The unbeaten Orioles take on the high flying Canadians tonight at Little Delair Park in a Tadpole 2 Match-Up. Come on out to cheer on the kids, and bring your loonies and toonies: There will be a BBQ with proceeds going towards Run For Water.

Peewee AA Abby Black 6
Coquitlam Moody 3

Report: Abby Black had a tougher time than they thought slipping by Coquitlam 6-3 on thurs night. Mike Fitzsimmons led the way with 3 hits for black. Abby built up a comfortable lead before Coquitlam made it interesting in the bottom of the 7th scoring 2 runs but left the bases loaded when Kaiden Cardoso came in to snuff out the threat.

Over the past weekend the Peewee AA Abby Red squad played at Nanaimo Park in Vancouver in the Victoria Day Weekend Showdown. An opening night loss to the hosts from Vancouver Minor, combined with a flawed tie-breaking system knocked the boys out of contention. Despite two “mercy rule” victories in pool play over Coquitlam and White Rock, the boys failed to secure a semi-final berth for Sunday. Although the team clearly had reason to be disappointed with the process, they came out on Sunday and displayed sportsmanship and skill in a strong final game.

Despite the disappointing lack of hardware to bring home, there were many highlights of note.  In the Thursday night game Massimo Peranio went yard with another home run that cleared the Nanaimo Park fences with ease. Tanner Lee stepped into the Abby lineup to fill in for a large contingent of injured, sick or vacationing players.  A call-up from Peewee A, Tanner fit right in and helped the team with his bat and his glove. On Saturday, Conall Sexton pitched 5 strong innings against White Rock. The lefty was undaunted by the usually potent White Rock bats. He and Spanky Stewart, who was on fire at the plate, led the way towards another victory over the top-ranked White Rock club. And on Sunday in the Skills Competition, the Abby Red throwing relay team of Noah Nickel, Spanky Stewart, Kayden Beauregard and Parker Wakelyn took first place.

Abby Red 5
Vancouver Minor 10
Player of the Game: Carter Harbut

Abby Red 17
Coquitlam 7
Player of the Game: Parker Wakelyn

Abby Red 18
White Rock 8
Player of the Game: Spanky Stewart

Abby Red 12
Coquitlam 5
Player of the Game: Noah Nickel

Reminder that the AAHA is hosting NCCP Coaching Clinics this Saturday. If you haven’t already done so, sign up at Baseball Canada .

White Sox 19
Blue Jays 14

Mosquito Report: The White Sox (19) defeated the Blue Jays ( 14), in 5 innings. White Sox were trailing 11 to 12 going in to the 5^th and final inning but scored 8 runs and allowed only 2, when the home team Blue Jays took their final at bat.  A good team effort as the White Sox find their bats to stagethe comeback.

Mariners 11
Red Sox 4

Mosquito Report: It was a rare 6 inning game where pitching was the story. Jackson Krahn, Nick Rabinovitch, Jacob McInnis and Jayden Burga all pitched excellent games holding the battling Red Sox to just 4 points. The game was further highlighted by excellent and timely hits from Matt Wiebe and Caden Dahlen. The Red Sox put in a valiant effort sparked by excellent pitching from Chris Pidlisecky and an amazing throw out to first by the young Pid off a perfect bunt by Jacob McInnis. In the end the Mariners pitching prevailed and the game was won.

AAHA Mosquito Phillies:
The Phillies fought hard in game three to beat the Surrey Spartans; getting themselves to the semi-finals of the Kathy Thomas Memorial Tournament this weekend. They worked hard, but lost in the semi-final to Cloverdale. MVPs of the weekend were Logan Van Putten, Levi Reimer, Josh Wiens (pick up from the White Sox) and in the semi-final, Cardel Dick.The Abby team was congratulated for their great team play and excellent sportsmanship in their third place finish.

After sweeping aside Rutland 18-4 in the morning semi final, Abby Black took to the field Monday afternoon versus Aldergrove in the final of the Claude Schilling Memorial Tourney in Ladner. It was a great battle of pitching and hitting but in the end Abby Black came home with a 10-8 win. Travis McDougall picked up the along with game MVP honours pitching 4 2/3. Jayson Smith led the offence with 2 doubles and 3RBI with Carlin Dick coming in to close out on the mound and having 3 RBI of his own. It was a great team effort all around with strong defensive play when needed.

Peewee A Standings to May 21:

Peewee AA Abby Black 16
Richmond Chuckers 1

Abby Black made quick work of their game versus Richmond on Saturday, scoring early and often in a 16-1 win. The top of the order did the bulk of the damage with Brett Bass, Mike Fitzsimmons and Kaiden Cardoso combining for 7 hits including a 2 run homer by Cardoso. Travis McDougall got the win, combining with Kevin Kim and John Boulanger to throw a one hitter.

Orioles 15
Red Sox 14

Mosquito Report: Orioles come up with some clutch hitting and score 3 runs with 2 outs in the final at bat to defeat the Red Sox.

Vancouver Minor 10
Peewee AA Abby Red 5

Report:  The home team bats were too much for Abby Red as Vancouver Minor won the opening game of their home tournament on Thursday night.  The Abby boys put in a solid effort, but the Vancouver team was better on the night.  Carter Harbut pitched a solid 3 innings and had some big hits to earn Player of the Game.