[Vancouver, BC] – The Vancouver Grey Sox went 3-2 in Portland on the weekend, finishing tied
for 3rd with SoCal Bombers. In both losses the games were in doubt until the final inning. In the preliminary round Nick Underhill and Jeremy Manley of the Broken Bow Gremlins battled to a scoreless tie through 6 but the Gremlins scored an unearned a run in the 7th and won 1-0. Manley was dominant, throwing a no-hitter, while Underhill gave up only two two hits. In a 2-1 playoff loss to Portland the game was 1-1 after 7 and with the International Tie-breaker rule in effect the Grey Sox failed to score in the top of the 8th then Todd Garcia singled home the winning run off Rick Smith with 1 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th.
Saturday
Game 1
Vancouver 4
Cleon’s Auto, WA 0
W.P. Rick Smith (20 k’s)
L.P. R. Divish
Game 2
Broken Bow 1
Vancouver 0
W.P. Jeremy Manley (no-hitter)
L.P. Nick Underhill (2-hitter)
Game 3
Vancouver 8
Portland C/R Adidas 1
W.P. Derek Mayson
L.P. Dean Wescott
Sunday – Playoffs
Quarter-Final
Vancouver 12
Romie’s Angels, CA 0
W.P. Rick Smith
L.P. Tony Hunhoff
Semi-Final (8 innings- International Tiebreaker)
Portland DeMarini 2
Vancouver 1
W.P. Mike Piechnik
L.P. Rick Smith (in relief of Nick Underhill)
The Grey Sox record is now 15-6-1. Next action is July 13-15 at the World Series of Fastball Tournament in Orillia, Ontario. Unfortunately a 4-game home set scheduled for June 30-July 1 against Stony Plain Twiliters has been cancelled, as Stony Plain is unable to make the trip to Vancouver.
Conrad Margolis
Vancouver Grey Sox