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Sarnia, ON
– The Sarnia Rookie Braves recently finished 3rd at
the Ontario Baseball Association AAA Championship in
Kitchener.
The Braves
opened the 15 team tournament against Brampton
winning 5-3. Dylan O'Rae and Jack Symington had 3
hits a piece and scored 2 runs each. Jaxon
Lucas,Blake Butler and Cole Brydges each had 2 hits.
While Brydges had 4 runs batted in.
The Braves won game 2 beating North York 4-2.
Symington had 3 hits and scored 2 runs. Alex
Dafoe,O'Rae and Butler had 2 hits each. Kurtis
Allarydce 1 hit.
Sarnia defeated Vaughn 5-1 in 3rd round action.
Bailey Moffatt had 3 hits in the victory, Nick
Medeiros, Brydges, Symington, O'Rae added 2 hits
each.
In round 4 the Braves would find themselves up
against Markham the only other undefeated team.
After a long rain delay the Braves fell 4-0,Sarnia
only had 6 hits in the game. O'Rae had 2, Brydges,
Butler, Brennan Vanderkloet and Will O'Leary-Dilosa
had 1.
Sarnia then faced Cambridge in the 5th round. The
Braves would need a 7th inning come from behind 9-7
victory to advance to the next round.
Cole Brydges had 3 hits, Wesley Brooks, Carter
Barron, Symington, O'Rae, Butler and O'Leary-Dilosa
had 2 a piece.
After receiving a bye in round 6, Markham, Guelph
and Sarnia were the remaining 3 teams all with a 4-1
record. Sarnia and Guelph had to play to determine
who played Markham in the finals. The Braves
scattered 14 hits but could only score 1 run losing
5-1. O'Rae, Symington, Brydges and Butler managed 2
hits each. Colton Shepherd 1.
The Braves defence was spectacular all weekend
allowing only 22 runs in 6 games.
The Rookie Braves finished the season with a 50-7
record. They finished 1st in Tecumseh Tournament
beating Kitchener in the final, 2nd in St. Thomas
tournament, 1st in the London League regular season,
1st in London League playoffs.
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