Spring Classic Tournament News: Mounties WIN!
Posted April 22, 2013
The Vancouver Mounties will be going down South this Weekend to play in the Spring Classic Tournament in Olympia Washington. The Mounties are slated to play a doubleheader on Saturday against the Storm Baseball Club and the ESC Tigers.
Mounties Right In the Thick of Things!
The Vancouver Mounties have secured a top 8 position and have solidified a spot in the USSSA's Spring Classic championship elimination round. The Mounties settled for a 4-4 tie against a strong Storm Baseball Club made up of Olympia's finest. Kingsbury exhausted his full pull of pitches giving way to Ensing to close out the game. It was an emotional back and forth tilt that in the end saw either side give in. In the second game Lee tossed a complete game no hitter and the Mounties continued their dominance over Federal Way's ESC Tigers. The Mounties scored 13 runs and the World Wildlife Foundation called the game fearing the Tigers would become extinct in the ensuing onslaught. The Mounties await the results of the tonight's games to find out their schedule for Sunday.
Mounties Celebrate USSSA Spring Classic Championship!
The Vancouver Mounties are celebrating after winning their second tournament of the year defeating the top seeded Narrows baseball club 13-3 in the championship game Sunday night. The Mounties accomplished a feat only 2 other Mountie teams have done in the past and that's win 3 games in one day. In the morning quarter-final game the 6th seeded Mounties faced off against the 3rd seeded Washington Senators who hail from Auburn Washington and after jumping to a 10-1 lead, held on for a 10-6 victory. The Mounties then faced off against the 2nd seeded West Hills Vipers from Bremerton Washington, and defeated them 9-5. More write ups to follow.........
Game 5 Championship Final Mounties 13 Narrows Baseball Club 3
The
Mounties were now in the finals and were able to get a short break
while the !st seed Narrows Baseball Club played the 6th Seeded Storm
Baseball club for a chance to play the Mounties in the final. Even
theough it was windy, cold and rainy it was a very hotly contested match
with the Narrows Baseball Club barely holding on to defeat the Storm in
a thrilling 4 - 3 semi final.
It was eerie as the skies cleared
for the Championship game and both teams, Umpires, parents, and fans
settled in for the last game of the weekend played at Laceys
Recreational Athletic Centre. (RAC) The Rac was bustling all weekend
with over 50 teams playing at this great facility. But at this time
fields 1,2,3,and 4 were all Vacant and dark and the only field lit up
was field 5 awaiting the Vancouver Mounties and Narrows Baseball Club to
settle who would be the USSSA Spring Classic Champions.
The
Mounties started strong out of the gate putting up 3 runs in the top of
the 1st inning. Rookie Sebbin who pitched in Pee Wee last year started
the game for the Mounties. Sebbin had made a seamless move to Bantam
but obviously was having a tough time locating his pitches with
the farther Midget Distance. Narrows was able to score 3 in the bottom
of the first and tie the game up at 3.
The weary Mounties who had
travelled a long way and were determined that they were not going to be
denied took the lead when they scored a run in the top of the 2nd
inning. Ensing once again came in to close this time a little earlier
than expected. The Mounties broke it open in the 3rd inning scoring 6
runs which seemed to take all the life out of the Narrows team.
With
the Mounties leading by a 10 to 3 score they scored 3 important runs
in the top of the 5th to give them a 10 run lead. This was important as
although Ensing was cruising along he was running low on pitches.
Ensing retired the side in the bottom of the 5th to end the game with a
Mercy victory, and not a moment too soon as he was up to his 90th pitch
on the day and only had 5 to spare. Final Score Mounties 13 Narrows
3
Game 4 Semi Final: Mounties 9 West Hill Vipers 5
The
Mounties were a bit tired for this one and knew that this was going to
be a tough test against a strong West Hill Vipers team from Bremerton.
The Strategy was simple win and play one more, lose and go home. Early
on it looked like the Mounties were going home as the Viper batters
struck early against a struggling Mounties starter Younan. Younan still
trying to figure out the new distance walked the first two Viper
batters, then was pounded for a couple of hits, Younans problems were
far from over as the Mountie defence botched a rundown and Younan hit
the next batter. The Mounties worked their way out of the inning with a
ground out and then a double play when Younan struck out the batter and
Currie threw the runner out at 3rd. The Mounties survived the inning
and were esctatic to only be down 2 - 0 after all the carnage that went
on in the inning.
Younan may have had problems on the mound but
he was dominant at the plate and started the Mounties off in the top of
the 2nd inning with a double, Lindeman walked stole 2nd and both
runners moved around the bases on Sebbens ground out.
Kingsbury and Yang knocked in Younan and Lindeman and the
Mounties evened up the score and got back in the game.
The game
stayed tied until West Hill scored 1 in the bottom of the 3rd to take a 3
- 2 lead. Younan and Lindeman once again started things off for the
Mounties reaching base on back to back singles. Currie did his job and
sac bunted them into scoring position and Sebben and Kingsbury responded
with rbi Singles. The Mounties with a 4 - 3 and Younan battling back
from his earlier pitching jitters shut the Vipers down in the 4th
inning.
The Mounties scored 2 in the 5th and 3 in the 6th and
Yang came in nd struck out a total of 5 Batters shutting the Vipers out
the rest of the way, on his way to picking up his first save of the
season. Younan was a Viper killer picking up the win and offensively
scored 3 runs, had 2 hits, and 2 rbi's.
Game 3 Quarter Final: Mounties 10 Washington Senators 6
It
was an early start as the Mounties were scheduled for the breakfast
game something that has been happening a lot in recent tournaments.
Both teams were a bit sluggish at the plate in the early going and the
Senators took the lead when they scored 1 in the bottom of the 2nd
inning off of Mounties starter Gee. The Mounties responded in the top
of the 3rd when Quito walked, Ensing singled and then Hogan executed a
sac bunt to move them into scoring positon. Younan then grounded out to
score Quito. The Mounties kept the Senators off the scoreboard in the
bottom of the 3rd.
With the score tied 1 - 1 the Mounties alarm
clock finally went off and they stunned the Senators with 9 runs in the
top of the 4th to take a 10 - 1 lead. 8 different Mounties reached base
and scored in the inning exploding for a total of 8 hits including a
triple by Younan and doubles by Quito Tintero and Gee. However as fast
as the Mounties woke up they went back to sleep in the bottom of the
inning committing 2 errors on the first two Senator batters and then had
to fight for their lives bringing in Ensing to put out the fire. The
smoke eventually cleared but the damage was done. The Mounties were
still leading 10 - 6 but the Senators had life and were back in the
game.
Due to the time limit the umpire stated that the 6th
inning was going to be the last so the Mounties were hoping to be able
to put some more runs up but the Senators retired the first 3 Mountie
batters to end the inning. The Senators had life but thanks to the
stellar pitching of Ensing and a diving play up the hole by Younan the
Mounties were able to hold off the Senators comeback.