2017 Men’s Canadian Fastpitch Championship
Dates: August 30 to September 03
Location: Saskatoon, SK

Day 4 Results: Saturday, September 02, 2017

Playoff Game #1: 7-5 Win (7-Innings) vs. BC Sooke Loggers

Brad Ezekiel 3HR & 7RBI, As DC Galway Hitmen (NL) Edged BC Sooke Loggers 7-5

DC Galway Hitmen (NL) Pitching Stats:
WP: Colin Walsh 7IP, 5R, 5ER, 4H, 1HBP, 1BB, 7K

DC Galway Hitmen (NL) Top Batters:
Brad Ezekiel 3-3, 3R, 3 Home Runs, 1BB, 7RBI
Jeremy O’Reilly 2-3, 1R
Shane Boland 1-3, 2R, 1BB
Justin Gill 1-3, 1R
Stephen Mullaley 1-3
Colin Walsh 1-3

DC Galway Hitmen (NL) RUNS:
3R 3rd: Trailing 4-0 Heading To The Bottom Of The 3rd Inning: Jeremy O’Reilly led-off the inning with a single, Justin Gill singled and O’Reilly advanced to second base and an error allowed O’Reilly to advance to third base and Gill to advance to second base on the play and With 1-Out: Brad Ezekiel stepped to the plate and hit a 3R Home Run to cut the lead to 4-3.

2R 5th: Trailing 5-3 Heading To The Bottom Of The 5th Inning: With 1-Out: Shane Boland walked and Brad Ezekiel stepped to the plate and hit a 2R Home Run to tie the game at 5-5.

2R 7th: With The Game Tied 5-5 Heading To The Bottom Of The 7th Inning: Shane Boland led-off the inning with a single and you guessed it, Brad Ezekiel stepped to the plate and hit a walk-off 2R Home Run to give the DC Galway Hitmen the 7-5 come-from-behind win!

Playoff Game #2: 5-2 Loss (7-Innings) vs. NS East Hants Shooters Bar & Grill Mastodons

DC Galway Hitmen (NL) Lost 5-2 To NS East Hants Shooters Bar & Grill Mastodons

DC Galway Hitmen (NL) Will Play Semi-Final On Sunday

DC Galway Hitmen (NL) Pitching Stats:
LP: Colin Walsh 7IP, 5R, 5ER, 8H, 2BB, 6K

DC Galway Hitmen (NL) Top Batters:
Blair Ezekiel 2-2, 1R, Double, 1BB
Colin Walsh 2-3, 2RBI
Mathieu Roy 2-3, 1BB
Shane Boland 1-3, 1BB

DC Galway Hitmen (NL) RUNS:
1R 4th: Trailing 3-0 Heading To The Bottom Of The 4th Inning: With 1-Out: Blair Ezekiel doubled, Blair Ezekiel advanced to third base on a wild pitch and With 2-Out: Colin Walsh singled to score Blair Ezekiel.

1R 6th: With 1-Out: Blair Ezekiel singled, Jordan Pomeroy came on to pinch-run for Blair Ezekiel at 1st base, Ryan Boland was Hit-By-Pitch and Pomeroy advanced to second base, Daniel Dalton came on to pinch-run for Ryan Boland at 1st base and Colin Walsh singled to score Pomeroy.

Next Playoff Game For DC Galway Hitmen (NL)

Semi-Final: Sunday, September 03, 2017 at 12-noon CST (3:30pm NL)
vs. Winner Quarter-Final Game Between SK4 Bulyea Rustlers vs. HOST Saskatoon Poly Plus Angels

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Tournament Notes

2017 Men’s Nationals: NL Award Winners & All-Star Team Selections

Shane Boland Was Named MVP (Qualifying Round) And Top Batter, While Teammate Mathieu Roy Was Selected To The All-Star Team (Outfield).

MVP (Qualifying Round)
SS Shane Boland (DC Galway Hitmen)
Batting: 5GP, 7-11 .636BA, 8R, 1D, 4HR, 1SAC, 3BB, 8RBI

Congratulations Shane!

Top Batter
SS Shane Boland (DC Galway Hitmen)
7-for-11 .636BA

Congratulations Shane!

All-Star Team Selection
OF Mathieu Roy (DC Galway Hitmen)
Batting: 5GP, 9-17 .529BA, 11R, 3D, 1T, 1HR, 1SB, 2BB, 8RBI

Congratulations Mathieu!