Held in Oklahoma City, OK
Gold Medal Game – West defeated East 25-21
West exploded for 33 hits, including 10 HRs to claim Gold with a 25-21 win over the East Homers by Dennis Graser and Dave Johnson keyed the West’s 7 run 2nd inning. Then in the 3rd,
Consecutive blasts by Dave Johnson, Dave Allen and Steve Blanchette highlighted a 6-run inning. The East rallied to make it 18-17 in the 6th as Bruce Meade, Ted Cox and Mark Martin all
homered. West then scored 7 in the top of the 7th as Dave Allen and Doug Flynn both homered. The East scored 4 runs in the 7th, but fell three of a comeback. Mike Macenko hit his 2nd
HR of the game and 16th HR overall in the last inning, but to no avail. For the West; Dennis Graser, Dave Johnson, Dave Allen and Steve Blanchette all hit 2 HRs. Doug Flynn and Gary Jones
each hit one. For the East; Mike Macenko hit 2 and Jon Kramer, Ron Murphy, Kevin Fleming, Ted Cox, Mark Martin and Bruce Meade all hit one.
Bronze Medal Game – North defeated South 19-18.
Doug Berfeldt crushed a HR in the bottom of the 7th to give the North a 19-18 victory over the south. The game featured 11 HRs, three by Berfeldt. Doug Johnson hot a HR for the North.
For the South; Rich Plante, Andy Sanzaro, Dave Steffen and Greg Fuhrman all hit homers.
178 Home Runs were hit during the tournament during the 14 festival games, including the Medal Round.
HR Leaders:
- Mike Macenko, East -16
- Bruce Meade, East -14
- Rick Scherr, North -12
- Darrell Beeler, South -11
- Ted Cox, East -10
- Rick Plante, South -10
- Doug Berfeldt, North – 9
- Mark Martin, East – 9
- Dave Johnson, West – 8
- Jon Kramer, East – 8
- Bruce Bailey, North – 7
Pitching Records
- Greg Fuhrman, South 4-2
- Dave Elder, West 4-3
- Ted Larsen, North 3-4
- Mike Jacobs, East 3-4
- Ron Whittleton, South 0-1
Round Robin (Play each team twice) (Top-2 play for Gold, Bottom-2 play for Bronze)
Final Standings
Team Record RF RA Diff Hits HRs
1. East 3-3 157-131 +26 175 56
2. West 3-3 102-100 +2 123 27
3. North 3-3 112-110 +2 139 33
4. South 3-3 81-101 -20 99 28
– Note- Run Differential was the tie-breaker, since West and South both had (+2), th enext tie breaker was fewest runs allowed and West came
out on top giving up 100 runs versus North’s 110.
Game Scores
- North 17 – West 13
- East 33 – South 12
- North 18 – East 11
- West 18 – South 3
- West 24 – East 21
- South 13 – North 10
- West 21 – North 16
- South 30 – East 20
- East 40 – North 31
- South 11 – West 10
- North 20 – South 12
- East 32 – West 16
