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my" 24 -- Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, June 20, 1995 CITIZEN SPORTS Royals hand first loss to Gamblers The Scarborough Royals rode into Ianson Park in Greenbank last Thursday night and in a see- saw battle that saw the lead change hands on five separate handed the Gambl their first loss of the Oshawa City & District League Season. Byron Baranieski and Mark Goreski shared the Greenbank pitching while Ken McConnell and Blair McBratney saw service on the mound for Scarborough. It was a perfect night for baseball and the large crowd on hand were treated to a most entertaining fastball game, as the hitters on both teams lined balls to all areas of Greenbank ball park. Paul Foucault of the Royals and Greg Newell of the Gamblers were the big hitters on' the night as they both had two home runs apiece to pace the hitting attack. First Greenbank had the lead, then the Royals, then the Gamblers again as the game wore on but finally Scarborough broke a 4-4 deadlock in the sixth inning and hung on for a 5-4 win and create a four team first place logjam. . Greenbank, Scarborough Royals, Oshawa heat and Oshawa Juniors are all virtually tied for top spot after the first third of the 1995 season, with each team suffering only a single loss. Next Thursday night the Gamblers wii host Brampton at lanson Park at 8pm. On the weekend, Greenbank played in the Baltimore Tournament which they had won for the past three years. But the Law of Averages caught up to the Gamblers as they came home this time empty handed. They opened the tournament on Saturday morning and behind the hot pitching of Byron Baranieski, they defeated the "North Fred" Jrs. (Napanee) by a 1-0 score. Mark Goreski came off the bench to drive in Pete Oosterholt with the game's only run and gave Greenbank their sixteenth consecutive win in Baltimore over the last 4 years. Their luck finally ran out in game 2 as they out hit the Oshawa Jrs. by 8 to 3 but could not get the clutch hit(s) that could have given them the win and left eleven men on base as they bowed to the Oshawa team by a 2-0 score. Sunday saw a similar situation as they outhit the Scarborough Royals but again they coyld not get the key hit(s) with men in scoring position and suffered a 3- 1 setback and they were out of the tournament. The Gamblers are an excellent defensive club and rarely beat themselves with shoddy fielding, but on Sunday, some infield miscues led directly to Scarborough scoring two of their three runs. Goreski and Baranieski pitched well for the Greenbank club during the tournament and Chris Burkholder led the team attack with 5 solid hits. Mark Goreski and Brian Till each had three hits with Goreski also driving in a pair of runs. Steve Durham and Greg Newell with 2 hits each were the only other Gamblers with more than one hit. The long July 1st weekend will seek Greenbank in Napanee at the International Softball Congress Double Knockout Tournament for Senior Softball clubs for Eastern Ontario. And if the Oshawa City & District League is already a tough league, look out for the Bradford Sox who have acquired Mike Sedore for their pitching staff. Sedore has spent the past three years pitching for the Toronto Gators and he led Bradford to the finals this week in Baltimore. ug Telecopy Systems of Barrie defeated Cartwright Long Gone to win the Competive Division of the Second Annual Mixed Slo-pitch tournament held over the weekend. The tournament is hosted be the Trader Sam Hawks men's slo-pitch team. Members of the winning team front from left: Earl Carter, Travis Ferrier, Angeline McFadden, Jim and Jean Hoare.in t the back are Don Smith, Gill Ferrier, Vince English, Ralph Toth and Pam Capaldi. Front from an easy time Ing the B hot Y In the recreation division the Seagrave Timberwolves oiotod by Lloyd Short Farms had left: Vicki Cleveland, Mike Cleveland, Jason Towns, Wendy Poppleton, Lioyd Short. Back from left: Henry Van Kessel, Bob Brown, Emilie Lemieux, Catharine Wray, Mandee Porter, Crystal King. Not present for photo: Jett Wray. » Lob-A-Thon to raise money for kids' play-gym This Saturday, June 24th, Lakefront North Diamond, a major fundraising effort will get underway at 9am, as the MBA (Mixed Baseball Association of Port Perry) league players, hit the diamond for one continuous 15 hour game of baseball. Each MBA player taking part, has raised pledge money from Five wood worked perfectly for Ron Ron Redman of Port Perry made hig first ever hole-in-one Sunday at the Wolf Run course at View Lake. Playing the second hole-a long, tough par three of about 175 yards, Ron hit a five wood for the ace. He went on to finish the round with a 93, * Playing partners \ who witnessed the feat were Des Cherry, John Casey, and Ray Turner. Des said Ron was absolutely thrilled to make the "perfect shot," and plans to keep the score-card in a special spot with all the other sports awards and memorabilia he has accumulated over the years. the community and sizable donations have already been made by local businesses, like Brook's Feeds, VanCamp Contracting and Christie Bros. to name a few. The MBA Lob-A-Thon's goal is to raise upwards of $6,000. to cover their sponsorship portion of installing a play-gym at the new ball diamonds at Scugog Centre. Lob-A-Thon organizer and League President, Kim Hughes, met with council members over the winter and early spring with the idea. Kim and the league she represents feel very strongly that there is a need for this recreational outlet for the children. As Kim puts it, "The MBA plays at the Scugog Centre Ball Diamonds every Sunday afternoon, and there are lots of little people with nothing rhuch to do while their parents play baseball, so we've taken the initiative to do all we can to get our kids and all the kids in Scugog Township their play- Installation of the play-gym for this year, has been given the green light by Parks and Rec, with the final "nudge" being the fact that the MBA will be saving the Township a few thousand | dollars, by installing the play structure themselves, under the supervision of the supplier. Saturday, is sure to be a fun and successful day for all concerned. Mayor Hall and council members will be making a guest appearance at 2pm fog a couple of "hammed-up" innings and clients and staff from Central Sevén Association for Community Living will also swing the bat at approximately 3pm. . "Lobo, the clown" will be on hand at the event to accept "loonie" donations, from the public in attendance and there will also be a donation box in the refreshment tent. So drop by on Saturday and give your support to the MBA as they strive to do something special for the kids.