On Tuesday night in Kendal the Eagles took to the field against the Oshawa Jr. team. The Eagles sent veteran right-hander Troy Foster to the hill. Once again he was a rock for a team that has had some very serious problems on the mound this season. Foster picked up the complete game victory, giving up only four hits and allowing just a single run. He was in control for the entire game and his curve ball was spot on as he struck out eight. Leading the way for the Eagles’ hitters were player coaches, Corey Fenton and BJ Hackett, who each picked up a pair of hits.
Almost a week later, on Monday night the Eagles looked to make it two in a row against the Oshawa Club. The newest Eagle, Lars Clay took to the bump for the Birds on this night. Clay threw well, over seven innings he scattered eight hits, allowing three earned runs and struck out eight. However, the Eagles offence was snake bitten. The Boys in Blue had runners on in almost every inning and were spraying line drives all over the field. But, most of those line drives ended up right at an Oshawa infielder. The end result was another shutout of the teams offence. Chris Stark led the Eagle’s bats with three hits. Rookie lefty, Chris 'Sweat the Jet' Davis, pitched another scoreless inning to maintain his 0.00 ERA.
The Eagles will head to Port Hope to take on the Flyers this Wednesday, 7:30 start. Then the Blue Birds are back in Kendal on Sunday for a game against the Port Hope Jr. team, noon start.

KENDAL EAGLES 6
Port Hope Jr's 7

On Thursday August 4th, the Eagles travelled to the Port Hope Town Park to play the Jr. River Rats. Troy Foster took to the hill for the Blue Birds and threw another gem. The Eagles took a 6-5 lead into the ninth inning, Chris ‘Sweaty’ Davis came on in relief looking for the save. He was rocked for two doubles on two pitches and the game was tied. Davis was able to pitch out of the rest of the inning to preserve the tie. However, the following inning Port Hope put runners on the corners and the Birds found yet another way to lose a ball game. With the infield in, the hitter popped one up behind second base, an infield fly was called and two bagger, Jay Hamilton was unable to track the ball down. The runner scampered home and the Eagles lost the game on an infield fly. Foster was magnificent, throwing eight innings, giving up one earned run and striking out eleven. Bryan Landry once again led the offence going 4-6 and John Line had a power surge, knocking out two long balls.

KENDAL EAGLES 6
PORT HOPE FLYERS 9
On Wednesday August 10th, the Blue Birds took on the Port Hope Flyers. The Eagles had 3-0 and 6-3 leads but, for the second game in a row were unable to hold onto the lead. The Birds ended up losing the game 9-6. Nick Stacey took the loss, allowing seven earned runs on eleven hits over six and two third innings. Tyler Knight led the way offensively with one hit and an RBI.

Port Hope Jr's 5
KENDAL EAGLES 6
This past Sunday in Kendal the Eagles played a doubleheader against the Port Hope River Rats. In his first start since injuring his throwing arm, Phil Cammisulli threw a great game. He pitched five strong innings and left the game with a 3-2 lead. Mark Foster came into the game and struggled through one and a third innings. He left the game with the Birds down 5-3. In the Eagles half of the inning they scored two runs and coach/pinch hitter, BJ Hackett had a walk off single to win the game. Kyle Vowles threw only seven pitches in relief of Foster to ‘vulture’ a win. Tyson Gimblett was locked in offensively and knocked out four hits in four plate appearances, while scoring three runs and picking up an RBI.


Port Hope Jr's 0
KENDAL EAGLES 10
In the second game of the afternoon the Eagles got to the River Rats pitchers early and often. Landry, Gimblett and Vowles each clubbed out three hits a piece. Troy Foster threw another shutout, facing nineteen batters, only one over the minimum and lowing his league leading ERA to 0.29. Tyson Gimblett had a career day at the plate going 7-8 in the two games.
The Eagles will start a three game series with the Port Hope Flyers, both teams are looking to stay sharp for the up coming Provincial tournaments. The series will start this Sunday in Kendal, noon game time. Both teams will head to Port Hope on Wednesday and then return to Kendal for a Friday night game, both of these games will start at 7:30.

The Port Hope Flyers shown above dawning the Blue and Red of the Kendal Eagles after losing a heart breaking game 3, 7 to 2 at Harvey Jackson Memorial Park on Friday night. The jersey swap and a couple cases of cold beverages were put on the line in the big 3 game series.

Eagles 7 vs Port Hope 2

Jay Carroll - 7ip, 5 hits, 5 K's

John Line - 2 for 4 - 1 hr, 3 rbi's
Chris Stark 2 for 3 - 1 rbi
Mark Foster 1 for 3 - 2 rbi's
Nick Stacey 2 for 4

2011 - SENIOR MENS "A" PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

The Kendal Eagles are hosting the 2011 Senior "A" Mens Championships on Labour day weekend at Harvey Jackson Memorial Park.

The 5 team tournament begins Friday September 2 with the finals scheduled for Sunday afternoon. The teams competing for a Provincial "A" title are the Merriton Alliance, Forest Dragans, Ivy Leafs, Orillia Majors and the Kendal Eagles. Shown below is a tentative copy of the round robin schedule.


Click on the link above for printable round robin schedule.