Good pitching wins ball games.

Experience doesn't hurt either.

The Roadhouse Pirates proved both during their 9-2 win over the Casa Loma Jays in the Whitehorse Fastball League final at the Pepsi Softball Centre last night.

Both teams were evenly matched out of the gate before the Pirates pulled away.

With two outs, Jays Drew Sprokkreff drove in Jared Tuton to start off the scoring in the first.

The Pirates countered at the bottom of the inning with Jeff Jensen's two-run double.

Pirates pitcher Duane Purych took it from there, holding the Jays to one run until the fourth.

The Roadhouse added another two runs in the fourth and three in the sixth to put the Jays away heading into the last inning.

There was no question in Jensen's mind what made the difference.

"Pitching. We played good defense and scored enough to win,” Jensen said. Simple enough.

"They're younger and faster – we're the oldest team in the league,” he added. "You always got to expect to win; but we're just out to have some fun.”

Jays Mike Beauchamp said his side struggled to hit off Purych.

"We just couldn't catch up with them, couldn't hit the ball, not too many errors,”

Beauchamp said. "Playing these guys, they're all old-timers, they know how to hit the ball, so if you don't know how to hit the ball you're not winning.”

The Pirates knocked out the Roadhouse Giants in the semi-finals the previous night 9-2, while the Jays beat the Cinderwood Hitmen 10-3 to reach the finals. The

Hitmen downed the Giants to win third place.

This was the first season in some 10 years a fastball league had graced the diamond in the city, with four teams squaring off once each week leading up to the playoffs on Aug. 9-10.

Jensen and Beauchamp agreed the season was a good first step to growing the league.

"We're looking forward to playing again next year and playing more games and attracting more fans,” Jensen said.

"We're just starting the league so it's just a matter of having guys coming out and getting interested and trying to get some fans coming out, so next year we can have two nights in the park (per week).”

Beauchamp added: "It's more about having fun than winning for most of us; it's nice to win, but it's good to have a league and be able to get out and play some ball.”