Brussels Bangers defeat Walton Brewers in Brussels Ball Day game
BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN
In the very young Huron County Fastball League season, the Belmore Stingers are in first place with a perfect record of 2-0 and four points.
The Brussels Bangers are in second place with two points and a record of 1-1, followed by the third-place Brussels Tigers and fourth-place Goderich Grizzlies, both with records of 1-0 and two points each.
The rest of the standings are as follows: the Mitchell Mets are in fifth place (1-1), Monkton Muskrats in sixth (1-1), Sebringville Sting (1-0) in seventh, Wroxeter Rippers (1-0) in eighth, Elmira U20 (0-2-1) in ninth, the Fullarton A’s (0-1) in 10th and the Walton Brewers (0-3-1) in 11th.
Neither the Milverton AW Millwrights nor the Wingham Hitmen have played their first game of the season yet, with a full schedule of 20 games remaining.
On May 28, despite two solo home runs from Shawn Bromley, the Walton Brewers fell to the Brussels Tigers in Walton by a score of 8-2. The next night, Mitchell shutout Elmira in Linwood by a score of 7-0.
Two of the three games played on May 31 went the way of the home teams. The Sebringville Sting welcomed the Walton Brewers to town and beat them by a score of 9-0, thanks in no small part to a no-hitter thrown by Chad Fink. The Fullarton A’s played the Grizzlies in Goderich, only to fall to the home team by a score of 8-1. Meanwhile, in Monkton, the Muskrats lost to the Belmore Stingers by a score of 9-2.
On June 1, as part of Brussels Ball Day, the Brussels Bangers delighted local audiences with an 8-5 win over the Walton Brewers, putting the cherry on top of a great day of local baseball for the Brussels fans.
The June 2 contest between the Belmore Stingers and the Sebringville Sting in Rostock was postponed due to the rain and will be made up at a later date.
On June 4, the Mitchell Mets visited the Walton Brewers and, the next night, the Wingham Hitmen played their first game of the season in Brussels against the Tigers and the Goderich Grizzlies travelled to Elmira to play the U20 team, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.
Tonight, Friday, June 7, the Mitchell Mets will be in Milverton to play the AW Millwrights, the Brussels Bangers will host the Fullarton A’s and the Brussels Tigers will be in Wroxeter to play the Rippers.
There are three games on the schedule for Sunday, June 9, with the Belmore Stingers hosting Milverton, the Wingham Hitmen travelling to Wroxeter to play the Rippers and the Fullarton A’s hosting the Monkton Muskrats.
On June 11, the Walton Brewers will host Milverton. The next night, the Belmore Stingers will travel to Linwood for a game with Elmira, the Goderich Grizzlies will be in Mitchell to play the Mets and the first face-off between the Brussels Tigers and Bangers will be played with the Tigers serving as the home team. Then, on June 13, the Mitchell Mets will play the Stingers in Belmore.
There are four games on the schedule for June 14. The Fullarton A’s will host the Wingham Hitmen, Milverton will travel to Sebringville to play the Sting, the Brussels Tigers will play the Muskrats in Monkton and the Walton Brewers will head to Wroxeter to play the Rippers.
For more information and a full schedule, visit the league’s website at huroncountyfastball.com.