Vancouver Grey Sox Results - Horse Lake Thunder Challenge @ Grande Prairie, AB

June 1, 2008

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Grande Prairie, AB
 
Sat. May 31st - game played at 11:00 am MDT
Saskatoon, SK Aspen Interiors Black Sox 7 - Vancouver Grey Sox 6
WP - Rick Smith, 3 innings, 3 hits, 5ks in relief of starter Trevor Ethier, 4 innings, 8 hits, 7ks.
LP - Collin McKenzie, 7 innings, 5 hits, 7 BB, 7ks.
Derek Mayson was 3 for 4 with a homerun to lead the Grey Sox offense.

Sat. May 31st - game played at 3:00 pm MDT
Vancouver Grey Sox 4 - Horse Lake, AB Thunder 2
WP - Mike Piechnik, 5 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 11ks with relief from Collin Mckenzie (6)
LP - Karl Gollan, 5 innings, 10 hits, 4 runs, 6ks with relief from Sonny Perkins (6)
Rob Giesbrecht and Brian Ree were both 2 for 3 at the plate and hit homeruns to lead the Grey Sox attack.
 
Sat. May 31st - game played at 5:00 pm MDT
Vancouver Grey Sox 11 - Camrose, AB Fury 1
* 5 innings
WP - Jeff Wilson, 4 innings, 2 hits, 5ks with relief from Mike Piechnik (5)
LP - Bryan Graham, 4 innings, 11 runs, 8 hits, 8ks
Bryan Abrey was 3 for 3 with a homerun for the Grey Sox.

Other Round Robin Results from this tournament:
Horse Lake, AB Thunder 6 - Camrose, AB Fury 5
Saskatoon, SK 10 - Camrose 0
 
Next Grey Sox Action - Sunday June 1st depending upon the outcome of a late round robin game between Horse Lake and Saskatoon.
 
If Saskatoon wins - they will finish 1st, Grey Sox 2nd, Horse Lake 3rd and Camrose 4th in the round robin.  If Horse Lake wins then Grey Sox will finish 1st, Horse Lake 2nd, Saskatoon 3rd and Camrose 4th.
 
Sunday June 1st - Playoffs - single knockout
8:00 am MDT - 1st vs. 4th
10:00 am MDT - 2nd vs. 3rd
Noon MDT - Championship Game


Grande Prairie, AB
 
The Vancouver Grey Sox were eliminated this morning from further competition at the inaugural Horse Lake Thunder Challenge event being held in Grande Prairie, AB.  The host Thunder defeated the Grey Sox 7 - 2 in one of the semi final games played, and will now advance to today's championship final vs the Saskatoon, SK Aspen Interiors Black Sox.
 
Horse Lake, AB Thunder 7 - Vancouver Grey Sox 2
WP - Karl Gollan, 4 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2ks, relief from Darren Zack (5), 3 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2ks.
LP - Mike Piechnik, 1.1 innings, 3 hits, 4 runs, 2BB, with relief from Collin McKenzie (2) 6 hits, 3 runs, 5ks.
 
The Grey Sox concluded the tournament with a record of  2 - 2, and this season's overall record now stands at 12 - 2.
 
Next Grey Sox Action is next weekend when we will host a super series in Vancouver vs. Horse Lake Thunder
Saturday June 7 - 3:00 & 5:00 pm 
Sunday June 8 - 11:00 am & 1:00 pm
All games played at South Memorial Park - Vancouver.
 
Larry Kancs
President
Vancouver Grey Sox
www.vancouvergreysox.com