The South Delta Brewers’ dynasty continues, winning their third consecutive B.C. Minor Baseball junior men’s tier one provincial title last weekend.
The Tsawwassen-based team capped an unbeaten run with a thrilling come-from-behind 11-9 win over the Ridge Meadows Royals.
The Brewers trailed 7-1 in the bottom of the fourth when their bats came to life.
Hits from Riley Baines, Cameron Gray, Charlie Morrison, Tavin Jackson, Barry Caine, Iver Jackson, and Nolan Webster produced six runs.
Caine would give the Brewers the lead with a mammoth sixth inning home run over the right field fence.
Aiden Wood started the final, then gave way to Travis Pink. He held the Royals hitters at bay, before Spencer Mallard and Gray came into the game to finish off the final two innings.
The run to the title in the double knockout format began with a 10-5 quarter-final win over the Vancouver Minor Expos.
Gray would go five innings on the hill, allowing no runs with nine strikeouts.
Jordan Bogress, Declan Forbes, and Dawson MacPherson Ridgeway would provide the Brewers with quality pitching to keep the aggressive Expos hitters off balance.
MacPherson Ridgeway also keyed the attack with a three-run homer.
South Delta then doubled Ridge Meadows 4-2.
Wood was terrific on the mound against the tough-hitting Royals line-up, allowing just one run. Gray finished off the game in relief.
Ridge Meadows earned another crack at the Brewers with a 12-5 win over the North Delta Rays in the backdoor game.
Contributing with consistent team play all season to the Brewers’ success were Aiden Hansen-Bukata, Tanner Gushel, Colten McDougall , Ryan and Robert Scarr, Tyler Lauinger, Christian Herbst, and Max Kirshenblatt.
The provincial title was the Brewers fourth in five years and fifth in their 11-year history.
Up next is the Western Championships in Oak River, Manitoba as Team BC, and then competing in the upcoming B.C. Senior Open in Maple Ridge as the top seed representing B.C. Minor Baseball.
The coaching staff of Dan Hodgens, Steve Pink, and Steve Sim are very proud of the work ethic of the Brewers all season and would like to thank all their supporters including the players parents and the executive from the Tsawwassen Amateur Baseball Association.
