Tri-County League Finals

By Ted Meixell
Of The Morning Call

 

GABELSVILLE vs. TRI-CITY

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Gabelsville (two-time).

FORMAT: Best of five.

SCHEDULE: Game 1: Tri-City at Gabelsville (5:45 tonight); Game 2: Gabelsville at Tri-City (5:45 p.m. Friday); Game 3: Tri-City at Gabelsville (5 p.m. Sunday); Game 4: Gabelsville at Tri-City (5:45 p.m. Tuesday), if necessary; Game 5: Tri-City at Gabelsville (5:45 p.m. Thursday), if necessary.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: Gabelsville went 28-4 to win regular season title, earned No. 1 seed and first-round playoff bye, swept ICC Pirates 3-0 in semifinals; Tri-City went 27-6 to finish second in regular season, earned No. 2 seed. Swept Northern Yankees 2-0 in quarterfinals, swept Limeport 3-0 in semifinals.

GABELSVILLE OWLS (31-4)

MANAGER: Mike "Doc" Moyer.

OFFENSIVE LEADERS: P/3B Shawn Betz (.432, 1 HR, 14 RBIs); CF A.J. Bohn (.384, 1, 12); C Matt Danner (.378, 3, 33); LF Jeff Evans (.396, 7, 43); SS Greg Gilbert (.464, 7, 22); 2B Rodney Miller (.288, 2, 12); C/OF Dave Pence (.451, 2, 34); OF Ed Reilley (.338, 2, 13).

PITCHERS: RH Betz (5-1, 2.53 ERA, 27 K, 47 IP); LH Lew Chillot (3- 0, 3.71, 9, 22 2/3); RH Jon Eidle (6-0, 3.46, 22, 52 2/3); RH Justin Konnick (3-1, 2.17, 19, 42).

TRI-CITY FLEETWINGS (32-6)

MANAGER: Bob Fatzinger.

OFFENSIVE LEADERS: 3B/P Dan Dillon (.402, 3 HR, 23 RBIs); C Jeremy Arner (.276, 0, 21); 2B Teague Fatzinger (.290, 1, 17); IF/OF Scott Garger (.359, 2, 20); IF/OF Justin Godusky (.500, 4, 16); 1B/P Matt Hlay (.390, 1, 23); OF Matt Marcks (.347, 0, 9); SS Paul Santay (.322, 2, 15); CF Brendan Witkowski (.357, 1, 18).

PITCHERS: RH Josh Gunkle (5-2, 1.88 ERA, 50 K, 56 IP); LH Dennis Kinney (6-1, 1.23, 40, 35); RH Ryan Palos (4-0, 1.87, 23, 33 2/3); RH Dillon (3-2, 1.95, 21, 28 2/3); RH Hlay (3-0, 3.04, 12, 23).




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From The Morning Call -- August 9, 2001

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