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reds1 · 11-04-2015, 11:47 AM

1941 Eastern League Pennant Series

Stratford Barons (98-56) vs. Braeland City Monarchs (96-58)
Season Matchup: 11-4 in favour of Braeland City

Stratford: Runs scored – 817 (2nd in EL); runs allowed – 623 (2nd in EL).
Braeland City: Runs scored – 759 (6th in EL); runs allowed – 589 (1st in EL).

The battle for the 1941 Eastern League Pennant opened on April 1 at Bosworth Field in Stratford under partly cloudy skies with over 26,000 in attendance. The Stratford Barons, making their first appearance in the playoffs, hosted the defending Eastern League champions, the Braeland City Monarchs. The Monarchs won 96 games last season as well, but had to settle for the wild card this time as they were unable to hold off a surging Barons team. Nevertheless, the Monarchs enjoyed good success against the Barons, taking 11 of 15 regular season games.

Would Braeland City’s mastery over Stratford and their playoff experience give them an advantage in the series? Or would injuries to key offensive players, such as C Kane Broom and 2B Adam Ashley, prove too much to overcome? There was only one way to find out. Play ball!

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Game 1
Braeland City 5 – Stratford 2

The Monarchs drew first blood in the top of the 3rd inning. SP Lenny Freke reached base on an error (E6) with one out and scored from second base when CF Jay Atwood singled. That opened up the scoring 1-0 for Braeland City.

Stratford responded in the bottom half. 2B Rhett Curnow doubled with one out and tied the game when SS Jake Walker singled.

But Braeland City would take the lead for good in the 6th. 3B Louie Hetherington led off with a double. After 2B Trevor Bolen was intentionally walked, both baserunners advanced on a wild pitch by SP Ryan Borden. LF Scott Kessler then followed with a one-out double, scoring both Hetherington and Bolen. Braeland City now led 3-1.

Braeland City made it 5-1 in the 7th. Lenny Freke led off with a double and reached third when Jay Atwood singled. After SS Finlay Ridd was hit by a pitch to load the bases with nobody out, RP Larry Parrish came in to relieve SP Ryan Borden. But a single by Louie Hetherington and a walk to Trevor Bolen brought in to more runs.

Stratford would get one run back in the bottom of the 8th. Rhett Curnow singled with one out and scored on LF Bart Wallwin’s double.
Stratford would try to get back into the game in the bottom of the 9th. Down to their last out, 1B Omar Fontanoza singled. After RF Don Adkins followed him with a double, Fontanoza tried to score, but was cut down at home to end the game.

Player of the Game: Monarchs’ SP Lenny Freke went the distance, scattering 8 H with 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (1-0, 2.00 ERA).

SP Ryan Borden took the loss, going 6.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (0-1, 6.00 ERA).

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Game 2
Braeland City 0 – Stratford 4

Braeland City’s SP Jin-man Kim kept Stratford hitless through the first four innings. But C Gavin Hurley broke through in the bottom of the 5th inning when he led off with a solo home run, giving Stratford the lead.

The Barons added 3 more runs in the 7th. After Gavin Hurley and CF Kade Limeburner reached base on a single and a walk respectively, RF Don Adkins followed with a 3-run home run to left field.

SP Joel Fearn continued to frustrate the Monarchs the rest of the way, allowing the Barons to even the series at one-game apiece.

Player of the Game: Barons’ SP Joel Fearn pitched all 9 innings, allowing 7 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (1-0, 0.00 ERA).

Meanwhile, SP Jin-man Kim went 8.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, (0-1, 4.50 ERA).

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Game 3
Stratford 6 – Braeland City 3

The series shifted to the nation’s capital with 26,600 on hand at Kings Park to witness Game 3. The Barons picked up where they left off in game 2.

In the top of the 3rd inning, Stratford loaded the bases with nobody out thanks to an error (E4), a walk and a single. A single by SS Jake Walker and a sac fly by 3B Terry Maxwell brought in two runs before the Monarchs worked their way out of the jam.
In the bottom of the 4th, a single by SS Finlay Ridd, a double by 3B Louie Hetherington and a sac fly by 2B Trevor Bolen scored Braeland City’s first run of the game.

But Stratford would break it open in the 6th. After a lead-off single by C Gavin Hurley and a walk issued to 1B Pete Good, CF Kade Limeburner slammed SP David Cooling’s first offering to the bleachers in left-centerfield, increasing Stratford’s lead to 5-1.

The Barons made it 6-1 in the top of the 8th. Gavin Hurley led off with a walk on 4 straight pitches and reached second on Pete Good’s sac bunt. PH Nam-cheol Oh then singled Hurley home.

In the bottom of the 8th, RF Dwayne Hollinshead’s solo home run off of RP In-sin Ahn with two out scored the Monarchs’ second run.

The Monarchs would try to get back into the game in the bottom the 9th. After issuing walks to C Rodrigo Pacheco and PH Tom Edkins with one out, Ahn would give up a double to CF Jay Atwood, scoring Pacheco. But Edkins was thrown out at home. Finlay Ridd then grounded out (4-3) to end the game and the Barons took a 2 games to 1 lead in the series.

Player of the Game: Stratford’s CF Kade Limeburner went 2-4, with 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR.

SP Kazuhiko Chikafuji went 7.0 IP, allowing 7 H with 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K (1-0, 1.29 ERA) for the win.

Braeland City’s SP David Cooling took the loss, going 9.0 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (0-1, 5.00 ERA).

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Game 4
Stratford 4 – Braeland City 7

Under beautiful clear skies for Game 4, the Monarchs would fight back.

In the bottom of the 2nd inning, RF Dwayne Hollinshead and LF Scott Kessler reached base safely with back-to-back singles with one out. 1B Mark Burns followed with a double, scoring Hollinshead. However, Kessler was thrown out at home while Burns reached third base safely on the same play. Following an intentional walk to C Rodrigo Pacheco, SP Lenny Freke reached safely on an error (E8), allowing Burns to score Braeland City’s second run.

Braeland City made it 4-0 in the bottom of the 3rd. After SS Finlay Ridd led off with a double, 3B Louie Hetherington singled. A passed ball during 2B Trevor Bolen’s at bat allowed Ridd to score. Bolen subsequently singled, moving Hetherington to third base. Hollinshead’s sac fly then scored Hetherington for the Monarch’s fourth run.

Stratford would get on the board in the 6th, when LF Bart Wallwin led off with a triple and came into score when SS Jake Walked followed him with a single.
But the Monarchs would continue to add to their lead in the bottom half. A leadoff double by Hollinshead, a single by Kessler and a double by Burns scored two. A 5-3 ground out by Pacheco would score one more and the Monarchs led 7-1 after six innings.

But the Barons would not go quietly, taking advantage of Braeland City miscues.

In the top of the 9th, 1B Omar Fontanoza led off with a single. That ended SP Lenny Freke’s day. After 3B Don Adkins struck out, PH Nam-cheol Oh reached on an error (E4), moving Fontanoza to second. 2B Rhett Curnow singled, scoring Fontanoza. Wallwin then walked to load the bases. Another error (E4) and sac fly by 3B Terry Maxwell scored two more, but that was all the Barons could muster. The Monarchs had tied the series up at 2 games apiece.

Player of the Game: As in Game 1, Monarchs’ SP Lenny Freke picked up the win. In 8.0 IP, he gave up 8 H with 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (2-0, 2.12 ERA).

SP Ryan Borden suffered the loss again, going 6.0 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (0-2, 7.50 ERA).

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Game 5
Stratford 5 – Braeland City 3

The Stratford Barons wasted no time getting on the board. In the top of the 1st inning, 2B Rhett Curnow, SS Jake Walker and 3B Terry Maxwell all hit singles to load the bases with one out. During C Gavin Hurley’s subsequent at-bat, a wild pitch by SP Jin-man Kim allowed Curnow to score. Hurley then singled to drive in Walker and Maxwell to give the Barons an early 3-0 lead.

Stratford made it 4-0 in the 3rd. After CF Kade Limeburner doubled and RF Don Adkins was intentionally walked, SP Joel Fearn singled, driving in Limeburner.

Braeland City fought back in the 6th. Jin-man Kim led off with a double and scored on an error (E2) that allowed SS Jayden Whiteway to reach second. Whiteway, who entered the game when Finlay Ridd got injured, scored the second run on 2B Trevor Bolen’s single.

Braeland City got to within one in the 7th. 1B Mark Burns led off with a double and scored on PH Callum Wolton’s single.

Stratford got an insurance run in the top of the 9th. Kade Limeburner led off with a single, reached second on 1B Omar Fontanoza’s sac bunt and scored on Joel Fearn’s single. That was all the scoring and the Stratford Barons took Game 5 needing just one more win for the Pennant.

Player of the Game: SP Joel Fearn was dominant again. He went the distance, allowing 9 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (2-0, 0.50 ERA).

SP Jin-man Kim took his second loss of the series, going 7.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, (0-2, 4.80 ERA).

Note: Braeland City’s SS Finlay Ridd suffered an injury in the bottom of the 1st inning while trying to break up a double play at second base. The extent of his injury is not known as yet.

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Game 6
Braeland City 1 – Stratford 2

Game 6 got underway under partly cloudy skies and turned into a low scoring affair.

Stratford struck first in the bottom of the 3rd inning. SP Kazuhiko Chikafuji singled with one out and reached second on CF Kade Limeburner’s 4-3 ground out. 2B Rhett Curnow’s single then drove in Chikafuji for the game’s first run.

Braeland City tied it up in the 5th in an eerily similar way. SP David Cooling singled with one out and reached second on CF Jay Atwood’s 4-3 ground out. LF Scott Kessler and 3B Louie Hetherington followed with singles, scoring Cooling and the game was tied.

The game remained tied until the bottom the 8th inning. A leadoff double by 3B Terry Maxwell and single by C Gavin Hurley put runners on the corners. 1B Don Adkins then followed with a sac fly to centerfield, scoring Maxwell.

In the bottom of the 9th, RP Larry Parrish got the Monarchs to go down in order, striking out Scott Kessler to end the game and send the Barons to the United Cup Series.

Player of the Game: SP Kazuhiko Chikafuji did not get the win, but he made the difference, going 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (1-0, 1.29 ERA).

SP David Cooling pitched well, but it wasn’t enough to keep Braeland City’s playoff hopes alive. Cooling went 8.0 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (0-2, 3.71 ERA).

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11-04-2015, 11:47 AM	#181
reds1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 3,923	1941 Eastern League Pennant Series Stratford Barons (98-56) vs. Braeland City Monarchs (96-58) Season Matchup: 11-4 in favour of Braeland City Stratford: Runs scored – 817 (2nd in EL); runs allowed – 623 (2nd in EL). Braeland City: Runs scored – 759 (6th in EL); runs allowed – 589 (1st in EL). The battle for the 1941 Eastern League Pennant opened on April 1 at Bosworth Field in Stratford under partly cloudy skies with over 26,000 in attendance. The Stratford Barons, making their first appearance in the playoffs, hosted the defending Eastern League champions, the Braeland City Monarchs. The Monarchs won 96 games last season as well, but had to settle for the wild card this time as they were unable to hold off a surging Barons team. Nevertheless, the Monarchs enjoyed good success against the Barons, taking 11 of 15 regular season games. Would Braeland City’s mastery over Stratford and their playoff experience give them an advantage in the series? Or would injuries to key offensive players, such as C Kane Broom and 2B Adam Ashley, prove too much to overcome? There was only one way to find out. Play ball! -------- Game 1 Braeland City 5 – Stratford 2 The Monarchs drew first blood in the top of the 3rd inning. SP Lenny Freke reached base on an error (E6) with one out and scored from second base when CF Jay Atwood singled. That opened up the scoring 1-0 for Braeland City. Stratford responded in the bottom half. 2B Rhett Curnow doubled with one out and tied the game when SS Jake Walker singled. But Braeland City would take the lead for good in the 6th. 3B Louie Hetherington led off with a double. After 2B Trevor Bolen was intentionally walked, both baserunners advanced on a wild pitch by SP Ryan Borden. LF Scott Kessler then followed with a one-out double, scoring both Hetherington and Bolen. Braeland City now led 3-1. Braeland City made it 5-1 in the 7th. Lenny Freke led off with a double and reached third when Jay Atwood singled. After SS Finlay Ridd was hit by a pitch to load the bases with nobody out, RP Larry Parrish came in to relieve SP Ryan Borden. But a single by Louie Hetherington and a walk to Trevor Bolen brought in to more runs. Stratford would get one run back in the bottom of the 8th. Rhett Curnow singled with one out and scored on LF Bart Wallwin’s double. Stratford would try to get back into the game in the bottom of the 9th. Down to their last out, 1B Omar Fontanoza singled. After RF Don Adkins followed him with a double, Fontanoza tried to score, but was cut down at home to end the game. *Player of the Game: Monarchs’ SP Lenny Freke* went the distance, scattering 8 H with 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (1-0, 2.00 ERA). SP Ryan Borden took the loss, going 6.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (0-1, 6.00 ERA). -------- Game 2 Braeland City 0 – Stratford 4 Braeland City’s SP Jin-man Kim kept Stratford hitless through the first four innings. But C Gavin Hurley broke through in the bottom of the 5th inning when he led off with a solo home run, giving Stratford the lead. The Barons added 3 more runs in the 7th. After Gavin Hurley and CF Kade Limeburner reached base on a single and a walk respectively, RF Don Adkins followed with a 3-run home run to left field. SP Joel Fearn continued to frustrate the Monarchs the rest of the way, allowing the Barons to even the series at one-game apiece. *Player of the Game: Barons’ SP Joel Fearn* pitched all 9 innings, allowing 7 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (1-0, 0.00 ERA). Meanwhile, SP Jin-man Kim went 8.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, (0-1, 4.50 ERA). -------- Game 3 Stratford 6 – Braeland City 3 The series shifted to the nation’s capital with 26,600 on hand at Kings Park to witness Game 3. The Barons picked up where they left off in game 2. In the top of the 3rd inning, Stratford loaded the bases with nobody out thanks to an error (E4), a walk and a single. A single by SS Jake Walker and a sac fly by 3B Terry Maxwell brought in two runs before the Monarchs worked their way out of the jam. In the bottom of the 4th, a single by SS Finlay Ridd, a double by 3B Louie Hetherington and a sac fly by 2B Trevor Bolen scored Braeland City’s first run of the game. But Stratford would break it open in the 6th. After a lead-off single by C Gavin Hurley and a walk issued to 1B Pete Good, CF Kade Limeburner slammed SP David Cooling’s first offering to the bleachers in left-centerfield, increasing Stratford’s lead to 5-1. The Barons made it 6-1 in the top of the 8th. Gavin Hurley led off with a walk on 4 straight pitches and reached second on Pete Good’s sac bunt. PH Nam-cheol Oh then singled Hurley home. In the bottom of the 8th, RF Dwayne Hollinshead’s solo home run off of RP In-sin Ahn with two out scored the Monarchs’ second run. The Monarchs would try to get back into the game in the bottom the 9th. After issuing walks to C Rodrigo Pacheco and PH Tom Edkins with one out, Ahn would give up a double to CF Jay Atwood, scoring Pacheco. But Edkins was thrown out at home. Finlay Ridd then grounded out (4-3) to end the game and the Barons took a 2 games to 1 lead in the series. *Player of the Game:* Stratford’s CF Kade Limeburner went 2-4, with 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR. SP Kazuhiko Chikafuji went 7.0 IP, allowing 7 H with 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K (1-0, 1.29 ERA) for the win. Braeland City’s SP David Cooling took the loss, going 9.0 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (0-1, 5.00 ERA). -------- Game 4 Stratford 4 – Braeland City 7 Under beautiful clear skies for Game 4, the Monarchs would fight back. In the bottom of the 2nd inning, RF Dwayne Hollinshead and LF Scott Kessler reached base safely with back-to-back singles with one out. 1B Mark Burns followed with a double, scoring Hollinshead. However, Kessler was thrown out at home while Burns reached third base safely on the same play. Following an intentional walk to C Rodrigo Pacheco, SP Lenny Freke reached safely on an error (E8), allowing Burns to score Braeland City’s second run. Braeland City made it 4-0 in the bottom of the 3rd. After SS Finlay Ridd led off with a double, 3B Louie Hetherington singled. A passed ball during 2B Trevor Bolen’s at bat allowed Ridd to score. Bolen subsequently singled, moving Hetherington to third base. Hollinshead’s sac fly then scored Hetherington for the Monarch’s fourth run. Stratford would get on the board in the 6th, when LF Bart Wallwin led off with a triple and came into score when SS Jake Walked followed him with a single. But the Monarchs would continue to add to their lead in the bottom half. A leadoff double by Hollinshead, a single by Kessler and a double by Burns scored two. A 5-3 ground out by Pacheco would score one more and the Monarchs led 7-1 after six innings. But the Barons would not go quietly, taking advantage of Braeland City miscues. In the top of the 9th, 1B Omar Fontanoza led off with a single. That ended SP Lenny Freke’s day. After 3B Don Adkins struck out, PH Nam-cheol Oh reached on an error (E4), moving Fontanoza to second. 2B Rhett Curnow singled, scoring Fontanoza. Wallwin then walked to load the bases. Another error (E4) and sac fly by 3B Terry Maxwell scored two more, but that was all the Barons could muster. The Monarchs had tied the series up at 2 games apiece. *Player of the Game:* As in Game 1, Monarchs’ SP Lenny Freke picked up the win. In 8.0 IP, he gave up 8 H with 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (2-0, 2.12 ERA). SP Ryan Borden suffered the loss again, going 6.0 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (0-2, 7.50 ERA). -------- Game 5 Stratford 5 – Braeland City 3 The Stratford Barons wasted no time getting on the board. In the top of the 1st inning, 2B Rhett Curnow, SS Jake Walker and 3B Terry Maxwell all hit singles to load the bases with one out. During C Gavin Hurley’s subsequent at-bat, a wild pitch by SP Jin-man Kim allowed Curnow to score. Hurley then singled to drive in Walker and Maxwell to give the Barons an early 3-0 lead. Stratford made it 4-0 in the 3rd. After CF Kade Limeburner doubled and RF Don Adkins was intentionally walked, SP Joel Fearn singled, driving in Limeburner. Braeland City fought back in the 6th. Jin-man Kim led off with a double and scored on an error (E2) that allowed SS Jayden Whiteway to reach second. Whiteway, who entered the game when Finlay Ridd got injured, scored the second run on 2B Trevor Bolen’s single. Braeland City got to within one in the 7th. 1B Mark Burns led off with a double and scored on PH Callum Wolton’s single. Stratford got an insurance run in the top of the 9th. Kade Limeburner led off with a single, reached second on 1B Omar Fontanoza’s sac bunt and scored on Joel Fearn’s single. That was all the scoring and the Stratford Barons took Game 5 needing just one more win for the Pennant. *Player of the Game:* SP Joel Fearn was dominant again. He went the distance, allowing 9 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (2-0, 0.50 ERA). SP Jin-man Kim took his second loss of the series, going 7.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, (0-2, 4.80 ERA). *Note:* Braeland City’s SS Finlay Ridd suffered an injury in the bottom of the 1st inning while trying to break up a double play at second base. The extent of his injury is not known as yet. -------- Game 6 Braeland City 1 – Stratford 2 Game 6 got underway under partly cloudy skies and turned into a low scoring affair. Stratford struck first in the bottom of the 3rd inning. SP Kazuhiko Chikafuji singled with one out and reached second on CF Kade Limeburner’s 4-3 ground out. 2B Rhett Curnow’s single then drove in Chikafuji for the game’s first run. Braeland City tied it up in the 5th in an eerily similar way. SP David Cooling singled with one out and reached second on CF Jay Atwood’s 4-3 ground out. LF Scott Kessler and 3B Louie Hetherington followed with singles, scoring Cooling and the game was tied. The game remained tied until the bottom the 8th inning. A leadoff double by 3B Terry Maxwell and single by C Gavin Hurley put runners on the corners. 1B Don Adkins then followed with a sac fly to centerfield, scoring Maxwell. In the bottom of the 9th, RP Larry Parrish got the Monarchs to go down in order, striking out Scott Kessler to end the game and send the Barons to the United Cup Series. *Player of the Game:* SP Kazuhiko Chikafuji did not get the win, but he made the difference, going 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (1-0, 1.29 ERA). SP David Cooling pitched well, but it wasn’t enough to keep Braeland City’s playoff hopes alive. Cooling went 8.0 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (0-2, 3.71 ERA). -------- __________________ United Leagues of Braeland Last edited by reds1; 07-03-2017 at 11:52 PM.