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Semiprobaseball:FarleytopsKeyWestforPrairie
Leaguechampionship
ByMikeSteffensTHMedia|Posted:Sunday,August23,20159:49pm
AlanSeabrookesRBIsingleinthefirstinningofSundaysPrairieLeagueChampionshipdidmore
thanjustgiveFarleyaonerunlead.ItgavetheHawksjustthesparktheyneeded.
Iwouldsaygettingarunrightawayinthefirstinning,saidFarleystartingpitcherAndySeabrooke
whenaskedthekeytothegame.Ifwedontscoreearly,wedonteverreallygetanythinggoing.It
waskeytoscoreearlyandgiveourselvessomeconfidence.
Afterstrugglingtoscoreallseason,Farleyplatedfiverunsontheirwaytoa52winoverKeyWest
inthetitlegameatPeosta.Inthesemifinals,FarleydefeatedBellevue,51.Farleywonitsfirst
tournamentsinceCascadelastsummer.
Itfeelsgreatinayearthatwestruggled,FarleymanagerPaulScherrmansaid.Itsrewardingthat
wefinallyputsomegoodplaytogetherandwonachampionship.
Enteringthechampionshipgame,Farleylookedliketheunderdog.TheHawkswent117inthe
PrairieLeague,whileKeyWestwent162.
Itfeelsgoodtobeatthem,AndySeabrookesaid.Ithinkweveplayedthematleastsixtimesand
onlybeatthemoncebeforetoday.Theyareareallytoughteamthisyear.
AndySeabrookehadasixstrikeoutperformancetogoalongwithwhatwouldendupbeingthegame
winningtworuntripleinthethirdinning.HealsoscoredonaCraigKerpersingleafterhistriple.
Hespitchedsomegamesthathaventgoneourwaybecausewehaventgottenhits.Finallyweput
somehitstogetherinthisgameandgothimsomeruns,Scherrmansaid.Ifwewouldhavescored
himfiverunseverygame,wemightnothavelostagamethisyear.
BothScherrmanandAndySeabrookeagreedthatgettingthetimelyhitschangedtheoutcomeofboth
ofSundaysgames.
Inbothgames,wehadsometimelyhittingwhichwaslackingthewholeseason,Scherrmansaid.
Wescoredsomeruns,whichwehavestruggledwithmostoftheyear,addedAndySeabrooke.
Thekeywasgettingthebighitthatscoredtheruns.
DespitegettingsixstrikeoutsAndySeabrookefeltasthoughhewasstrugglingtothrowstrikesand
reliedonhisteammatesdefensetogetthroughthechampionshipgame.Farleyonlyhadoneerrorin
bothgamescombined.
Iwasjusttryingtohitmyspotsandactuallygetpopups,saidAndySeabrooke.Inthewindthe
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popupswerentgoingtogoveryfar.
FarleywillfinishitsseasonintheBernardtournament,whichbeginsthisweekend.
WegetalittleconfidencegoingintotheBernardtournamentandintotheoffseason,saidAndy
Seabrooke.

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