The Lightning from Marshall, MI won the 2014 Coldwater Early Bird Tournament.  They finished with a 4-1 record and defeated Crouch Electric of Quincy, MI in the Championship Game.  Lance Adams (.600 batting average) was named the Most Valuable Hitter and Sean Kelly (4-1) was the Most Valuable Pitcher. Pool play results and game summaries are listed below.
Pool Play Standings:1. Dark Horse Thunder (1-0-1)ÂÂ
2. DC Outlaws (1-0-1) ÂÂ
3. Marshall Lightning (1-1)
4. Crouch Electric (1-1)
5. Hastings Blues (1-1)
6. Wrightway Tree Service (1-1)
7. Smalltown Fastpitch (0-2)
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Game Summaries:
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Game 1
Thunder          4
Crouch Electric     1
WP- Kyle Crawford             ÂÂ
LP- Jon Gwizdala
HR- Tassos (Thunder), Foco (Crouch)    ÂÂ
Game 2
Wrightway          5
Lightning           4
WP- Scott Ampe with relief from Greg Heath   ÂÂ
LP- Sean Kelly
HR- Heath, Tinervia (Wrightway), B. Skirka (Lightning)  ÂÂ
Game 3
Blues             7
Smalltown          5
WP- Ryan Nichols
LP- Zach Lach
HR- Lach, Davis, Cuddahee (Smalltown), Johnson (Blues)- Walk-off HR
Game 4 (time limit after 7 innings)
Thunder           1
Outlaws            1
P- Ty. Kelly/Crawford (Thunder)
P- Josh Gray (Outlaws)
HR- Miller (Outlaws)- lead of the game with HR
Game 5
Crouch            9
Wrightway          2
WP- Jon Gwizdala
LP- Greg Heath
HR- Elser (Crouch)
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Game 6
Outlaws            12
Smalltown           8
WP- Lane Bender  ÂÂ
LP- Zach Lach
HR- Davis (Smalltown), Lawmaster, Czarnecki, Brown (Outlaws)
Game 7
Lightning           4 ÂÂ
Blues              1
WP- Sean KellyÂÂ
LP- Ryan Nichols
HR- T. Kelly, D. Skirka (Lightning), Davis (Blues)
Game 8 (Playoffs)
Crouch            8          ÂÂ
Blues              5           ÂÂ
WP- Jon Gwizdala
LP- Ryan Nichols
HR- Franson (Crouch)
Game 9
Smalltown          10
Outlaws            6
WP- Zach Lach
LP- Josh Gray
HR- Woodruff (Smalltown), Lawmaster, Czarnecki (Outlaws)
Game 10
Lightning          7
Wrightway         0
WP- Sean Kelly
LP- Matt Wright
HR- B. Skirka, Bradford (Lightning)
Game 11
Crouch            7
Thunder           6
WP- Jon Gwizdala
LP- Tyler Kelly in relief of Kyle Crawford
HR- Krenzke, Foco (Crouch), Dudley, Asher (Thunder)
Game 12
Lightning            8
Smalltown           4
WP- Sean Kelly
LP- Zach Lach
HR- Lach (Smalltown)
Game 13 (Championship)
Lightning            7
Crouch              5
WP- Sean Kelly
LP- Jon Gwizdala
HR- T. Kelly (Lightning), Ball (Crouch)
Thanks
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Coldwater Softball Association
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