Cardinals Defeat North Shore 7-0 Despite Being Tied 2-2 in the 6th Inning; West Coast Improves to 19-4 in the 2017 Bantam AAA League with 9 Season Games Remaining
Posted May 29, 2017
The West Coast Cardinals played their first rescheduled game of the season, an early morning showdown against North Shore. After getting swept in Kamloops the day before, the Padres were in need of a victory this weekend but odds were not in their favour facing a fresh West Coast squad who had the 1...
Cardinals Show No Signs of Slowing Down Against the Padres; West Coast Pounds Out 16 Hits En Route To a Blowout Victory Over North Shore
Posted May 26, 2017
The West Coast Cardinals showed no signs of a "tournament hangover" in this one, the championship loss against Okotoks left a bitter taste in their mouth and they were eager to shake that off with a clean win against North Shore. Tonight's Wednesday night showdown turned out to be more...
Cardinals Take Home SILVER at the 2017 RCBA Queen Victoria Invitational
Posted May 26, 2017
As the Cardinals predicted they would get either Delta or Okotoks in the semis, pick your poison. Who would take home gold...would it be the returning tourney champs from last year (Delta), the team that won it all two years ago in the all Alberta final but ousted in a nail-biting semifinal last yea...
Cardinals Place 1st in Pool By Running The Table Through Round Robin Play at This Year's RCBA Queen Victoria Invitational
Posted May 26, 2017
It was finally here! The Delta Tigers were looking to repeat as champions, Okotoks was looking for revenge after failing to defend their 2015 title falling at the hands of Frick's Tigers in last year's semi-final, Richmond determined to win it all on their home turf for the first time in eve...
Cardinals Beat Themselves Early in Game 1 and Fail To Rally Against Chilliwack; Crozier Spins a Gem in Game 2 as the Sticks Heat Up and Salvage a Split
Posted May 14, 2017
Finished at last with their 4-game regular season weekends, the league-best West Coast Cardinals arrived at Bird Field on Saturday morning ready to round out their Interdivisional schedule against the 3rd-place Chilliwack Cougars. This would be the Cards’ final tune-up before the Vic...
Down But Not Out: For The 3rd Time In Their Last 5 Games, Cardinals Come From Behind To Win; West Coast Defeats North Shore 3-2 Under The Lights at Bird
Posted May 11, 2017
The inaugural North Shore Padres made a trip out to Port Coquitlam's immaculate Bird Field for a Wednesday night clash vs. the league-leading West Coast Cardinals. Due to the cancellation of last Wednesday's game (due to weather), this was the first of four divisional matchups betw...
Cardinals Rally For Another Come-From-Behind Win in Game 1 vs. Kamloops; Game 2 Sees Hendriks Toss His First CG of the Season Enroute to a Sunday Sweep of the Riverdogs
Posted May 09, 2017
Coming off a long day of baseball and traveling, the West Coast Cardinals arrived at Macarthur Island Park in Kamloops on Sunday with one thing on their minds - completing the 4-game sweep of the dreaded interior road trip. The Cards fought hard for the first two wins in Kelowna the day be...
Cardinals' Late and Exciting 7th Inning Rally Headlines Game 1's Comeback Win vs. Kelowna; Defense Sloppy in Game 2 But Offense Picks Up The Slack as West Coast Sweep the Sun Devils
Posted May 08, 2017
West Coast completed a sweep of the scrappy Kelowna Sun Devils on a hot, muggy day at Edith Gay Park. The sweep wasn't without excitement and stress as the Cardinals put their faith in Sugi, down to his last strike, Sugi not only tied the game with one swing but also drove in the go-ahead run to...
Cardinals Close Out a Gruelling Month of April With a Pair of Decisive Wins Over Nanaimo
Posted May 02, 2017
Following a sloppy double-header in Richmond, the Cards returned home to Nanaimo Park in Vancouver looking to end April on a positive note. The Nanaimo Pirates were in town, still searching for their first win on the young season. This was the second and final time the Cards and Pirates would cross ...
Saturday Split: Cardinals' 6th Inning Offensive Explosion Leads to Game 1 Triumph Over Richmond; Chuckers Fight Back in Back-End of DH and Gut Out a 6-5 Rain Shortened Victory
Posted April 30, 2017
On a day that was expected to be a torrential downpour, the first game of the double dip between the visiting West Coast Cardinals and the hometown Richmond Chuckers, game 1 was actually played through dry and cloudy weather. Finkelstein for Richmond squared off against Sugi for West Coast, both sta...