North Delta Pirates Strike Gold, Defeat Cloverdale Rangers College Prep to Win Sussex All-Star Tournament
Canada Day celebrations weren’t the only fireworks in store Monday. In a whole-team effort, the North Delta Pirates were triumphant over the Cloverdale Rangers College Prep 5–3 to win the Sussex All-Star tournament in Kamloops.
Please see a recap of the game below:
The North Delta Pirates took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning after Cloverdale committed an error, Tyler Conway singled, and Payton Harper singled, each scoring one run.
Cloverdale tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the third thanks to a sacrifice fly by Garrett Baxter, and a single by Cody Martel.
A line drive single by Kyle Sallinen gave the North Delta Pirates the lead, 4-3, in the top of the fourth as Harper came across home to score.
In the top of the fifth, Ryo Ikeda walked and Jared Goumans singled to put two on for the North Delta Pirates. Then Sammy Wong doubled on a fly ball to right and Ikeda scored, extending the lead to 5-3.
Strong pitching by lefty Liam Jones and errorless fielding by the North Delta Pirates the rest of the way sealed a 5-3, championship victory the rest of the way.
Jones pitched a full game victory for the North Delta Pirates. The starting pitcher gave up eight hits and three runs over seven innings, striking out three and walking two.
Jake Theal started the game for Cloverdale. They gave up five hits and four runs over four innings, striking out five and walking now.
Lucas Stebbings and Harper were a force together in the North Delta lineup, as they each collected two hits while hitting back-to-back.
Martel provided pop in the middle of the lineup, and led Cloverdale with two runs batted in. The number three hitter went 1-for-2 on the day.
Riley Walters, Cloverdale’s number nine hitter, led the team with two hits and three at-bats.
Cloverdale turned one double play in the game.
The North Delta Pirates 18U AAA squad are 2024 Sussex All-Star Tournament Champions - a tournament that featured AAA, College Prep and PBL teams.
The North Delta Pirates travel to Vancouver Island for four league games versus the North Island Cubs and Cowichan Valley on July 6th and 7th.
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