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August 16, 2002 |
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ICC drubs Lehigh Twp. to win
Tri-Co title
Pitcher Marty Rowan makes start of
his life on short notice, and Pirates beat Brewers 11-3.
By Tim Shoemaker
Special to The Morning Call
Marty Rowan's
Tri-County League career was supposed to be over long before Thursday
night.
Rowan, 36, an 11-year veteran of the league, recently told his friend
and manager, Mike Brosious, that this year would be his last. He wasn't
supposed to pitch for the ICC Pirates in the fourth game of the
championship series against the Lehigh Township Brewers. Ryan Lindley,
the team's ace, was the scheduled starter.
But Lindley didn't show up. He'd signed a contract with the Allentown
Ambassadors earlier in the day.
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So with about 10
minutes to warm up, Rowan made the start of his life.
Spotting a fastball, changeup and curve, Rowan scattered five hits over
five innings to lead the Pirates to an 11-3 victory and their first
Tri-County championship at Bethlehem Township Municipal Park.
The game was called in the bottom of the fifth inning because of
darkness.
"It's just a fantastic feeling," Rowan said. "I'm so happy for all of
these guys."
Rowan pitched about 20 innings this year just to become eligible for the
playoff roster. He made two memorable appearances in the playoffs. He
walked into a bases-loaded, one-out, 8-4 game in the deciding game
against Limeport in the first round and got two flyouts for the save.
Lehigh Township (31-15) got three runs in the top of the second. Jeremy
Bartha singled, stole second and scored on a double error. Brandon
Leslie drove in Omar Torres with a sacrifice fly, and Bryn Lindenmuth
singled in Charlie Torres.
ICC (31-16) scored four runs to take the lead for good in the bottom of
the second. After Kyle Ruff and Chad Stecker drove in runs, Josh
Mohlmann gave the Pirates a 4-3 lead with a two-run double.
The game was called after Stecker walked with two outs in the bottom of
the fifth. Brosious had Erik Ruff, normally a short reliever, warmed up,
but did not need him to pitch.
"Unbelievable job," said Brosious, the team's manager for five years.
"[Rowan] deserves everything he gets. He's an MVP. I told Marty just to
keep it close. Erik Ruff was warmed up, but [Rowan] just kept getting
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ICC PITCHER MARTY ROWAN delivers in the
third inning of Game 4 of the Tri-County League championship series
against Lehigh Township at Bethlehem Township Park. Rowan started
the game because Ryan Lindley, the scheduled starter, had signed
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Stecker and Dave Stauffer each had three of ICC's 13 hits off four
different Brewers pitchers.
"Nobody deserves the championship more than [Brosious] does," Rowan
said. "He's my friend off the field. It's a thrill to win it with him."
Lehigh Township twice made poor base-running decisions; the more costly
of the two was in the fourth.
With runners on second and third and none out, Bartha hit a grounder to
shortstop Stecker. Stecker threw to catcher Kyle Ruff, who had Eric
Schmitt in a rundown and threw him out at third.
But after third baseman Erik Ruff made the tag on Schmitt, he looked up
and saw Steve Unger caught between second and third. Erik Ruff threw to
Mohlmann, who tagged out Unger at second.
"I got fortunate," Rowan said. "They ran themselves out of a couple
innings. That helps."
"We kind of folded up right then and there," Lehigh Township manager
Shawn Andrews said. "The momentum switched right there. But I don't want
to come down on Unger. He is a big part of the reason we were here.
Hopefully, this is a learning experience. To win a championship, you
have to learn from your losses and come back from it."
Lehigh Township
030 00 — 3 5 2
ICC Pirates
041 33 — 11 13 3
Friebolin, Kelowitz (3), Bowen (4), Erschen (5) and Schmitt. Rowan and
K. Ruff.
Tim Shoemaker is a
freelance writer.
From The Morning Call --
August 16, 2002
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The Morning Call
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