OTTAWA- BC staked their claim as a contender at the Bantam Girl’s championship in Richmond, BC as they sailed to a 13-3 victory over Nova Scotia. In the 1st inning BC got out to an early 3-0 lead when Avery Hutton (North Vancouver, BC) scored on a wild-pitch which was followed by RBI singles from Maryse Garcia (Surrey, BC) and Hailee Renkers (Surrey, BC). BC would add to their lead in both the 2nd and 3rd innings by scoring four runs in each frame. On the mound Lexie Brennis (Delta, BC) tossed three no-hit innings and struck out six to earn the victory. Nova Scotia got on the board in the 5th with two runs and scored another in the 6th on an RBI single from Jenna-Marie Burns (Sackville, NS). BC put two more runs across in the top of the 7th and Tamara Derby (Coquitlam, BC0 pitched a scoreless 7th inning to secure the win.
Breanne Wilson-Bennett (Markham, ON) was 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in leading Ontario to a 10-0 mercy rule win over Richmond.
BC continued their dominance in tournament as they beat Saskatchewan soundly 21-8. Several BC players had good performances at the plate, but the most impressive was Sydney Elrick (Surrey, BC) who was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI. For Saskatchewan, Lacy Jurke (Maidstone, SK) was 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Bantam Boys
In a game that was closer than the final score indicated, Alberta got by PEI 12-7 at the Bantam Boys championship in Vaughan, ON. With the score tied 5-5 in the 4th inning, Doug Clapperton (Calgary, AB) had an RBI single and later scored on a Brayden Munro (Okotoks, AB) single to put the Albertans up by two. Clapperton would again rise to the occasion in the 5th with a two-run single as part of a five-run inning. PEI fought back with two runs in the 7th when Nick Kays (Charlottetown, PEI) scored and then J.J Oram (Summerside, PEI) came around to score on a bases loaded walk. In the end Jayde Johnson (Calgary, AB) struck out the final batter to end the game. Kyler Kleibrink (Okotoks, AB) picked up the win for Alberta while John Patrick Stevenson (New Glasgow, PEI) took the loss for PEI.
Québec used a seven-run 4th inning to defeat New Brunswick by a final score of 14-4. Louis Bedard (Québec City, QC) had three of Québec’s seventeen hits and also had two RBI.
Manitoba smashed-out ten hits and took advantage of nine Newfoundland errors to win 10-0. Taeron Lewis (Winnipeg, MB) had three hits and scored two runs while Nelson Quark (Winnipeg, MB) tossed the victory for Manitoba.
Vaughan handed PEI their second loss of the day as Justin Orton (Windsor, ON) had a homerun and three RBI to lead his team to a 12-0 victory.
Saskatchewan continued the trend of lopsided scores as they pounded New Brunswick 11-1. Jordan Schultz (Strasbourg, SK), Jager Toffan (Regina, SK) and Emery Anderson (Regina, SK) each belted homerun’s in the victory.
Senior Men
Scott Rhynold (Prince George, BC) had a dominant outing on the mound, tossing a complete game two-hitter as BC beat up on Ilderton (Onatrio-2) 6-0 at the Senior Men’s championship in Dartmouth, NS. Sean Hotzak (North Vancouver, BC) broke a scoreless tie in the 3rd inning by belting a two-run homer to put his team up by two. In the 4th inning BC put the game out of reach as Cory Stang (Surrey, BC) and Jeff Sheppard (Burnaby, BC) joined the party by each drilling two-run homers to give BC the commanding lead. From there Rhynold kept the Ilderton batters at bay for the rest of the game.
Red Deer (Alberta-1) used a three-run 5th inning to break a 4-4 tie and held on for a 9-4 victory over Nova Scotia. Jason Chatwood (Red Deer, AB) and Delton Kruk (Devon, AB) each had two hits and two RBI to pace Red Deer offensively.
Newfoundland held off a furious comeback attempt by Fort Saskatchewan (Alberta-2) in the 7th inning to win 6-5. Newfoundland pounded fifteen hits including three from Peter Madden (St. John’s, NF) and Karl Dehart (St. John’s, NF) went the distance to earn the victory.
In the final game of the evening Steve Nelson (Dartmouth, NS) was fabulous on the mound, fashioning a complete game one-hitter to lead Dartmouth to a shutout victory over Manitoba 4-0.
Notes: Fans can follow all of the games live, courtesy of Pointstreak by visiting: http://baseballcanada.bbstats.pointstreak.com/scoreboard.html?leagueid=110&seasonid=373
