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reds1 · 05-21-2016, 01:39 AM

Kingston Pelicans (100-54) vs. Balmoral Giants (92-62)
Season Matchup: 9-6 in favour of Kingston

Kingston: Runs scored – 716 (2nd in WL); runs allowed – 524 (1st).
Balmoral: Runs scored – 776 (1st in WL); runs allowed – 670 (5th).

For the seventh straight season, the Kingston Pelicans have qualified for the playoffs; and for the fifth time, they finished in top spot in the West. Their 100 victories represent their second best total, after wining 101 in 1938-39. That was also the last time they won the United Cup. The Pelicans are a nicely balanced team with few weaknesses. They are also hungry for another championship.

Balmoral meanwhile returns to the playoffs for the second straight season on the strength of 92 wins – a total that would have been good enough to take top spot last season. The Giants come into the playoffs with the best offense in the ULB but they will be up against the best defense in the ULB. Needless to say, something's got to give.

No major injuries affect these two clubs heading into the Series.

The Series opened at Kingston Park, with 27,143 filling the stands. Partly cloudy skies and a breeze blowing in from left to right were the conditions at game time. It's time to play some ball!

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Game 1

RHP Joey Cumberledge (21-7, 2.98 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) started for the Pelicans, while RHP Derek Cawley (17-14, 3.57 ERA, 1.35 WHIP) got the call for the Giants.

Bottom of the 1st:
3B Terry Maxwell gets Kingston on the board with a solo home run to right-centerfield with one out.
Balmoral 0 – Kingston 1

Bottom of the 2nd:
1B Fergus Chitty and LF Jayden Tennant lead off with back-to-back singles. RF Mathew Farkas loads the bases with one out. Joey Cumberledge then comes through with a single, scoring both Chitty and Tennant.
Balmoral 0 – Kingston 3

Bottom of the 5th:
The Pelicans smack four straight singles to start the inning, scoring a run. Jayden Tennant then hits a sac fly to add one more. With two out, the game is broken wide open when Mathew Farkas crushes a 428 ft. 3-run homer to right-centerfield.
Balmoral 0 – Kingston 8

Top of the 7th:
The Giants finally get on the board when 3B Otton Overbeek hits a one-out solo home run.
Balmoral 1 – Kingston 8

Top of the 8th:
LF Jason Pollack triples with one out and comes in to score when RF Carlton Broadbent reaches 1B safely on an dropped throw (E3).
Balmoral 2 – Kingston 8

Bottom of the 8th:
Mathew Farkas leads off with a single. After moving up to 2B on a Joey Cumberledge sac fly, Farkas scores on a Jamie Couch double.

In the top of the 9th, 1B Roger Tyler singles with one out. But C Brian Pittman grounds into a 1-6-3 double play to end the game.
Balmoral 2 – Kingston 9

Player of the Game: Mathew Farkas went 2-3, with 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 R.

Joey Cumberledge went 9.0 IP with 8 H with 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR (1-0, 1.00 ERA).

Fergus Chitty went 3-4, with 1 RBI, 2 R.

For Balmoral:

Derek Cawley took the loss, going 5.0 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR (0-1, 14.40 ERA).

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Game 2

For the second game, RHP Charlie Gilbert (14-14, 3.19 ERA, 1.36 WHIP) got the start for Kingston, while RHP Tristan Purss (20-11, 3.06 ERA, 1.23 WHIP) started for Balmoral.

Conditions were cool with partly cloudy skies as 26,940 fans looked to see if Kingston could take a 2-0 game lead in the series.

Bottom of the 2nd:
Fergus Chitty leads off with a four-pitch walk and Jayden Tennant follows with a single. With two out, Charlie Gilbert and Jamie Couch hit back-to-back singles to score two. But Gilbert is thrown out trying to reach 3B on Couch's single to end the inning.

On the same play that Gilbert is thrown out, Balmoral's RF Carlton Broadbent injures his arm while throwing the ball back into the infield and is forced to leave the game.
Balmoral 0 – Kingston 2

Top of the 3rd:
Tristan Purss leads off with a single. With two out, Carlton Broadbent's substitute, RF Lance Haworth, launches a two-run home run to leftfield to tie the game.
Balmoral 2 – Kingston 2

Top of the 4th:
Otton Overbeek leads off with a first-pitch single and scores the go-ahead run on Brian Pittman's one-out double.
Balmoral 3 – Kingston 2

Bottom of the 4th:
The Pelicans come storming back. With one out, 2B Mo Symes and Mathew Farkas hit back-to-back singles and move up a base on Charlie Gilbert's sac bunt.
Back-to-back singles by Jamie Couch and Terry Maxwell score Symes and Farkas to retake the lead.
C Danny Trowbridge then follows with a 3-run home run to right-centerfield to break the game wide open.
Balmoral 3 – Kingston 7

Bottom of the 8th:
Mathew Farkas leads off with a single and scores on Jamie Couch's one-out double.

The Giants go down 1-2-3 in the top of the 9th to give the Pelicans a 2-0 lead as the series heads to Balmoral for Game 3.
Balmoral 3 – Kingston 8

Player of the Game: Jamie Couch went 4-5, with 2-2B, 3 RBI, 1 R.

Charley Gilbert went 9.0 IP with 9 H with 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR (1-0, 3.00 ERA)

For Balmoral:

Tristan Purss suffered the loss, going just 5.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR (0-1, 12.60 ERA).

Lance Haworth went 2-3, with 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R in place of the injured Carlton Broadbent.

Injury Update: Carlton Broadbent suffered an oblique strain while throwing the ball and will be out of commission for 1-2 weeks.

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Game 3

The series continued at Balmoral's Foster Field as 26,180 hopeful fans braved the elements. The weather was mild, but a light rain persisted throughout the day. Despite the constant threat, no rain delays were called.

Following the conclusion of the game, fans and reporters couldn't help notice the eerie similarities to Game 3 of the 1942-43 WL Pennant Series held exactly one year ago between these same two teams (more on that later).

RHP Soren Heinke (14-9, 3.55 ERA, 1.40 WHIP) took the hill for Balmoral, while RHP Francis Slocock (23-9, 2.36 ERA, 1.18 WHIP) got the start for Kingston.

Bottom of the 4th:
CF Damon Purcell doubles with two out. Otton Overbeek immediately follows with a triple to score Purcell. 1B Roger Tyler then doubles to score Overbeek and the Giants take a two-run lead.
Kingston 0 – Balmoral 2

Bottom of the 7th:
Soren Heinke leads off with a single and reaches 2B on 2B Allen Cattanach's sac bunt.
With two out, RF Ramón Tavira singles. Heinke's beats out the throw to home plate adding to the Giants lead.
Kingston 0 – Balmoral 3

Top of the 9th:
RHP Ramón Ortíz comes in to the game in relief of Soren Heinke with Kingston down to their last three outs of the game.
Jayden Tennant and Mo Symes lead off with back-to-back singles. With Mathew Farkas at the plate, a wild pitch advances the runners. Farkas reaches 1B safely on an error (E6), allowing both Tennant and Symes to score.
PH Rovilson Valdevieso then singles to put runners on the corners. Jamie Couch's sac fly ties the game up when Farkas comes in to score.
Terry Maxwell then hits into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning but not before Kingston evens things up.
Kingston 3 – Balmoral 3

Top of the 11th:
With one out, Mo Symes reaches safely on an error (E5). Mathew Farkas then draws a walk to put runners on 1B and 2B. After PH Chong-sik Lee strikes out, Jamie Couch singles in Symes for the go-ahead run.

In the bottom of the 11th, Brian Pittman singles off of LHP Patrick Denman with one out. But PH Lance Haworth grounds into a a U4-3 double play to end the threat and the game.
Balmoral squanders the lead and faces possible elimination in Game 4.
Kingston 4 – Balmoral 3

Player of the Game: Soren Heinke got game honours despite the loss, going 8.0 IP, 7 H with 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (0-0, 0.00 ERA).

Ramón Ortíz took the loss, going 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 12 K, 1 blown save (0-1, 6.75 ERA).

For Kingston:

Francis Slocock did not get the win, but he did go 8.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K (0-0, 3.38 ERA).

As mentioned earlier, Game 3 of the 1942-43 Western League Pennant Series between these same two teams bore an eerie resemblance to this year's Game 3. Among the similarities:

Soren Heinke starts the game for Balmoral and leaves after the 8th inning with his club holding the lead.
Kingston is held scoreless until the 9th inning.
Kingston ties the game up in the top of the 9th inning, sending it into extra innings.
Kingston breaks the tie in the top of the 11th inning, winning the game in the bottom of the 11th.
Soren Heinke is given Player of the Game honours despite the loss.
And, of course, Kingston takes a 3-0 lead in the Series.

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Game 4

26,284 fans filed into Foster Field to see if their Giants to turn things around like they did last year when they forced the series to seven games. The rainy skies were gone and warm sunshine were the order of the day.

As in Game 1, Balmoral’s RHP Derek Cawley took the ball, while RHP Joey Cumberledge started for Kingston.

Top of the 1st:
Jamie Couch leads off with a double and scores on Danny Trowbridge's one-out double.
Kingston 1 – Balmoral 0

Top of the 6th:
Jamie Couch leads off with a first-pitch single and later steals 2B. Danny Trowbridge then hits a one-out single to score Couch for Kingston’s second run.
With two out, Fergus Chitty hits a two-run home run to leftfield giving the Pelicans a four-run lead.
Kingston 4 – Balmoral 0

Bottom of the 6th:
Francisco Rodríguez drives Joey Cumberledge's first pitch for a one-out single. After stealing 2B, Rodríguez reaches 3B when Damon Purcell reaches safely on an error (E1).
Otton Overbeek then flies out, scoring Rodríguez and the Giants are on the board.
Kingston 4 – Balmoral 1

Top of the 8th:
Jamie Couch leads off with a double and comes in to score on Terry Maxwell's single.

In the bottom of the 9th, Joey Cumberledge gets the Giants to go down 1-2-3 on five pitches and three consecutive ground outs to end the game and the series.

The Pelicans move on to meet the Brunswick Legends in the United Cup Series by thoroughly outplaying the Giants in every aspect of the game. In the four game sweep, they outscored the Giants 26 to 9.
Kingston 5 – Balmoral 1

Player of the Game: Joey Cumberledge went 9.0 IP with 5 H with 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (2-0, 0.50 ERA).

Jamie Couch went 3-4, 2-2B, 3 R.

For Balmoral:

Derek Cawley took the loss again, going 9.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR (0-2, 8.36 ERA).

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05-21-2016, 01:39 AM	#261
reds1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 3,919	Kingston Pelicans (100-54) vs. Balmoral Giants (92-62) Season Matchup: 9-6 in favour of Kingston Kingston: Runs scored – 716 (2nd in WL); runs allowed – 524 (1st). Balmoral: Runs scored – 776 (1st in WL); runs allowed – 670 (5th). For the seventh straight season, the Kingston Pelicans have qualified for the playoffs; and for the fifth time, they finished in top spot in the West. Their 100 victories represent their second best total, after wining 101 in 1938-39. That was also the last time they won the United Cup. The Pelicans are a nicely balanced team with few weaknesses. They are also hungry for another championship. Balmoral meanwhile returns to the playoffs for the second straight season on the strength of 92 wins – a total that would have been good enough to take top spot last season. The Giants come into the playoffs with the best offense in the ULB but they will be up against the best defense in the ULB. Needless to say, something's got to give. No major injuries affect these two clubs heading into the Series. The Series opened at Kingston Park, with 27,143 filling the stands. Partly cloudy skies and a breeze blowing in from left to right were the conditions at game time. It's time to play some ball! -------- Game 1 RHP Joey Cumberledge (21-7, 2.98 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) started for the Pelicans, while RHP Derek Cawley (17-14, 3.57 ERA, 1.35 WHIP) got the call for the Giants. Bottom of the 1st: 3B Terry Maxwell gets Kingston on the board with a solo home run to right-centerfield with one out. Balmoral 0 – Kingston 1 Bottom of the 2nd: 1B Fergus Chitty and LF Jayden Tennant lead off with back-to-back singles. RF Mathew Farkas loads the bases with one out. Joey Cumberledge then comes through with a single, scoring both Chitty and Tennant. Balmoral 0 – Kingston 3 Bottom of the 5th: The Pelicans smack four straight singles to start the inning, scoring a run. Jayden Tennant then hits a sac fly to add one more. With two out, the game is broken wide open when Mathew Farkas crushes a 428 ft. 3-run homer to right-centerfield. Balmoral 0 – Kingston 8 Top of the 7th: The Giants finally get on the board when 3B Otton Overbeek hits a one-out solo home run. Balmoral 1 – Kingston 8 Top of the 8th: LF Jason Pollack triples with one out and comes in to score when RF Carlton Broadbent reaches 1B safely on an dropped throw (E3). Balmoral 2 – Kingston 8 Bottom of the 8th: Mathew Farkas leads off with a single. After moving up to 2B on a Joey Cumberledge sac fly, Farkas scores on a Jamie Couch double. In the top of the 9th, 1B Roger Tyler singles with one out. But C Brian Pittman grounds into a 1-6-3 double play to end the game. Balmoral 2 – Kingston 9 Player of the Game: Mathew Farkas went 2-3, with 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 R. Joey Cumberledge went 9.0 IP with 8 H with 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR (1-0, 1.00 ERA). Fergus Chitty went 3-4, with 1 RBI, 2 R. For Balmoral: Derek Cawley took the loss, going 5.0 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR (0-1, 14.40 ERA). -------- Game 2 For the second game, RHP Charlie Gilbert (14-14, 3.19 ERA, 1.36 WHIP) got the start for Kingston, while RHP Tristan Purss (20-11, 3.06 ERA, 1.23 WHIP) started for Balmoral. Conditions were cool with partly cloudy skies as 26,940 fans looked to see if Kingston could take a 2-0 game lead in the series. Bottom of the 2nd: Fergus Chitty leads off with a four-pitch walk and Jayden Tennant follows with a single. With two out, Charlie Gilbert and Jamie Couch hit back-to-back singles to score two. But Gilbert is thrown out trying to reach 3B on Couch's single to end the inning. On the same play that Gilbert is thrown out, Balmoral's RF Carlton Broadbent injures his arm while throwing the ball back into the infield and is forced to leave the game. Balmoral 0 – Kingston 2 Top of the 3rd: Tristan Purss leads off with a single. With two out, Carlton Broadbent's substitute, RF Lance Haworth, launches a two-run home run to leftfield to tie the game. Balmoral 2 – Kingston 2 Top of the 4th: Otton Overbeek leads off with a first-pitch single and scores the go-ahead run on Brian Pittman's one-out double. Balmoral 3 – Kingston 2 Bottom of the 4th: The Pelicans come storming back. With one out, 2B Mo Symes and Mathew Farkas hit back-to-back singles and move up a base on Charlie Gilbert's sac bunt. Back-to-back singles by Jamie Couch and Terry Maxwell score Symes and Farkas to retake the lead. C Danny Trowbridge then follows with a 3-run home run to right-centerfield to break the game wide open. Balmoral 3 – Kingston 7 Bottom of the 8th: Mathew Farkas leads off with a single and scores on Jamie Couch's one-out double. The Giants go down 1-2-3 in the top of the 9th to give the Pelicans a 2-0 lead as the series heads to Balmoral for Game 3. Balmoral 3 – Kingston 8 Player of the Game: Jamie Couch went 4-5, with 2-2B, 3 RBI, 1 R. Charley Gilbert went 9.0 IP with 9 H with 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR (1-0, 3.00 ERA) For Balmoral: Tristan Purss suffered the loss, going just 5.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR (0-1, 12.60 ERA). Lance Haworth went 2-3, with 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R in place of the injured Carlton Broadbent. *Injury Update:* Carlton Broadbent suffered an oblique strain while throwing the ball and will be out of commission for 1-2 weeks. -------- Game 3 The series continued at Balmoral's Foster Field as 26,180 hopeful fans braved the elements. The weather was mild, but a light rain persisted throughout the day. Despite the constant threat, no rain delays were called. Following the conclusion of the game, fans and reporters couldn't help notice the eerie similarities to Game 3 of the 1942-43 WL Pennant Series held exactly one year ago between these same two teams (more on that later). RHP Soren Heinke (14-9, 3.55 ERA, 1.40 WHIP) took the hill for Balmoral, while RHP Francis Slocock (23-9, 2.36 ERA, 1.18 WHIP) got the start for Kingston. Bottom of the 4th: CF Damon Purcell doubles with two out. Otton Overbeek immediately follows with a triple to score Purcell. 1B Roger Tyler then doubles to score Overbeek and the Giants take a two-run lead. Kingston 0 – Balmoral 2 Bottom of the 7th: Soren Heinke leads off with a single and reaches 2B on 2B Allen Cattanach's sac bunt. With two out, RF Ramón Tavira singles. Heinke's beats out the throw to home plate adding to the Giants lead. Kingston 0 – Balmoral 3 Top of the 9th: RHP Ramón Ortíz comes in to the game in relief of Soren Heinke with Kingston down to their last three outs of the game. Jayden Tennant and Mo Symes lead off with back-to-back singles. With Mathew Farkas at the plate, a wild pitch advances the runners. Farkas reaches 1B safely on an error (E6), allowing both Tennant and Symes to score. PH Rovilson Valdevieso then singles to put runners on the corners. Jamie Couch's sac fly ties the game up when Farkas comes in to score. Terry Maxwell then hits into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning but not before Kingston evens things up. Kingston 3 – Balmoral 3 Top of the 11th: With one out, Mo Symes reaches safely on an error (E5). Mathew Farkas then draws a walk to put runners on 1B and 2B. After PH Chong-sik Lee strikes out, Jamie Couch singles in Symes for the go-ahead run. In the bottom of the 11th, Brian Pittman singles off of LHP Patrick Denman with one out. But PH Lance Haworth grounds into a a U4-3 double play to end the threat and the game. Balmoral squanders the lead and faces possible elimination in Game 4. Kingston 4 – Balmoral 3 Player of the Game: Soren Heinke got game honours despite the loss, going 8.0 IP, 7 H with 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (0-0, 0.00 ERA). Ramón Ortíz took the loss, going 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 12 K, 1 blown save (0-1, 6.75 ERA). For Kingston: Francis Slocock did not get the win, but he did go 8.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K (0-0, 3.38 ERA). As mentioned earlier, Game 3 of the 1942-43 Western League Pennant Series between these same two teams bore an eerie resemblance to this year's Game 3. Among the similarities: Soren Heinke starts the game for Balmoral and leaves after the 8th inning with his club holding the lead. Kingston is held scoreless until the 9th inning. Kingston ties the game up in the top of the 9th inning, sending it into extra innings. Kingston breaks the tie in the top of the 11th inning, winning the game in the bottom of the 11th. Soren Heinke is given Player of the Game honours despite the loss. And, of course, Kingston takes a 3-0 lead in the Series. -------- Game 4 26,284 fans filed into Foster Field to see if their Giants to turn things around like they did last year when they forced the series to seven games. The rainy skies were gone and warm sunshine were the order of the day. As in Game 1, Balmoral’s RHP Derek Cawley took the ball, while RHP Joey Cumberledge started for Kingston. Top of the 1st: Jamie Couch leads off with a double and scores on Danny Trowbridge's one-out double. Kingston 1 – Balmoral 0 Top of the 6th: Jamie Couch leads off with a first-pitch single and later steals 2B. Danny Trowbridge then hits a one-out single to score Couch for Kingston’s second run. With two out, Fergus Chitty hits a two-run home run to leftfield giving the Pelicans a four-run lead. Kingston 4 – Balmoral 0 Bottom of the 6th: Francisco Rodríguez drives Joey Cumberledge's first pitch for a one-out single. After stealing 2B, Rodríguez reaches 3B when Damon Purcell reaches safely on an error (E1). Otton Overbeek then flies out, scoring Rodríguez and the Giants are on the board. Kingston 4 – Balmoral 1 Top of the 8th: Jamie Couch leads off with a double and comes in to score on Terry Maxwell's single. In the bottom of the 9th, Joey Cumberledge gets the Giants to go down 1-2-3 on five pitches and three consecutive ground outs to end the game and the series. The Pelicans move on to meet the Brunswick Legends in the United Cup Series by thoroughly outplaying the Giants in every aspect of the game. In the four game sweep, they outscored the Giants 26 to 9. Kingston 5 – Balmoral 1 Player of the Game: Joey Cumberledge went 9.0 IP with 5 H with 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (2-0, 0.50 ERA). Jamie Couch went 3-4, 2-2B, 3 R. For Balmoral: Derek Cawley took the loss again, going 9.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR (0-2, 8.36 ERA). -------- __________________ United Leagues of Braeland Last edited by reds1; 07-10-2017 at 08:27 PM.