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Ltup from the onset, starting pitcher Steven Jay In add' surrendered eight its and haîf a dozen earned runs Wednesd before the end of the second inning. the other He was quickly replaced by minor midget call-up third and Nathan Perrott, who worked the balance of the contest a mun. and managed to hold the visitors under double-digit One o range with impoessive control and velocity - striking Neilson, out 10 batters along the way. field and Milton appeared ready to cut into their opponents' Martin * lead in the third when leadoff man Taylor Lawton the moui TUNE-UP AT MERV'S THIS SUMMER At MERV'S we carry premium quality Rotors, Antenna, Pre-Amps Supplement your viewilgl With Satellites! DSS EXPRESS VU (DIGITAL RECEPTON FOR1 MAAMUMVE WINVG PLEASEIRE) Authoifa.d Dd.alen PANASONIC, TECHNICS, TOHIBA M ERIVI' s t878-7776 rU~iTfllMIcs 575 ONTARIO ST. S. 1ELLEC IflUfI (The Dhrmy contre) M.A.H.C.H. " Water Fumnace %.tema *- Oaa Propaneanid " HeaM PuMpa - Air. 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Defensively, he threw out one runner at blocked the plate in the opening frame to stop )f the other few bright spots was Andrew who made a superb throw to home from left recorded a fourth-inning double. iGrove's Dan Roth went six strong innings on ai. He fanned a dozen Red Sox batters and enjoyed sound defence from bis infield unit. Milton enjoyed much better pitching in rgaine one, with Craig Foster turning in a complete seven-inning gem, but blown opportunities cost thein a 3-2 loss. They straded eigbt runners and gave up the gamne-winning mn in the sixthi inning. No upsets in playoff afrom SURPRISES on page 23 launched an inspiring air stnike that fea- tured lengthy touchdown passes to Dan Hierman and Keith Sommerville and two- point convert throws to Sommerville and Rob Young. Things went from bad to worse for Bruce Hood Travel in the dying moments of the first haif. Already down 24-3, they lost Stan Tranter to a twisted right knee and gave up a field goal to Dickens' Neil Garrett just before the whistle. Froin there Hierman scored two more majors - both on long bombs by Campbell - while Corey Howitt high- lighted the second half with an outstanding 85-yard punt return touchdown mun. Bruce Hood Travel nearly cut into dou- ble-digit range in the last two miinutes of play but were unable to converi Craig Gallagher's TD, scored on a fine 45-yard rush. GoodLife Fitness 40 HaIton Pool'N'Spa 6 Gaine two of the aftemoon played out in sîmilar fashion, with the underdogs gain- ing a quick lead before succumbing to an overwhelming passing game. Leading the way for GoodLife Fitness was pivot Ed Slabikowski - a former CFLer with Montreal. He connected on more than two dozen passes, including first haîf touchdown throws to Stefan St. Julien, Anthony Puckerîn and Tally Williams, an ex- Toronto Argonaut. Also showing strongly early on was Paul Brodeur, who hauled in a 30-yard pass and weaved bis way down to the one- yard lime to set up Williains' major. Trailing by two touchdowns after the first haîf, Halton Pool'N'Spa gambled with long bomb after long bomb but were further hindered by inaccuracy and sound coverage by Williams and Hayden Adains. Williams scored two more TDs for GoodLife while Bull McManus added one to round out the scoring. Halton Pool'N'Spa's lone major was scored by Jin McCurdy while Chris Green and Shaun Noronha made nice gains. GoodLife moves on to face ReMax while the Dickens battles the Waltzing Weasel in the other semnitinal tilt. F- BARBECUES Li L" -1