard Brough with 2 singles, 1 double, 1 triple and 1 RBI, Brett Puckrin with 3 singles and 1 RBI, Brad Moase with 1 single, 1 double and . 1 RBI, Ken Winslow with 1 single and 1 RBI, and Jason Dawson with 1 single. Jason Dawson has been called up from the house league to play for the Canadian Tire Bantams for the balance of the season to replace injured players Jeff Brett and James Gouldburn. The next Bantam game is August 1 at 8:30 p.m. with Clare- mont vs Port Perry on the north diamond. Snider at baseball clinic The Petro-Canada Play Ball program will be holding a free in- structional clinic in Oshawa for softball and baseball coaches as part of the 1989 Softball Canada National Midget Girls Fastpitch Championship. The clinic will be instructed by Hall of Famer - Duke Snider on Monday, August 7, 1989, from 9:00 AM. fo 11:30 - - AM. Registration will take piace at 8:30 A.M. in the gym at Durham College Athletic Complex and pro- ceed, weather permitting, to Durham Fields, Simcoe Street. Coaches can pre-register by call- ing Sports Central at: Port | "Minor Softball president Carolyn Best ac- cepts cheque for $623 raised through a recent bingo orga- nized by Plerre Leduc. The money will be used to help pay for a pitching machine to buy other new equipment. The bin- go was held at the Oddfellows Lodge, donated that evening to the bingo. Plerre says this may be his last fund-raising venture In the community. Over the past seven years, he has organized numerous events that have generated some $7,000 for various causes. Mites place second in baseball tournament As they have all season, the Taylor Petro Can Mites from Port Perry turned in a fine per- formance over the weekend to place second in a tournament in Gravenhurst. It was the best tournament outing for the team so far this seaons, said coach Gord Wil- liamson. "We had a strong team ef- fort from all the players," he said about the second place fin- ishin Gravenhurst. The Mites won their first three games by scores of 9-5 over Dunnville, 8-4 over Bra- malea B, and 10-7 over Thorn- hill. Then they ran up against the tough Bramalea A squad and came out on the shortend of a 6-b score. But they went down fight- ing, and in fact had two on base with with two out in the final in- ning, but just could manage the - hit that would have pushed the tying or winning run across the plate. Jason Heyworth pitched all four games for the Mites, and the team got some fine work at the plate and in the field from Shane Norton and Doug Shortt. In York-Durham League play to date this season, the Mites are in third spot with a record of six wins and seven losses. prepare for the OASA Mite C touranment to be held in Port Perry August 25-27. The fine outing in Grave- nurst against tough competi- tion should help boost their con- fidence for the OASA playdowns. The Port Perry Mites get a bye into this tournament Au- gust 25-27. Napanee is expected to be the tough competition at the OASA tournament. Melissa hot at bat Greenbank wins Greenbank Garden Centre does it again, two in a row and still undefeated. Todd Mitchell and Jamie Britt played a great game for Valu Mart along with the super hitting of Jamie Page and some excellent catches by Steven Nagy. Greenbank's Melissa Hooker was a hot hitter and Ryan McQuade and Andrew Donnelly did some awesome catching. With only seven players each the game was really hopping bet- ween Lucyk McPhee and Green- bank Garden Centre. Micheal MacLennan and Katie Armstrong were the heavy hitters for Lucyk McPhee while Lawrence Cook 'grabbed a fantastic fly ball. As Catcher Andrew Donnelly grabbed a high foul ball for Greenbank scoring an out and Bill Lee made a fabulous Fly Ball Catch on first. Casey Brown took | : a wild one-handed swing with the | bat and to the amazement of all made it to first base. Great playing girls and guys, good luck and keep up the good) sportsmanship. ny | The boys will be working hard over the next few weeks to oe. PA Pes § i y o, !