Order of Finish:

1. Lightning Fast Pitch from Battle Creek 4-0
2. Tiffany’s from Frankenmuth 2-2
3. Alchin’s Disposal from Lansing 2-2
4. RT Boring Drillers from Homer 2-2
5. Up to Date Painting from Millington 0-2
6. Goshen Gators from Goshen, IN 0-2

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Sean Kelly, Lightning (3-0 record, 14 IP, 0 R’s, 3 H’s, 26 K’s, 1 BB)

Outstanding Hitter – Todd Krager, Alchin’s Disposal (7-14 .500 avg, 1 HR, 6 RBI’s)

Outstanding Infielder – Mike Meinecke, Tiffany’s (5-12 .417 avg,)

Outstanding Outfielder – Bill Kunkle, Lightning (4-9 .444 avg)

Game Results:

Game 1: Lightning – 8 (8 hits) over Goshen Gators – 0 (3 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Tyler Kelly (4 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Darren Miller ( 2 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Wayne Koshmeder (2 IP, 3 R’s, 4 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Lightning – Trevor Kelly had 2 homeruns, Bill Kunkel, Ryan Saylor and Brian Skirka each hit homeruns (back to back to back to back in the 2nd inning!!), Chris Rivard doubled, singles by Matt Shook and Tyler Kelly.

Gators – Singles by Mark Bralick, Jeff Kling and Jordan Kling.

Notes – Four consecutive homeruns are a first for this tournament director in nearly 40 years around a ballpark!

Game 2: RT Boring Drillers – 1 (1 hit) over Alchin’s Disposal – 0 (5 hits) in 9 innings

WP – Bryan Boyd (19 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Jeff Graff (16 K’s, 3 BB’s)

RT Boring Drillers – Steve Myers doubled in the 6th inning.

Alchin’s Disposal – Steve Menard and Greg Hallock singled in the 1st inning and Todd Krager and Jeff Graff singled in the 4th inning. Cory Alchin doubled in the 3rd inning.

Notes: The game went into the 8th inning 0-0 when the international tie breaker went into effect. Neither team scored in the 8th inning. In the top of the 9th inning, Steve Myers sacrifice bunted Mike Koenig from 2nd to 3rd base. The next hitter struck out and with two outs, a passed ball allowed the runner to score the game’s only run. Alchin’s pitcher, Jeff Graff, finished with 16 strike outs. RT Boring Drillers pitcher, Bryan Boyd, had 19 strike outs with no walks.

Game 3: Lightning – 9 (5 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 0 (3 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Sean Kelly (4 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 7 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Trevor Kelly (1 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB), LP – Ryan Truemner (2 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Lightning – Chris Rivard had 2 hits with a grand slam homerun in the 1st inning, singles by Matt Shook, Bill Kunkel and Brian Skirka.

Up to Date Painting – Gene McKinstry tripled, singles by Jason Harper and Adam Brechtelsbauer.

Game 4: Tiffany’s – 5 (5 hits) over RT Boring Drillers – 4 (5 hits) in 8 innings

WP – Pete Loachridge (11 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Shannon Damron (6 K’s, 1 BB)

Tiffany’s – Mike Meinecke had 2 hits with a homerun, Dale Doughty doubled, singles by Rich Katherns and Brandon Carbeno.

RT Boring Drillers – Jeff Sherman had 2 hits with a homerun, singles by Steve Myers, Derek Sherman and Bruce Miller.

Notes: Tiffany’s went up 2-0 in the first inning on Mike Meinicke’s homerun. Jeff Sherman hit a solo homerun in the 6th inning to make it 2-1. In the top of the 7th inning, Derek Sherman walked to lead off for RT Boring, Bruce Miller singled and there was an overthrow that allowed Derek to score the tying run. In the top of the 8th inning, RT scored 2 runs with the international tie breaker, a walk, a single by Jeff Sherman and the 2nd run scored on an error by the right fielder. In the bottom of the 8th inning for Tiffany’s, an error on the left fielder put the 2nd runner on after the tie breaker runner started the inning at 2nd base, Mike Meinecke singled with one out to load the bases and then Brandon Carbeno hit a ball in the right center gap that went to the fence that scored all three runs for the win.

Game 5: Alchin’s Disposal – 8 (6 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 3 (7 hits)

WP – Lance Graff (3 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Mike Spagnuolo (6 IP, 7 R’s, 5 H’s, 5 K’s, 4 BB’s) with relief from Ryan Truemner (1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 BB)

Alchin’s – Todd Krager had 3 hits with a homerun, Scott Menard doubled, singles by Lance Graff and Norm Jolin.

Up to Date Painting – Kevin Jammer had 2 hits, Brandon Ryan homered, Jason Harper doubled, singles by Gene McKinstry, Adam Brechtelsbauer and Jamie Tackabury.

Game 6: RT Boring Drillers – 2 (6 hits) over Goshen Gators – 1 (4 hits)

WP – Bryan Boyd (9 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Wayne Koshmider (6 K’s, 1 BB)

RT Boring Drillers – Bruce Miller had 3 hits with 2 doubles, Shannon Damron doubled, singles by Steve Myers and Butch Neal.

Goshen Gators – Singles by Mark Bralick, Dusty Kling, Darren Miller and Shannon Lovely.

Notes: RT Boring Drillers scored in the top of the 1st inning on Bruce Miller’s RBI single to bring in Steve Myers who led off the game with a single and was sacrificed to 2nd by Shannon Damron. Goshen tied the score at one when Dusty Kling singled to get on and advanced on a passed ball, ground out and scored on the 2nd passed ball of the inning. RT Drillers scored their 2nd and winning run in the 3rd inning when Shannon Damron doubled and then scored on Bruce Miller’s double.

Game 7: Lightning – 3 (9 hits) over Tiffany’s – 0 (1 hit)

WP – Sean Kelly (15 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jon Gwizdala (5 K’s, 1 BB)

Lightning – Adam Saylor and Matt Shook each had 2 hits, singles by Trevor Kelly, Bill Kunkel, Tyler Kelly, Brian Skirka and Josh Marten.

Tiffany’s – Rich Katherns singled in the 1st inning.

Notes: Sean Kelly, pitcher for Lightning, allowed just three base runners, a single in the first inning, a strikeout passed ball by the catcher in the 1st inning and then a hit batter in the 2nd. He ended the game with 16 consecutive outs.

A bright spot in this game came with the pitching of Jon Gwizdala, 19 year old from Bay City, who threw a very nice game against the 2009 ASA Class A National Champions. Jon held them to three runs and forced them to play their first 7 inning game of the tournament.

Jon is a relatively new name to the ASA Men’s Fast Pitch game and has been throwing with D and E teams in the past few years while also playing with a number of youth teams. This will definitely be a young man to keep an eye on for the future of fast pitch softball pitching in the state of Michigan.

Game 8: Alchin’s Disposal – 8 (12 hits) over RT Boring Drillers – 5 (9 hits)

WP – Lance Graff (3 IP, 5 R’s, 9 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s) with relief from Jeff Graff (4 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 7 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Bryan Boyd (4 IP, 7 R’s, 9 H’s, 5 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Shannon Damron (3 IP, 1 R, 3 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s)

Alchin’s Disposal – Todd Krager had 3 hits with a homerun, Scott Menard had 3 hits with double, Steve Alchin had 2 hits with a double, Norm Jolin had 2 hits, singles by Lance Graff and Korey Heppard.

RT Boring Drillers – Josh McCullough had 2 hits, Bryan Boyd had a homerun, Derek Sherman doubled, singles by Steve Myers, Bruce Miller, Jeff Sherman, Jeff Kucharczyk and Mike Koenig.

Game 9: Tiffany’s – 1 (6 hits) over Alchin’s Disposal – 0 (1 hit)

WP – Pete Loachridge (6 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Jeff Graff (9 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Mike Meinecke had a triple and a double, singles by Dale Doughty, Brad Gnatkowski, Gary Thompson and Chad Carbeno.

Alchin’s Disposal – Jeff Graff singled in the 7th inning with 2 outs to break up the no-hitter.

Notes: Pete Loachridge walked a batter in the 5th inning with two outs to end his bid for a perfect game and then Jeff Graff spoiled the no-hit bid with two outs in the 7th inning.

Game 10 - Championship Game: Lightning – 7 (8 hits) over Tiffany’s – 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings

WP – Sean Kelly (3 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Tyler Kelly (2 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB’s), LP – Jon Gwizdala (2 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 6 H’s, 1 K, 3 BB’s) with relief from Pete Loachridge (1 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 3 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Lightning  - Adam Saylor had 2 hits, Matt Shook and Tyler Kelly homered, Bill Kunkel tripled, singles by Trevor Kelly, Chad Knox and Chris Rivard.

Tiffany’s – Mike Meinecke singled in the 4th inning.