Knights upset by Chiefs in provincial final
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This article was published 07/08/2012 (5092 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A simple groundout to Mitch Lyall that he tried to turn into a double play completely turned the tide of the provincial Bantam AAA baseball championship game Monday afternoon at Simplot Millennium Park.
The Brandon Knights first baseman stepped on the base and threw to second to get a second out, but the runner didn’t slide, hit shortstop Brad Schoonbaert in the head as he reached second base and watched the ball roll into centre field as a second run scored. A few punches were thrown after that and Schoonbaert was ejected from the game.
The Knights lost their 1-0 lead and the only pitcher they had left in their rotation on that play, and they couldn’t recover as they lost 10-2 to the Winnipeg South Chiefs.
“We tried to rally around it and tried to get going on it, but we didn’t get going as much as we should have,” said Knights catcher James Shearer. “We kind of got down on ourselves just a little bit and when we picked it up, it was just a little too late.”
Knights starter Marshal Burgess left the game after the third inning because of the pitch-count rule, and Brandon was forced to use Jayden Sissons and Jackson Stephens to finish off the game. Neither player had pitched at the AAA level.
Brandon’s bats also struggled as Chiefs starter Luxon Glor held them to one hit in 4 2/3 innings.
Despite the loss, Knights head coach Brad Schoonbaert tried to keep a positive focus on the game, as Brandon still qualifies to compete in the western Canadian championship in Regina from Aug. 17-19.
“Like we told the boys, how many teams get an opportunity to play in something like that?” Schoonbaert said. “It’s always fun and we’re going to go and have as much fun as we can and show the Knights are a good ball team.”
Shearer finished the game 2-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base. Burgess and Sissons both scored for Brandon, which beat Westman-based Oil Dome 6-1 in a semifinal. Chase Dreyer, Ben Dalke and Ben Judt all scored twice for Winnipeg, which earned a spot at nationals.
In the bronze-medal game, Oil Dome gave up three runs in the second inning and lost
3-0 to South Central. Brad McLeod and Torin Howarth had a pair of hits each for Oil Dome, which failed to qualify for the western Canadian championship with the loss.
Although they came so close to accomplishing their pre-tournament goal, head coach Patrick Vandoorne was happy with his troops.
“We’re a good enough team to be there and there’s a winner and a loser and unfortunately we didn’t come out on the right side, but that happens from time to time,” he said.
» cjaster@brandonsun.com