[Grande Prairie, AB] – The Vancouver Grey Sox were eliminated this morning from further competition at the inaugural Horse Lake Thunder Challenge event being held in Grande Prairie, AB. The host Thunder defeated the Grey Sox 7 – 2 in one of the semi final games played, and will now advance to today’s championship final vs the Saskatoon, SK Aspen Interiors Black Sox. * Note: the Saskatoon side later won the event with a 5 – 3 victory over the host Horse Lake team.
Horse Lake, AB Thunder 7 – Vancouver Grey Sox 2
WP – Karl Gollan, 4 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2ks, relief from Darren Zack (5), 3 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2ks.
LP – Mike Piechnik, 1.1 innings, 3 hits, 4 runs, 2BB, with relief from Collin McKenzie (2) 6 hits, 3 runs, 5ks.
The Grey Sox concluded the tournament with a record of 2 – 2, recording round robin wins over Camrose, AB Fury and Horse Lake, AB Thunder, and losing to the eventual tournament champions from Saskatoon. The Grey Sox season’s overall record now stands at 12 – 2.
Next Grey Sox Action is next weekend when we will host a super series in Vancouver vs. Horse Lake Thunder
Saturday June 7 – 3:00 & 5:00 pm
Sunday June 8 – 11:00 am & 1:00 pm
All games played at South Memorial Park – Vancouver.