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22- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 1, 1996 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Sr |&(O) EY MN &IDILI LSS I AV ORTS The Greenbank Gamblers made a big push in the league standings as they played three of the top teams in the tough Oshawa City League and came out with three consecutive victories. Tuesday night at Durham Fields saw the Gamblers shut out the previously unbeaten Oshawa Heat by a 4-0 score. Not only did the Greenbank squad end the unbeaten streak of the league champion Heat but Gambler hurler By- ron Baranieski tossed a no-hit gem at the Oshawa club. Baranieski was in complete control throughout the game and claimed eight strikeout victims. The Gambler attack was led by Chris and Rich Burkholder, Greg Newell and hits. Thursday night saw Jim Chilvers and Bryon Baranieski team up to set down the Oshawa Double "B" Juniors as they only allowed four hits to the Oshawa club enroute to a 9-2 Green- bank win. Once again the Gambler bats were hot as they collected 13 hits off Ryan Martin and John Sharpe. + Trevor Till, Paul Goreski, and the Burkholder brothers had two hits each during the game, with Brian Till driv- ingin three runs. Sunday afternoon saw the Scarbo- rough Royals visit Ianson Park in Greenbank and the Gamblers (who had an early 6-0 lead) held on to edge out the Royals by a final 7-6 score. Jim Chilvers started the game and was going strong when he was hit on the left shin by a Dave Hambly line drive in the bottom of the third inning. Baranieski came on to finish the game but the hard hitting Royals had men on John Butler who each collected a pair of Gamblers pick up three big victories second and third in the seventh when Baranieski got the final out on a fly ball to left field. Chilvers had back to back doubles and had driven in three runs before he left the game courtesy of the line drive off his shin. Don Beaton had three hits and Chris Burkholder and Paul Gore- ski each contributed a pair of hits. The - three wins brings the team record to seven wins against a single loss on the season and puts the Gam- blers in a tie with the Oshawa Heat for first place. | The Greenbank squad does not play at home this week as they travel to Da- vigville Park in Toronto on Thursday night to meet Toronto Chikin-Deliin an 8 p.m. game. The weekend sees the Gamblers off to the Baltimore Tournament on Satur- day and Sunday with the N.A.F.A. Tournament in St. Catharines the fol- lowing weekend (June 21, 22, 23). Last week the Gamblers second an- nual golf tournament took place on a perfect day at Sunnybrae Golf Course. A full complement of teams was on hand and the Greenbank team would like to sincerely thank the following people for contributing to the success of this tourney: Van and Truck World, Port Perry Auto Glass, Lukes Country Store, Play-It-Again Sports, 590-The- Fan, Goreski Roofing, Kubota, B&W Farm Service, Goreski Lakeside Recre- ation, C.P. Rail, Bank of Montreal, Mother Jacksons, Ken and Carol XL, Royal Bank, Pat & Mike Fish & Chips, Scugog Lumber, Canadian Tire, Leons Insulation, Roof Mart and Chapman Auto Electric. Rain delays start by four hours Peewee MoJacks have winning week The ModJacks spent this week on the road playing three games out of town and returning with two wins and one loss. Their week started on June 4 in Pickering when an unfortunate shortage of players resulted in a for- feiture. However, the Mo- DAMIAN BESSIE/PORT PERRY STAR HERE'S THE PITCH: Despite the nasty weather, two large-scale tournaments were held this past weekend at the Palmer Park diamonds in Port Perry. Here's action from the ladies' tournament, hosted by Scugog Angels. We'll have a report from the event as soon as possible. Junior Merchants in tourney action This week's sports re- port for the Junior Mer- chants Fastball team is sponsored by Precision Construction, Taylor Fuels, Mike Tobin Photog- raphy, and Port Perry IGA. This past week, the Jun- ior Merchants were rained out of their regular league game on Tuesday night, and after a four hour rain delay on Saturday, were able to participate in the Oshawa Junior Tourna- ment. In game one of the tour- nament, the Port Juniors played Bramalea which doubled as a tournament as well as a league rained out game. This game was never close, and Port handily won 10 - 2 behind some strong hitting and pitching. RBI leaders for the game were Corey Bricknell, Jeff Card, John Ennis and Sheldon He- bert. Sheldon also pitched six innings, striking out seven, walking six and al- lowing six hits and one earned run. The second game was against North Fred which turned out to be a strong pitching duel. Port finally ended up losing 3-2. The RBI leader was Jason Co- chrane. Jeff Card pitched seven innings, striking out seven, walking only one, and allowing five hits and three earned runs. The third game on Sat- urday was against the Oshawa Juveniles. This turned out to be a very close game, and had to go to extra innings using the International Tiebreaker Rule. Port was able to pre- vail in the end with an ex- citing and close 4-3 win. The RBI leaders were Corey Bricknell and Bob Ferguson. Chad Venning pitched six innings, struck out four, walked three, and allowed two hits and one earned run. Sheldon Hebert relieved Chad for the last two innings, strik- ing out four, allowing one walk and no hits or earned runs. On Sunday morning, under threatening skies, Port was scheduled to play Markham in the first game, but unfortunately Markham was unable to field enough players and the Port Juniors advanced into the semi-finals. The Port Junior Mer- chants ended up second and had to face North Fred once again. The Port bats started immediately and the Merchants easily won 9-0 to advance into the fi- nals. RBI leaders were Corey Bricknell, John En- nis, Bob Ferguson, Jason McBride, Todd Smart and Darrell Vander Slagt. Sheldon Hebert pitched six innings, striking out 11, allowed no walks, one hit and no earned runs. In the final game, Port met their local rivals, the Oshawa Juniors and un- fortunately ended up on the losing end of a 7-3 game. However Port left eight runners stranded on base throughout the game. RBI contributors were Corey Bricknell, Du- ane Empringham, and Bob Ferguson. Card and Hebert combined for seven innings, striking out six, walking one, allowing sev- en hits and four earned runs. Hitters for the week: Bricknell - walk, four sin- gles, double, triple, home run, six RBI; Card - single, two doubles, two RBI; Co- chrane - walk, two singles, two RBI; Empringham - two singles, double, RBI; Ennis, two walks, two sin- gles, home run, three RBI; Ferguson - five singles, two doubles, triple, home run, four RBI; Harrison - single; Hebert - home run, three RBI: McBride - walk, two singles, triple, two RBI; Moase - three walks, single; Smart - sin- gle, RBI; Vander Slagt - two walks, two singles, two doubles, RBI. Schedule for next week: Monday, June 10 - Port Merchants vs Oshawa Juniors 8:30 p.m. at Dur- ham Fields; Thursday, June 13 - Oshawa HEAT visit south diamond for an 8:30 p.m. game; Monday, June 17 - Port Juniors vis- it Markham for an 8:30 p.m. start. Jacks did play a short ex- hibition game. Tim Jones pitched the first three in- nings with Chris Monsma pitching the last. Chris Monsma and Sean Jeffrey each had a triple and a walk while Cory McQuade was a perfect one for one and also had a walk. Matt Skerratt had a single and a walk while Jeff Kane and Mike Wiseman were each issued a free pass. On June 5 the ModJacks travelled to Oshawa for a game under the lights and came away with a 15-2 win. Tim Jones pitched the win, facing 24 batters, registering eight hits, nine strikeouts and no walks. Tim Jones and Matt Sker- ratt led the offense with perfect nights at the plate. Tim was four for four with two singles, a double and a triple. Matt went three . for three with three sin- gles and also earned two walks. Aaron Lycett and Ross Gower showed some power as Aaron hit two triples and Ross one. Chris Monsma got a double and two walks, while Jeff Kane, Cory McQuade and Sean Jeffrey each had a single and two walks. Mike Koury a single and Mike Wiseman earned a walk to aid in the win. The ModJacks headed off to Scarborough on June 6 and whitewashed Scarbo- rough 14-3. Tim Jones Turnto Page 24 Merchants win, lose The Port Perry Merchant fastball club played a pair of games this past week winning one and losing one. This writeup is sponsored by Wagg Roofing. The Merchants first game of the week was on Mon- day, June 3 in Newmarket. This game was one of the Merchants best team efforts of the year as they came away with a 3-2 win. Newmarket got off to a fast start as they picked up two runs in their half of the first in- ning but then the Merchant defense lead by the steady pitching of Marshal McQuade shut them down the rest of the way. Meanwhile the Merchant of- fense picked up a run in each of the third, fourth and fifth innings to seal the victory. Hitting for the Merchants were, Carl Phoenix with a triple and a walk, Jason Best with a single and a walk, Brad Shanley with two walks, Mike Phoenix with a single, Marshal McQuade with two triples, Ryan Williamson with a single and Doug Short with a triple. The Merchants second game of the week was at home on Thursday, June 6 as they played host to Oshawa. The Merchants were keeping the game close up until the fourth inning when Oshawa grabbed hold of the lead and would never relinquish it. Oshawa picked up seven runs in the fourth and fifth inning to take the game by a 7-0 score. The Merchant offence was held to only one hit and that was a triple by Jason Best while Jason Logan and Ian Shrigley picked up a walk each. Mat Kay pitched a strong game until the middle innings when he seemed to run out of steam. The Merchants next home game is on Tuesday, June 11 as they have a rematch with Newmarket. Game time is 8:30 p.m. The Merchants will also be hosting a tournament on June 22 with teams coming from Napanee, Cobourg, Newmarket, Scarborough, Woodstock, Belleville and Central Frontenac.