The Burnaby Braves entered week 3 in league action facing the cross town rival Tri-City Indians led by their long time BC Minor coach Randy Downes. The Indians jumped out to an early lead when lead-off batter Jordan Dray put one over the right field fence, the Indians added 1 more in the inning & 1 more in the 3rd. Indians starter Jacob Doyle was throwing heat & with a nasty curve curving, mowed down the Braves sluggers until the 5th when Joey Siniscalchi got on base with a single & Niko Millas hit a double to score the Braves first run. The Indians then brought in Jordan Dray to shut the Braves bats out and stomp out any comeback, with the Indians defeating the Braves by a 4-1 score. In the weekend series with N. Island Royals the Braves Starter couldn't get on track giving up 3 in the first and the Royals chipped away with 2 more in the 3rd and 3 in 5th, went on to take the 1st game 8-4 even though Braves sluggers Luke Petreny (2 doubles) & Seth Injantes (3 for 3) bats were hot, the Braves line-up could not string any rallys together. In the immediate rematch the Braves bats came alive scoring 3 in the 3rd & 4th and adding 1 more crucial run in the 5th, & Braves starter Luke Petreny kept the Royal bats at bay; the Royals put together a 4 run rally in the 6th and were threatening to add more with runners on and none out the Braves brought in Pitcher Michael Stovman who struck out 2 to stop the attack & give the Braves a split with the Royals winning 7-6 in game 2. On Sunday the Braves played a young team from Nanaimo, the Braves jumped out to a 3-1 lead after the 1st, but the Pirates bats came to hit and took a 9-6 lead into to the bottom of the 7th inning, but only after a spectacular highlight reel game saving diving catch by Braves center-fielder Josef Siniscalchi in top of the 7th. The Braves sluggers inspired by "The Catch" held a brief meeting before they took their turn at bats and led by Sammy Guglielmucci drawing a walk off the Pirates hurler (Dumont), the Braves Niko Millas (4 runs) reached on an error, followed by a Seth Injantes walk and the Braves were threatening with the heart of the order coming up with none out, after a K and a pop up to the catcher it was up to Mack Dungate to drive in the runs with 2 outs, a spot he was in recently against Richmond a week earlier, Mack succeded & smacked a triple to tie the game & standing on third base, he now represented the winning run, Mack crossed the plate to give the Braves another win when the Braves next batter Michael Stovman blooped a single into left field for a 10-9 come from behind walk off win.

The Braves players & coaching staff would like to acknowledge & thank the Braves parents! The fact we got 3 games in during this very wet & rainy weekend was only due to the outstanding efforts of the Braves parents maintaining, grooming and caring for the field and all the drainage control, led by chief field crew member Randy Dungate and the rest of the Braves family who helped out; job well done & much appreciated!