Vancouver, BC
The 8th Annual Vancouver Challenge commenced day two of action under a bright sunny sky with very warm temperatures, and continued large crowds. Today’s results as of 3:15 pm PDT are as follows:
Japan 10 – Sooke Junior A’s 0
WP – Kengo Terui 3IP,3K, 0H with relief from Kunihiko Iida 1IP,1K,1H
LP – Scott Lieph 4IP,10R,4BB,3K,9H
Japan showed their speed and power early in this one to cruise to a victory over the young junior side.
Vernon, BC DC Arrows 6 – Vancouver Grey Sox 3
WP -Travis Kunz 4IP,3R,3H,2BB,4K with relief from Rob Johnson 3IP,0R,0H,0BB,4K
LP – Travis Price 1.2IP,6R,3H,4BB with relief from Nick Underhill 4.1IP,0R,0H,0BB,7K
Rene Blanleil delivered a three run homerun to provide the Vernon squad with the margin of victory.
Great Britain 5 – Kamloops 2
WP – Rich Haldane with relief from Tony Kelly (5)
LP – Scott Austin
Japan 8 – Denmark 1
WP – Tatsuya Hamaguche with relief from Hirokazu Murakama (4)
LP – Thomas Bonde with relief from Japer Parduro (5)
Vancouver South Hill 4 – Sooke 0
WP – Collin MacKenzie
LP – Ben Oates
Great Britain 5 – Vernon 0
WP -Mark Elson
LP – Rob Johnson with relief from Andre Blanleil
Standings after 8 games
RED POOL
Great Britain 2-1
Vernon 1-1
Vancouver Grey Sox 1-1
Kamloops 0-1
BLUE POOL
Japan 2 – 0
Vancouver South Hill 2 – 0
Denmark 0 – 2
Sooke 0 – 2
Games still to be played today:
3:30 pm – Japan vs. Vancouver South Hill
3:30 pm – Kamloops vs. Vernon (Diamond 2)
5:15 pm – Vancouver Grey Sox vs. Kamloops
5:15 pm – Sooke vs. Denmark
The single life playoffs commence Saturday evening at 7:00 pm Red 3 vs. Blue 4 with the final game of the day slated for a 9:00 pm start featuring Blue 3 vs. Red 4.
Larry Kancs
President
Vancouver Grey Sox
www.vancouvergreysox.com
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Editor’s note: Click here for our earlier post on the Vancouver Challenge which includes complete schedule of games.
Click here for our earlier post with Friday night scores.