The Cardinals defeated the Tracadie Aigles 5-4 in the final Sept. 14 in Saint John after beating the Fredericton Launchpad Sports Expos 9-0 in the semifinals earlier that day.
The Aigles punched their ticket to the final with an 11-3 triumph over their Miramichi Valley Baseball League rivals, the Newcastle Mike’s Bar and Grill Cardinals, in the other crossover.
In round-robin action, Dieppe and the Expos battled to a 6-6 draw, Tracadie beat the host KV Red Sox 15-11, the Aigles downed the Expos 7-3, Dieppe thumped the Red Sox 13-3, the Expos tripped the Woodstock Shiretowners 11-8, the Aigles toppled Newcastle 8-1, Newcastle won 5-1 over Woodstock, Dieppe prevailed over Newcastle by a 5-2 margin, and the Red Sox doubled the Shiretowners 6-3.
The tournament was originally scheduled for Sept. 6 to 8 in Saint John and Rothesay, but was staggered over the past week due to rain last weekend. That resulted in games being played Sept. 6, 9, 10, 13, and 14.
The tournament format saw the top two teams from the Miramichi Valley circuit, Capital City Intermediate Baseball League, and Southern New Brunswick Baseball League represented. The Red Sox and Dieppe were the Southern New Brunswick league’s entries, with Newcastle and Tracadie coming from the Miramichi Valley league, and Woodstock and Fredericton attending from the Capital City league.
The Moncton Dixie Lee Mets earned a date with the defending champ Charlottetown Gaudet’s Auto Body Islanders in the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League final after blasting the Chatham Miramichi Honda Ironmen 13-3 in the deciding game of the semifinals Sunday night at Kiwanis Park.
The Islanders beat the Royals 10-5 in Game 5 Sept. 12 at Victoria Park after winning the fourth contest 2-0 a day earlier. Charlottetown defeated Fredericton 4-1 in Game 3 Sept. 9 on Prince Edward Island after prevailing by a 3-0 margin in Game 2 Sept. 8 at Royals Field.
The Royals took the series opener 5-1 Sept. 6 in Charlottetown.
The Mets forced Game 7 in the other semifinal after beating the Ironmen 14-7 Sept. 14 at Ironmen Field. Chatham took Game 5 by a 7-1 margin Sept. 12 in Moncton after dropping a 15-9 decision in Game 4 Sept. 11 at home.
The Ironmen bounced back from a 6-2 loss in the series opener Sept. 6 at Kiwanis Park with a 5-4 triumph in Game 2 Sept. 8 in Miramichi.
The series between the Mets and Islanders will begin Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Victoria Park. Game 2 is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Kiwanis Park, followed by Game 3 Saturday at 7 p.m. in Charlottetown. The series returns to Moncton for Game 4 Sunday at 7 p.m.
If necessary, Game 5 is Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. on Prince Edward Island, with Game 6 slated for Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hub City. Game 7 is Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Charlottetown, if needed.
The winner of the best-of-seven league final will earn the championship and a trip to next year’s nationals in Regina, Sask.
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