GAME RECAPS
On a windy Sunday evening at 8pm, the Don River Mastadons and the Humber River Hustle returned to Trinity Bellwoods Park to face off for the second round of games in league history. Energy was high as both teams came off of first game victories. Humber River led off at bat and set the stage for a game that featured several innings of hitting the mercy cap of 5 runs by both teams. Humber’s hitting was formidable with first career doubles from Janine Caster, Leigh Kittson, Katie German and the first career triple from Yogi Acharya. However, Don River was able to shore up their defensive play and contain Humber’s score, holding the lead going into the final inning. In particular Terrance Luscombe played a spectacular inning at short stop single handedly forcing a 3-up 3-down on Humber. Don River’s Ryan Hayes also scored a breathtaking Grand Slam Home run! Humber would go down with a fight however, scoring 11 runs in a ‘no mercy’ final inning to take the lead. However, that come from behind rally was no match for Don River who was able to score enough runs to take back the game with a final score of 24-23 and remain undefeated in the league thus far (Annelies Cooper – Don River).
The late game between Rouge River and Credit River was a showdown between two teams looking for their first win of the season. Both teams knocked the ball all over Trinity Bellwoods Park in this high scoring affair. In the end, Rouge River came out on top by a score of 18-11. The 29 total runs scored in the game were the product of many career firsts! Rachel Small set the tone for the game by leading off for Credit River in the first inning and hitting their first career home run, later Umar Saeed of Rouge River would launch their first career home run too! Three players on Rouge River (Gita Madan, Rachele Clement, and Kate Uffelman) recorded their first career hits and two players (Alex Brant and Niloofar Golkar) on Credit River recorded their first extra-base hits! While the scorecard shows that Karl Gardner hit for the cycle, it does not describe just how deep into the trees his home run ball traveled (that ball did not come back). Also not portrayed on the scorecard is Lainie Basman’s spectacular grab in the infield! All and all an exciting game to wrap up week 2 that gives both teams a lot to look forward to heading into the training week next week (Colin Hastings – Credit River).
See the game box scores here
See player stats here
See league standings here
MILESTONES
- Jenny Chan becomes 6th player in league history to reach 90 career hits
- Rocio Velasquez – 11 runs scored – 33rd in league history (up 4 spots!)
- Laura Pin – 6 career singles – moves into Top 50 all-time (49)
- Craig Fortier – becomes 1st player in league history to record 350 at bats
- Natalia Saavedra – 2nd career double – 33rd in league history
- Jo Jefferson – 43 career hits, 19th all time (up 2 spots!)
- Terrance Luscombe – 30 career singles, 21st all time (up 3 spots!)
- Matthew Poggi – 4 career RBIs, 47th all time (up 23 spots!)
- Karen Campbell – 4 career runs scored, 47th all time (up 15 spots!)
- Darren Puscas – 5 career hits, 55th all time (up 25 spots!)
- Devin Clancy – 49 career hits, 9th all time (up 1 spot!)
- Ryan Hayes – becomes 2nd player in league history to reach 125 career runs batted in
- Noah Adams – records 60th career at bat, 20th all time (up 4 spots!)
Rouge River
- Merle Davis – 68 career at-bats, 20th all time (up 4 spots!)
- Andy Smith – 2 career triples, 12th all time (up 8 spots!)
- Nav Sidhu – 42 career singles, 11th all time (up 1 spot!)
- Lainie Basman – 52 career singles, 8th all time (up 3 spots!)
Credit River
- LJ Robinson – becomes 7th player in league history to reach 90 career hits
- Robyn Letson – 33 career singles, 17th all time (up 2 spots!)
- Peter Demakos – 14 career at bats, 46th all time (up 6 spots!)
- Johann Juarez – becomes 3rd player in league history to reach 150 career hits (151)
FIRSTS
First Career Hit
- Gita Madan (Rouge)
- Rachele Clement (Rouge)
- Kate Uffelman (Rouge)
- Jennifer Mussell (Don)
- Erika Pulfer (Don)
- Brianna Greaves (Don)
First Career Double
- Alex Brant (Credit)
- Niloofar Golkar (Credit)
- Janine Caster (Humber)
- Leigh Kittson (Humber)
- Katie German (Humber)
- Yogi Acharya (Humber)
First Career Home Run
- Umar Saeed (Rouge)
- Rachel Small (Credit)
First Career Run Scored
- Shelagh Pizey-Allen (Rouge)
- TH Vega (Credit)
- Robin Smillie (Credit)
First Career Run Batted In
- Michelle Roseman (Credit)
ODDITIES
Everything Comes in 3s!
- Richard Peters has a 3 home run 9 RBI performance!
Everything Comes in 4s!
- Karl Gardner hits for the cycle with 4 runs scored and 4 runs batted in — Cycle = 1 single, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 home run
Same Same But Different!
- LJ Robinson & Jenny Chan reach 90 career hits on the same night!
- Colin Hastings & Annelies Cooper both start the season after 2 games with 6 hits in 6 at bats
- Reena Reddy – achieved 20 runs batted in and 10 runs scored on the same day! DOUBLE MILESTONE!