The Braves faced the Vancouver Mounties to start the tournament, The Mounties blew the Braves away with a 25-3 win, of note for the Braves in this game was James Bradwell driving in all 3 of the Braves runs & Austin "Ozzy" Smith pitching debut. The Braves looking to advance to the Quarter finals with a must win game versus the Victoria Black Eagles, the Braves got some good pitching & timely hits to claim a 5-1 victory. In the Quarter final the Braves played a hot White Rock Triton team, the Braves bats showed up for this game belting out a season high 17 hits led by Joey Siniscalchi & Sam Guglielmucci (3 hits each) plus Niko Millas, Luke Petreny & James Bradwell (2 hits each), The Braves beat the Tritons 12-7 to advance to the Semi final. In the Semi final game vs the home team Richmond Chuckers, the Braves got off to a rough start giving up 3 runs, the Chuckers added 1 more in the 3rd, the Braves replied in the 4th with James Bradwell, Sammy Googs & Mack Dungate crossing the plate after a ket hit by Braves catcher Michael Stovman, but the Braves rally ended there & the Chuckers claimed a 5-3 victory, knocking out the Braves.
Braves Game MVP's
Austin Smith vs Vancouver Mounties
James Bradwell vs Victoria Black Eagles
Sammy Guglielmucci vs White Rock Tritons
Michael Stovman vs Richmond Chuckers
The Braves coaching staff selected Joey Siniscalchi & Luke Petreny as Tournament co-MVP's. Both pitched strong games to claim key victory's & both hit the ball consistently all weekend.
The Braves coaching staff, players & parents would like to thank the Richmond volunteers for running an excellent tournament & cooking real good cheeseburgers!
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