Tigers, Stingers even on points atop Huron County Fastball League

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

The Belmore Stingers have a slim lead in the Huron County Fastball League standings with a record of 12-3 and 24 points as they continue to manage a three-game losing streak.

 

The Brussels Tigers have won their last two games and are in second place, also with 24 points and a record of 12-2.
The Milverton Millwrights have won their last three games and sit in third place with a record of 9-3 and 18 points. The Sebringville Sting are in fourth place with a record of 8-4 and 16 points, followed by the Wingham Hitmen in fifth place with a record of 8-5 and 16 points, the sixth-place Mitchell Mets with a record of 7-5 and 14 points and the Monkton Muskrats in seventh place with a record of 6-7 and 12 points.

 

The Goderich Grizzlies are in eighth place with a record of 5-10 with 10 points, followed by the ninth-place Fullarton A’s at 4-8 with eight points, the 10th-place Walton Brewers with a record of 3-9-1 and seven points, the 11th-place Brussels Bangers with a record of 2-11-1 and five points and the last-place Wroxeter Rippers with a record of 2-10 and just four points.

 

On Aug. 4, the Milverton Millwrights were in Brussels to play the Bangers and won by a score of 13-9. That came hot on the heels of another win for the Millwrights, who hosted the Monkton Muskrats on Aug. 3 and won by a score of 10-9.

 

On Aug. 2, the first- and second-place teams clashed in Brussels with the Tigers beating the Belmore Stingers by a score of 8-7 in a game that went eight innings. Also that night, the Walton Brewers were in Mitchell to play the Mets and it was the home team that won by a score of 9-4.

 

On July 31, the Brussels Tigers were in Goderich to play the Grizzlies and the Tigers shut out the home team by a score of 7-0 in a game that took just six innings to complete.

 

On July 30, the Milverton Millwrights were due to play the Belmore Stingers in Belmore, but that game was postponed. Also that day, the Fullarton A’s hosted the Monkton Muskrats and Monkton won by a score of 8-6 in eight innings, while the Brussels Bangers hosted the Wingham Hitmen for a game originally scheduled for June 30 and the Hitmen won by a score of 11-2.

 

On Aug. 8, the Goderich Grizzlies were in Walton to play the Brewers, followed by Aug. 9 games between the Goderich Grizzlies and Brussels Bangers in Brussels and the Wingham Hitmen and Mitchell Mets in Mitchell, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.

 

On Aug. 10, the Fullarton A’s were in Sebringville to play the Sting in a game originally scheduled for June 23, but a score for that game was unavailable at press time.

 

Tonight, Aug. 11, there are four games on the Huron County Fastball League schedule. The Milverton Millwrights will be in Monkton to play the Muskrats, the Sebringville Sting will be in Brussels to play the Bangers, and the Mitchell Mets and Wroxeter Rippers will play a home-and-home double-header in Wroxeter. One of the games was originally scheduled to be played on July 12.

 

On Aug. 12, the Brussels Bangers will head to Wingham to play the Hitmen and, the next day, the Walton Brewers will be on the road to play the Sebringville Sting and the Fullarton A’s will host the Wroxeter Rippers.

 

The Walton Brewers are in action again on Aug. 15, heading to Fullarton to play the A’s, followed by an Aug. 16 contest between the Goderich Grizzlies and the Brussels Bangers in Brussels. Then, on Aug. 17, the Wroxeter Rippers will head to Milverton to play the Millwrights in a game originally scheduled to be played on July 20.

 

There are four games on the schedule for Aug. 18.

 

Battling for Brussels supremacy in, well, Brussels are the Tigers and the Bangers, while the Hitmen will host the Walton Brewers in Wingham, the Milverton Millwrights will be in Sebringville to play the Sting and the Wroxeter Rippers will play the Muskrats in Monkton.

 

On Aug. 20, the Brussels Bangers will be on the road for a game with the Sebringville Sting and the Wroxeter Rippers will host the Wingham Hitmen.

 

The next night, the Belmore Stingers and Wroxeter Rippers will play a home-and-home double-header in Wroxeter with one of the games originally scheduled to be played on June 25.

 

On Aug. 22, the Walton Brewers will host the Brussels Tigers and the Mitchell Mets will be in Sebringville to play the Sting in a game originally scheduled to be played on June 25.

 

On Aug. 23, the Goderich Grizzlies will be in Monkton to play the Mets and on Aug. 24, the Belmore Stingers will head to Milverton to play the Millwrights.

 

There are five games on the schedule for Aug. 25. The Sebringville Sting will host the Brussels Tigers, the Belmore Stingers will be in Brussels to play the Bangers, the Walton Brewers will play the Muskrats in Monkton, the Fullarton A’s will travel to Wroxeter to play the Rippers and the Goderich Grizzlies will host the Wingham Hitmen.

 

With the season winding down, many teams have fewer than 10 games left to play. Milverton, Sebringville, Mitchell, Fullarton and Wroxeter all have 10 games left to play, while Walton, Monkton and Wingham have nine, the Brussels Tigers and Brussels Bangers both have eight and the Belmore Stingers and Goderich Grizzlies both have seven games still left to play.