The Vancouver Grey Sox pushed a run across in the 9th inning of a pitchers duel against the New York Gremlins late Wednesday night, to advance in the loser’s bracket at the ISC World Tournament at Moline, Illinois.
Vancouver Grey Sox 9th – Mayson D singled. Ormsby G singled; Mayson D advanced to second. Ormsby G advanced to second on a wild pitch; Mayson D advanced to third on a wild pitch. Giesbrecht R reached on a fielder’s choice, advanced to second, RBI; Ormsby G advanced to third; Mayson D scored. Ree B flied out to lf. Rasmussen K struck out. Abrey B grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Former California River City Rocker pitcher Bryan Newton tossed 8 shutout innings before surrendering a run, while former So Cal pitcher Travis Price combined with New Zealand pitching legend Marty Grant for 9 shutout innings, with Grant picking up the win..
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The Grey Sox will return to action Thursday morning at 11am CDT, to face Albaugh, Inc, of Iowa, in a loser’s bracket game. Albaugh fell to #the 1 ranked, defending champions, the Kitchener Rivershark Twins, on Monday, while Vancouver was dispatched to the loser’s bracket late Tuesday night by # 2 ranked Broken Bow Patsy’s. Some have tabbed Broken Bow Patsy’s as the tournament favorite, despite the rankings released in July, pointing to a hamstring injury to Kitchener pitcher Todd Martin, and the outstanding pitching performances of Australians Andrew Kirkpatrict and Adam Folkard at the ISF World Championships in late July, where Australia won its first ever gold medal.
Play resumes Thursday morning, after a day delayed by rains and sloppy field conditions resulting from the heavy rains.