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

 

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!

GAME RECAP

On a cold, damp, Sunday night, Trinity Bellwoods Park was home to baseball history. It was there that the Credit River Rainbow Trout faced off against the Don River Mastodons in the inaugural game of the Field of Dreamers Cooperative Softball Association. In that night match the Humber River TBD faced off against the Rouge River Ballsheviks. The tone for the games, the season, and the new league was set by a pre-game ceremony that asked players to reflect on the significance of leaving and returning to home and acknowledging the land upon which the game would be played.  Ryan Hayes (in Game 1) and Richard (Giibwanisi) Peters & Janine Caster (in Game 2) put down tobacco to acknowledge the land and thank it for giving us this field to play.

Then, after over a year of organizing and anticipation, forms, and political lobbying, it was finally time to play ball! The first game was a spirited affair with ample offensive prowess displayed by both teams. In the end, the Mastodons came out on top by a final score of 12-8. The game brought out a number of new players take to the field for the first time ever, as well as many veteran players who reached important career milestones. In the second game, Humber River played a defensively strong match to outpace the Ballsheviks in their attempt to shift the balance of power by a final score of 10-5.  The two teams featured dozens of players who came from the Uncertainty team and a number of first time players who added to the league!

See the game box scores here

See player stats here

See league standings here

Milestones

Credit River

• 100 career runs, 2nd on all-time list – Johann Juarez
• 66 career hits, 10th on all-time list – Colin Hastings
• 60 career hits, T-12th on all-time list – Devin Clancy
• 50 career at-bats, 33rd on all-time list, Annelies Cooper
• 3 career hits, in 8 career at-bats, TH Vega

Don River

• 30 career hits – Noah Adams
• 95 career runs scored, 3rd on all-time list  – Ryan Hayes
• 11 career doubles, T-8th on all-time list – Terrance Luscombe

Humber River

• 50 career at-bats, 34th on all time list – Natalia Saavedra
• 40 career hits, T-20th on all time list – Jo Jefferson
• 180 career RBIs, 1st on all time list – Craig Fortier
• 165 career at-bats, 5th on all time list – Jenny Chan
• 55 career at-bats, 28th on all time list – Rocio Velasquez
• 5 career doubles, T-15th on all time list – Yogi Acharya
• 29 career at-bats, 40th on all time list – Richard Peters

Rouge River River

• 60 career hits, T-12th on all time list, Karl Gardner
• 50 career hits, 14th on all time list, Lainie Basman
• 64 career at-bats, 24th on all time list – Merle Davis
• 95 career runs scored, 3rd on all time list  – Ryan Hayes
• 44 career hits, 17th on all time list – Nav Sidhu

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Firsts

First at-bat in Field of Dreamer’s History

Rachel Small (also drafted 1st overall in 2017)

First career Home Run

Ness Dixon (Rouge); Natalia Saavedra (Humber)

First career Triple

Andy Smith (Rouge)

First career Double

Robyn Letson (Credit); Darren Puscas (Don); Matthew Poggi (Don)

First career Hit

Leigh Kitson (Humber); Laura Pin (Humber); Jessica Duarte (Don); Karen Campbell (Don); Robin Smillie (Credit); Katie German (Humber); Michelle Roseman (Credit); Brianna Greaves (Don); Alex Brant (Credit); Shelagh Pizey Allen (Rouge); Umar Saeed (Rouge)

First career At-Bats

Gita Madan (Rouge); Linda Swanston (Credit); Rachele Clemente (Rouge); Niloofar Golkar (Credit); Kate Uffelman (Rouge); Jennifer Mussell (Don)

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Oddities

Productivity in Limited Action! 

• Peter Demakos – has 7 career runs batted in with only 8 career hits

Fastest to Break their Own Records

• Janine Caster – with 3 hits in first game, broke personal record for hits in a season (2)! That new record is going to be HUGE!!

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