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Quakertown gets Tri-Co sweep
By Ted Meixell
Of The Morning Call
Mike
Schaffer ushered home Bob Drumbore with an eight-inning sacrifice fly to
deep center last night and lefthander Scott Davis made it hold up to give
Quakertown a 2-1 victory over host Limeport at Fegely Stadium and a two-game
sweep of their Tri-County League playoff quarterfinal series.
Quakertown will open the semifinal round on the road Tuesday against either
Coplay or regular season champion Upper Perkiomen. North Parkland will be in
the other semi, again against either Coplay or Upper Perk.
Davis earned a narrow decision over Limeport's Bill Fatzinger in a nifty
duel between two stylish young southpaws. He struck out six and did not walk
a batter. Fatzinger, meanwhile, sent six Quakertown (22-7) hitters muttering
back to the dugout, but he got himself in hot water with seven walks - and
that, in the end, proved his undoing.
Davis never would've had the chance to win the duel, however, had it not
been for his own powerful bat. He clubbed a 1-0 offering from Fatzinger over
the 355-foot sign in right field leading off the fourth to stake himself to
a 1-0 lead.
Limeport, whose season ended at 15-14, drew even in the fifth when first
baseman Ishky Fatzinger, Bill's father (you read that right: his father!)
drilled a single to right, moved to second on Bob Zeky's sacrifice and
scored on Jim Schaffer's scorching double down the left field line.
But
as the game moved into extra innings, Drumbore led off the eighth by
slapping an opposite field single to left. B. Fatzinger then walked both
Davis and Bob Kile to load the bases with none out. M. Schaffer followed
with his sacrifice fly and, although B. Fatzinger slammed the door and
allowed no further scoring, the damage had been done. Davis ended the game
with a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth.
According to his coach, Chip Friday, Davis's pitching performance was most
welcome. "Scott had," Friday said, "what I'm sure he'd tell you was an
average year at best. But he came through when we needed it, just like he
did against Limeport two years ago in the playoffs: he pitched a no-hitter
that time."
Davis did not disagree. "I finally threw a game worth talking about," he
said. "The key was I didn't walk anybody, I got the ball over. I'll tell
you, Billy (Fatzinger) threw a heck of a game, too - too good to lose."
Of
his fourth-inning dinger, he smiled and said, "I surprised myself. I was
hoping for a fastball, and that's what he threw me. And it was out over the
plate."
A
guy asked if he was happier with his pitching or his hitting. He thought a
while, smiled, then said, "Under the circumstances, tonight I'd have to say
the pitching."
Friday and Davis's teammates were happy with both.
From The Morning Call --
August 2, 1987
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The Morning Call
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