The theme of the week so far at the Baseball Canada National Championships is close games as a few more games were tight to start day three.
At the Women’s Senior championships, it took eight innings for Alberta to take the victory over New Brunswick, 5-3. Alberta jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but New Brunswick tied the game with runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings to force extras before Alberta would take the lead for good in eighth.
The host team continues their success at the Senior Men’s championship. Québec City improved their record to 3-0 with a win over Nova Scotia by a score of 9-8. In other Senior Men’s action, Manitoba got the win over Newfoundland and Labrador, 5-1 and Ontario (Tecumseh) fell to British Columbia by a score of 4-0.
The Pee-Wee Girls were not following the theme of the week as Québec crushed Newfoundland and Labrador 23-1. Noémie Losier of Varennes, Québec was 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored in the game. Also, British Columbia did not follow the theme as they went on to beat Ontario 11-0. On the other hand, Alberta and Québec City played to a one-run game as Alberta took the victory, 12-11.
Alberta improved to 2-0 in the Bantam Girls championship with a 17-6 win over Manitoba. And British Columbia got their first win of the championship, defeating Saskatchewan 5-2.
New Brunswick scored six runs in the third inning to improve their record to 3-0 with a 7-1 win over Alberta in the Baseball Canada Cup championship. Robert Gallant of Miramichi, N.B. pitched a complete game three-hitter, allowing only the one run with a walk and four strikeouts. In other morning games, Manitoba earned their first win of the championship, 10-0 over Newfoundland and Labrador. British Columbia earned their second consecutive win over Québec, this time by a 9-2 score and Ontario edged Saskatchewan, 6-5.
For updated information and scores at all championship tournaments, please be sure to check out the Championships link here at www.baseball.ca.
