For fans in St. Thomas, Brandon and Fort McMurray there was plenty of baseball on the day as three different Baseball Canada National Championship events kicked into high gear as play moves into the weekend.
DQ® 13U National Western Championship
OTTAWA- Action at three different Baseball Canada National Championships will begin on Thursday, August 16thand run through Sunday, August 19thincluding the DQ® 13U National Western Championship in Brandon, Manitoba, the 18U Championship in Fort McMurray, Alberta and the 21U Men’s Championships in St. Thomas, Ontario.
For the ninth time in history, Ontario is the gold medal winner at the Baseball Canada Cup featuring 17U all-star provincial teams.
For the second time in three years Québec are gold medal winners at the 21U Women’s Invitational Championships.
Host New Brunswick and Ontario will meet in tomorrow’s first semi-final match-up after both squads clinched first place in their respective pools earlier today at the Baseball Canada Cup in Moncton.
Fans in Stonewall, Manitoba were treated some tremendous baseball at the 21U Women’s Invitational as semi-final games were played.
Host Manitoba and Nova Scotia both scored big upset wins over Québec and Ontario respectively to turn the 21U Women’s Invitational in Stonewall, Manitoba into anyone's event with the final day of round-robin competition coming on Saturday.
After Thursday’s action was completely washed out due to heavy rains, ten games were played today at the Baseball Canada Cup in Moncton.
Play at the Baseball Canada Cup in Moncton was suspended due to heavy rain that hit the area causing games to be rescheduled. Play will resume on Friday with a revised schedule that can be found here.