Portland, OR
The Vancouver Grey Sox completed round robin play with a record of 2-1 at the Rose Cup Tournament being held in Portland, Oregon. Results from all Grey Sox games played thus far are enclosed below.
The Grey Sox now advance to Sunday’s single elimination playoff round and will be matched up with the Horse Lake, AB Thunder with the winner of that game advancing to play the Palm Springs, CA So Cal Bombers who received a bye to the semi finals by virtue of their first place finish in Pool B. The host Portland Demarini team will be matched up with Bakersfield, CA Lumberkings and the winner will advance to the other semi final and will be pitted against Broken Bow Gremlins who also received a bye to the semi by virtue of their first place finish in Pool A.
Further updates will be provided on Sunday evening when the tournament is completed.
Larry Kancs
President
Vancouver Grey Sox
www.vancouvergreysox.com
Game 1 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 8:30 am PDT
Vancouver Grey Sox 4 – Sacramento, CA River City Rockers 3
WP – Mike Piechnik (6) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 5Ks in relief of Jeff Wilson, 5IP, 4H, 3R, 7Ks
LP – Bryan Newton, 7IP, 4R, 7H, 7ks
The Grey Sox rallied from a 3 – 0 deficit in this game, with Rob Geisbrecht delivering a 1 out, 2 RBI double in the 7th to score the tieing and winning runs.
Game 2 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 10:30 am PDT
Palm Springs, CA So Cal Bombers 5 – Vancouver Grey Sox 2
WP – Luca Mata, 7IP, 4H, 2R, 10Ks
LP – Nick Underhill, 6IP, 8H, 5R, 8Ks
Darrell Sandback led the So Cal offense with a 3 for 4 performance with 2RBIs.
Game 3 Round Robin – Sat. June 21st – played at 3:30 pm PDT
Vancouver Grey Sox 3 – Lehigh, UT Innovative Communications 0
WP – Mike Piechnik, 7IP, 0R, 4H, 8Ks
LP – Neal Chadwick, 7IP, 3R, 6H, 4Ks
Next Grey Sox Action is Sunday June 22nd at 8:30 am PDT vs Horse Lake, AB Thunder.
Editor’s note: We will have some scores to report, when I get back from my own games..