Senior Men (Miramichi, NB)
*PLEASE NOTE, AT SENIOR MEN CHAMPIONSHIP:BOTH SEMI-FINALS WILL START AT 9AM (AST) BRONZE & GOLD MEDAL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT NOON (AST) DUE TO THE THREAT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.
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BC-7 Newfoundland-0 (Quarter-Final)
Steve McCea (Coquitlam, BC) tossed a four-hit shutout as BC advanced to the semi-finals with a 7-0 win over Newfoundland. Mike Elias’ (Delta, BC) RBI single in the first proved to be the winning run and Kevin Atkinson (Langley, BC) added a two-run homer in the sixth. BC will meet host Chatham in the first semi-final.
ON1 Windsor-10 Alberta-0 (Quarter-Final)
Windsor also booked a trip to the semi-finals with a 10-0 mercy-rule win over Alberta. Adam Ellwood (Windsor, ON) broke a scoreless tie in the fourth when he scored from third on a passed ball and Matt Varacalli (LaSalle, ON) contributed a two-run triple. Windsor will now face New Brunswick in the other semi-final.
Manitoba-5 NS2 Halifax-2
Kevin McNeill (Carberry, MB) and Aaron Hildebrandt (Altona, MB) each homered as Manitoba defeated Halifax 5-2. Anthony Friesen (Somerset, MB) went the distance on the mound and fanned five to give Manitoba their first win.
Alberta-5 ON2 Mississauga-4 (9 innings)
Denver Wik (Red Deer, AB) scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to propel Alberta into the quarter-finals with a 5-4 win over Mississauga. Alberta led 4-0 until the seventh when Mississauga scored four runs to tie the game. Andrew Dos Santos (Mississauga, ON) had a single and two RBI’s for Mississauga while Alberta’s Jason Chatwood (Red Deer, AB) had three singles and one RBI.
ON1 Windsor-6 BC-4
Adam Ellwood (Windsor, ON) singled and scored a run as part of a three-run sixth to help Windsor to a 6-4 win over BC. Jared Johnson (Kelowna, BC) hit a solo homer for BC in the seventh.
Newfoundland-4 Alberta-2
Mario Tee (St. John’s, NL) gave Newfoundland the start they needed on the mound as they earned a quarter-final berth with a 4-2 win over Alberta. Newfoundland scored all of their runs in the second inning where Bernard Madden (St. John’s, NL) had an RBI single and scored a run.
Other round-robin scores saw Chatham’s Robbie Murphy (Saint John, NB) toss a no-hitter as his team pounded Manitoba 10-0 in a six inning game and Dartmouth defeat New Brunswick, 13-2, after New Brunswick had already clinched first place in Pool B.
