Men's Class A, B & Major
Petoskey, MI
Individual Awards: (group picture -Tom Marquardt, Virginia Marquardt, Jared Nichols, Jeff Graf, DaveWright, Dana Glass, Bob Marquardt & young Rex Marquardt)
Order of Finish:
1. DeLau Fire & Safety – Lansing – 4-0
2. Blues / AIS Engine – Grand Rapids – 2-2
3. Priority Mortgage – Grand Rapids – 2-2
4. Bernie’s Tavern – Homer – 2-2
5. Rice Creek Lightning – Marshall – 1-2
5. Tiffany’s – Frankenmuth – 1-2
7. CommuniQuest – Midland – 0-2
Individual Awards:
Outstanding Pitcher – Jeff Graff / DeLau Fire & Safety(2 wins, 17 IP, 0 R’s, 4 H’s, 31 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Outstanding Hitter – Dave Wright / DeLau Fire & Safety (.667 average)
Outstanding Infielder – Jared Nichols / Blues
Outstanding Outfielder – Dana Glass / Priority Mortgage
Game Results:
Game 1: Bernie’s Tavern – 5 (8 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 3 (7 hits)
WP – Bryan Boyd (13 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Duke VanderArk (8 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Bernie’s – Bryan Boyd was 2x3 with a double and 2 RBI’s, Bruce Miller was 2x4 with a triple and 2 RBI’s, Clint Cook homered, singles by Steve Myers, Shannon Damron and Jeff Sherman.
Priority – Jason Belichowski was 2x2, Dana Glass was 2x3, Jon Lucas, Phil Szczepenski and Scott Gruppen singled.
Notes: Bernie’s scored 2 in the top of the 1st inning on a miss played line drive into leftfield hit by Boyd, Priority scored 1 in the bottom of the 1st inning with the help of an error. Bernie’s added 2 in the 5th on Miller’s triple and 1 in the 6th on Cook’s solo homer. Priority had 4 hits in the bottom of the 7thinning to score 2 and left 2 on base when Boyd struck out the last two hitters to end the game.
Game 2: DeLau Fire & Safety – 9 (13 hits) over CommuniQuest – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Jeff Graf (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Shane Wilson (6 IP, 6 R’s, 9 H’s, 7 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Gary Krueger (1 IP, 3 R’s, 4 H’s)
DeLau – Dave Wright was 3x4 with a triple, Shannon Beebe was 3x4 with a double, Chad Hodges was 2x3 with a homerun, JasonMcCreery tripled, Lance Graf doubled, John Fulmer, Jeff Kucharczyk and Mike Hartmansingled.
CommuniQuest – Gregg Sauve and Brian Phillipssingled.
Game 3: Tiffany’s – 6 (7 hits) over Rice Creek Lightning – 5 (13 hits)
WP – Pete Loachridge (9 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Sean Kelly (7K’s, 1 BB)
Tiffany’s – Dale Doughty was 3x4, Brad Gnatkowski had a homerun and 4 RBI’s, singles by Rich Kathersn, Mike Meinecke and Brett Szagesh.
Rice Creek – Sean Kelly was 3x3 with a triple and 2 RBI’s, Adam Saylor was 2x3 with an RBI, Ryan Tundavold was 2x4 with 2 RBI’s, Chad Ferguson was 2x5 with a double, Ryan Saylor was 2x5, Chris Rivard doubled and Matt Schook singled.
Notes: Tiffany’s scored 1 in the bottom of the 1st inning; Rice Creek tied the game with 1 in the top of the 2nd; Tiffany’s took a 4-1 lead on Gnatkowski’s 3 run homer in the 3rd inning. Rice Creek scored 1 in the 5th to make it 4-2 and 3 in the 6th to take a 5-4 lead. Tiffany’s lead off man reached base on a fielding error in the bottom of the 7th, the next batter reached on another error while trying to sacrifice the runner to 2nd base. Doughty singled in a run to tie the game, runners sacrificed to 2nd and 3rd, intentionalwalk to load the bases with one out, Gnatkowski hit a ground ball to the left of the 2ndbaseman who was unable to get the ball into home before the game winning run scored.
Game 4: Blues / AIS Engine – 10 (10 hits) over Bernie’s Tavern – 1 (2 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (6 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Shannon Damron (3 1/3 IP, 10 R’s, 8 H’s, 3 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Jeff Sherman (1 2/3 IP,0 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 K)
Blues – Ryan Nichols was 2x3 with a grand slam homerun and a total of 6 RBI’s, Jared Nichols was 2x3, Guy Thurstonhomered, singles by John Onendag, Josh Nichols, Mike Cross, Terry Nichols andAdam Riel.
Bernie’s – Bruce Miller had a triple and Josh McCulloughsingled.
Notes: RyanNichols throws 2 hitter and has 6 RBI’s.
Game 5: DeLau Fire & Safety – 8 (8 hits) over Tiffany’s – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Lance Graf (2 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (9K’s, 2 BB’s)
DeLau – BJ Gulick was 2x3 with a homerun and 3 RBI’s, BJ Gulick was 2x3 with a homerun and 2 RBI’s, Dave Wright was 2x2,singles by Jeff Graf (2 RBI’s) and Dan Hadley (RBI).
Tiffany’s – Rich Katherns and Drew Collison singled.
Game 6: Rice Creek Lightning – 7 (12 hits) over CommuniQuest – 3 (2 hits)
WP – Jeff Lovell (6 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Shane Wilson (5 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Rice Creek – Brian Skirka was 3x3 with a homerun, Ryan Tundevold was 2x3 with 2 RBI’s, Chris Rivard was 2x4 with 2 RBI’s,Chad Ferguson was 2x4 with 1 RBI, Trevor Kelly had a single with 2 RBI’s, RyanSaylor and Jeff Lovell singled.
CommuniQuest – Gary Krueger had a 2 run homer andTimm Richardson singled.
Game 7: Priority Mortgage – 7 (9 hits) over Tiffany’s – 2 (3 hits)
WP – Tracy Boetsma (3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jeff Petitt (5 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Priority – Dana Glass was 2x3 with a double, Jason Belachowski was 2x3 with a double and an RBI, Jon Lucas was 2x3 with a homerunand 2 RBI’s, Scott Kelly was 1x2 with a sac fly and 3 RBI’s, Scott Grupen had an RBI single and Mike Gruppen doubled.
Tiffany’s – Solo homeruns by Rich Katherns and JustinDoughty, Terry Hopp singled.
Game 8: Bernie’s Tavern – 7 (9 hits) over Rice Creek Lightning – 4 (10 hits)
WP – Bryan Boyd (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Sean Kelly (5 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Bernie’s – Steve Myers was 2x3 with a homerun and double (2 RBI’s), Jeff Sherman was 2x3 with a homerun (4 RBI’s), Bryan Boyd was2x3 with an RBI and Shannon Damron was 2x4.
Rice Creek – Brian Skirka was 2x2, Sean Kelly was 2x3 with a double, Ryan Saylor was 2x4, Trevor Kelly homered, singles by Chad Ferguson, Chris Rivard and Jeff Lovell.
Notes: Steve Myers was robbed of homerun #2 duringthis game when Rice Creek’s centerfielder Brian Skirka leaped above the fence to pull in the would be homerun in the 6th inning – outstanding playand catch by Skirka that received lots of applause from the rain soaked fans.
Game 9 (Winner Bracket Final): DeLau Fire & Safety – 4 (7 hits)overBlues – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Jeff Graf (16 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Ryan Nichols (6 K’s, 4 BB’s)
DeLau – Pete Hurst was 2x2 with an RBI, Dave Wright was 2x4,Chad Hodges hit a 2 run homer, Jeff Graf and Jeff Kucharczyk singled.
Blues – Shawn Davis and Jared Nichols singled.
Game 10: Priority Mortgage – 4 (8 hits) over Bernie’s Tavern – 1 (6 hits)
WP – Duke VanderArk (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Shannon Damron (4K’s, 2 BB’s)
Priority – Mike Gruppen was 3x3 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI’s,John Lucas had a 2 run double, Jason Bialochowski tripled, singles by Dana Glass, Tracy Boetsma and Scott Gruppen.
Bernie’s –Shannon Damron was 2x3 with a homerun, singles by Bryan Boyd, Josh McCullough, Clint Cook and Darin McCone.
Game11: Blues – 6 (5 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 5 (4 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 7 BB’s), LP – Duke VanderArk (5 IP, 6 R’s, 5 H’s, 10 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Tracy Boetsma (1 IP,1 K)
Blues – Lee Nichols was 2x3 with a homerun and 2 RBI’s, Josh Nichols hit a 2 run homer, Jared Nichols and Adam Riel singled.
Priority – Singles from Jason Bialochowski, Scott Kelly, Phil Shepanski and Scott Gruppen.
Notes: Blues had a 2-1 lead after 1st inning; Priority added 2 runs in the 3rdand 2 runs in the 4th to take a 5-2 lead, Blues scored 2 inthe 4th to bring it to 5-4 and then with bases loaded in the bottom of the 5th inning, the Blues scored 2 runs on a ground ball error to take the lead6-5 where the game stood.
Game 12 (CHAMPIONSHIP GAME): DeLau Fire& Safety – 7 (7 hits) over Blues – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Lance Graf (4 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB’s) with relief from Jeff Graf (3 IP, 0 H’s, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Ryan Nichols (0/3 IP, 3R’s, 1 H)with relief from Dave Nichols (7 IP, 4 R’s, 6 H’s, 6 K’s, 3 BB’s)
DeLau – Shannon Beebe was 2x4 with 2 homeruns and 4RBI’s, Pete Hurst was 2x4, BJ Gulick and Jeff Graff (2 RBI’s) doubled,DaveWright was 1x2.
Blues –Ryan Nichols singled in the first inning.