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Bolton claims second Strother Cup win
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Bolton claims second Strother Cup win
September 13, 2010
"Awesome" was the word from Bolton Brewers head coach and player Mike Wallace after his team won their second consecutive Championship in the North Dufferin Baseball League Sunday. "It never gets old, always a great feeling to win" added Wallace. The Brewers handily defeated the Aurora Jays in four straight games in the best of seven affair. Game one, played on August 28 ended with a 5-1 decision and game two on August 29 a 5-2 win. The final two games were played this past weekend (September 11 and 12) with Bolton outscoring the Jays 9-4 and 9-1. Bolton started Saturday's game with three runs in the first inning, adding three more in the third and three in the sixth frame. Hits were recorded by Nigel Cutler, Ryan Smith, Adam Wallace, Owen Somerville, and Nathan Robinson, while Mike Wallace, Eric Cirone, John Hutchinson, and Shawn Chalmers had two apiece. Aurora's pitcher, Ian Rettie allowed nine runs on 12 hits, while walking five and striking out three over his six innings on the mound. Zach Wiseman finished the game in the seventh giving up a hit and retiring one. Brett Chater pitched for Bolton, giving up four runs on eight hits, walking three and sitting down four batters. The Jays scored three runs in the third and one in the sixth. Ian Gabel, Ian Rettie, Michael Keon, Rob Wilson, Wiseman each had a hit, while Ian Milne had three. The final game on Sunday ended with a 9-1 victory for the Brewers, who racked up 13 hits. Cirone and Adam Wallace each had one, with Chater, Chalmers, Hutchinson, and Somerville recording two. Mike Wallace had three hits. Bolton scored a run in the first inning, followed by two in the third, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and another in the sixth on a homerun by Chalmers. Aurora only crossed the plate once while recording hits from Chris Rettie, Gabel, Ian Rettie, Wiseman, and Keon with two. Bolton's Mike Blackwood pitched the game giving up one run, allowing six hits, three walks, while striking out seven. Aurora's Chris Rettie was on the hill for four innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out four. Milne relieved Rettie in the fifth giving up four runs, on five hits, and walked one. During the post-game presentation, League secretary and series convenor Scott Anderson, noted Aurora's success in making it to the finals for the first time and Bolton's second straight appearance. He added their "presence in the League is much appreciated and this just shows how competitive new teams can be after five and six years of being in the League." Anderson then congratulated Bolton on their win and presented the 80-year old Strother Cup to Brett Bond and Nigel Cutler of the Brewers. |
