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PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JULY 18,1M» Playoff Plaindealer Games Dominate Finals Close In Minor Division * Despite a last inning rally by Butch Meyers' Wrens, the ^Condors captured the Minor /Division title in a 7-5 close decision Wednesday night before a good crowd of about 70 spectators at the VFW. Earlier in the season, the Wrens beat the 11-1 Condors X.--itr a 11-10 contest, but the Condors, behind steady pitching by Chris Hotferton, held oh to hand the Wrens their second loss of the season. Howerton struck out 11 in the game and fanned the side in the second in taming the Wren's bats. The Wrens managed only seven hits, four of which came in the final inning during a last- minute rally. The Condors mounted Mark Widhalm struck out, iheir attack in the first in- centerfielder Brian Peterson ning. After second baseman sent a sharp liner to center to Matt Martin reached on an score Widhalm and collect error by Wren's pitcher his only RBI. Dave Gilbert, Barry Kleoph- fer singled Martin to third. A In the top of the fourth, the sacrifice fly to center by Wrens cut the score to 6-1 catcher Bob Diedrich when Mike Boland scam- produced the Condor's first pered across the plate on a run. Two more runs scored Tim Toussaint double off the in the inning on a two-out wall, the Wrens waited until single by first baseman the sixth to mount a heavy Dave Widhalm. offense, however, when a C- string o^mir hits and a walk produced four runs. Chris Ifr the third, the home- Howerton put an end to the team Condors again scored threat by striking out two of three runs when Chris the last three batters to Howerton doubled in Larry record his seventh win of the Gibson who had walked . year against one defeat. Howerton tallied on a single For the Condors, Matt by Dave Widhalm and after Martin collected two singles in four at bats. Dave Widhalm was two for two with an RBI while Brian Peterson also collected two single in two trips. Tim Toussaint gathered a double and single in three at bats to lead the Wrens. Both Toussaint and Mike Boland had two RBIs in the loss. Condor Coach Tim Widhalm attributed the fine season to lots of batting practice an a .408 team batting average. Three Condor players ended the season with averages over .500. Brian Kleophfer had a .595, while Dave Widhalm hit .529 and Bob Diedrich batted .516. Joel Wakitsch A WILD THROW-by Condor catcher Bob Diedrich sails over the heads of shortstop Larry Gibson and second baseman Matt Martin as Mike Boland of the Wrens slides safely into second in the fourth inning of the Minor Division finals at the VFW. Boland later stole third and scored on a double by teammate Tim Toussaint. , STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD It was all Tim Evans for Payton Chevrolet of the McHenry Youth League as he gave up only one run on three hits to record his fifth win against no defeats in the final game of the Senior Division playoffs at Petersen Park Wednesday night. Payton handled the McHenry Savings and Loan easily 6-1 for coach Rick Peterson, who saw his teams' record go to 11-1 with the victory. Evans fanned eight Savings and Loan players in seven innings and allowed only two walks as his teammates slammed out only five hits, but made them count. Smith and Williams of Savings and Loan shared the pitching chores and struck out seven Payton batters between them. They also gave up six walks however, which proved costly as three Payton player who walked ended up scoring. Payton Chevrolet scored all the runs they needed in the first inning. After Mike Podpora singled to lead off the bottom of the first, he was caught at third on a fielder's choice groundball by thirdbaseman John Huff. Huff later moved to second run on a wild pitch and scored the first run on another wild pitch. Also in the inning, catcher Frartk Lindamen walked,stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by the Savings and Loan catcher. Pitcher Tim Evans then singled home Lindamen, which proved to be the winning run of the ball game. Mike Podpora, John Huff, Frank Lindamen, Tim Evans and Steve Aim all collected one hit apiece for the victors. Aim's hit was a two-out triple past the right fielder that tallied Dave Bauer from second. Tim Evans and Frank Lindamen also tallied RBIs. ~ The losers had ample chance to score, leaving at least one man on base in the last Ave innings and failing to score in the fourth inning on three singles. The bases were left loaded in that inning. Joel Wakitsch In Mini Division Simon Leads Tigers, 7-5 Wednesday was a night for heroics and spectacular finishes in the local baseball circuit, and the Mini-, Divisiotf Tigers and Sox were no exception as -the proved to be the star of the In all, Simon scored three Tigers pulled out a 17-5 game as he was two for two times and collected four fingernail-biter to gain \he with a double and a game- RBIs for the Tigers, championship. \ winning two-run homer to The feisty Sox weren't to Tiger pitcher Jim Simoi»\_righl centerfieid in the fifth, be denied however, as thdy scored three runs in the first. With early control trouble, Simon walked Danny Wray M and Matt Carson, then I proceeded to hit Todd Carson with a pitch before H walking three more Sox in a I row and allowing three runs yj on no hits. Simon then settled down to strike out the next • two batters and throw out. Jaysen Abbot on a ground-* p ball back to him to retire the - side. The score was 3-2 in * favor of the Sox after one. The score remained the same through the second, but the visiting Tigers went ahead in the third. Tommy Gaylord walked to start the inning. He moved to third on a single by firstbaseman | Todd Doherty and scored on a double by Simon. Two \yalks and a hit batsman followed and three runs " crossed the plate for the * Tigers in the inning to make the score 5-3. The Sox tied the game in > their half of the third when Mike Hetterman tripled to start the inning and scored ** on a single by Kevin Mc- Dougal. Mark Dowel, who" had earlier walked also scored in/the inning on a two- out double by Jaysen Abbot. The fourth inning proved scoreless for both teams but s the Tigers scored the go- ahead runs i$ the lop of the ^ fifth. A Todd Doherty single and Simons two-run shot to right put the Tigers ahead going into the bottom of the final inning, 7-5. All the Sox could muster in the fifth was a lead-off walk by Marc Mandrins. Simon A BACK SLAP-for Tiger pitcher Jim Simon from teammate Danny Kunxer took place after proceeded to strike out Simon struck out 12 Sox butters on his way to a 7-5 victory in the Mini-Division finals of the Jaysen Abbot and Danny playoffs. Simon did have a rough time of it though, as he gave up an uncustomary nine walks in Wray before ending the five innings. He made up for it, however, by hitting what turned out to be the game-winning game on a ground out to homer. Also pictured is Tiger third baseman. Jay Gorham. Pitcher, Jim Simon. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The Tigers ended the season a B 7", • record and an overall 13-3 [WING mk| • !»1| mark ** Wakitsch A VALIANT EFFORT-by Savings and Loan right fielder Doug Collis went for naught as this Steve Aim smash to right went past the diving Collis for a triple, scoring a runner from second for Payton Chevrolet's fifth run. Aim later scored on a past ball in the sixth Inning as Payton won the Senior-Division Championship 6-1. STAFF PHOTO-JOEL WAKITSCH In Ponytails y'. The season came to an end in spectacular fashion Wednesday night in the Senior Division of the McHenry Pigtail League. Two 11-3 rivals, Adams Brothers Steel and McHenry Favorite knocked heads in a hard-fought battle that went down to the Wfre. On a seventh-inning single, Adams Bros. edged McHenry Favorite, 4-3. As the visitors, McHenry Favorite drew first blood in the initial stanza. Adams Bros, pitcher Kim Smith struck out the first two batters before first baseman Kim Straza singled past the shortstop. The bases were loaded on a single and a walk when Favorite's second baseman shot a grounder back to Smith on the mound. Smith attempted to out-race Straza to home for the force, but Straza beat Smith by a step and the first run was history. Both teams exchanged runs in the fourth. McHenry Favorite scored on two singles and an Adams Bros, error while three con­ secutive one-baggers by Jackie Bogar, Kim Smith and Stacey Schillaci along with a walk to Jenny Wills produced the Adams Bros. run. McHenry Favorite led 2-1 after four. A single, double, walk and a throwing error helped Favorite increase its lead to 3-1 in the sixth, but Adams scored again in its half of the sixth on three singles to cut the lead back to one run at 3- to the pitcher, but Kupstis moved to second on the play. Kim Hill followed with a sharp single to left center to score Kupstis from second with the tying run. Hill moved to second on a perfectly laid sacrifice bunt toward first by catcher Romona Gregoria, and with two outs, the stage was set for last-inning heroics. Adams shortCQpter, Sheri Knaack stood equal to the pressure and ripped a hard grounded between short and third to,/ score Hill from, second and Adams Brothers Steel~fiad won a come-from- behind victory. 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