St. Thomas Cardinals Classic Tournament Champions
St. Thomas Tournament - May 24-26, 2013
In a hard fought weekend in their first travel baseball tournament in St Thomas, the Titans Rookie Minor team stepped up to the plate and delivered with a 5-0 performance to capture the Championship. The Titans went 3-0 in pool play beating Georgetown, Dorchester and the host team St Thomas.
The team then faced a very difficult challenge in the semi finals against a very talented Mississauga team. In a hard fought defensive battle, the Titans hung on to win a 9-8 thriller. In the 7th inning, the Mississauga team was threatening to score the tying run when the runner was thrown out on his way to the plate for the final out.
In the finals, the Titans faced another very talented team from North York. The game went back and forth throughout and the Titans had a 4 run lead going into the top of the 7th inning. The strong hitting North York team rallied in the top of the 7th and were threatening to score the maximum of 7 runs. The Titans then stepped up their defense and held the North York team to 5 runs giving North York a one run edge going into the bottom of the 7th inning. In the bottom of the 7th inning, the Titans clawed back and won the Championship on an opportunistic play. The winning runner slid into 3rd on a close play and the ball was overthrown. The winning runner then took off for home sliding in under the tag at the plate for a 20-19 win and causing a wild championship celebration. In the words of the St Thomas Tournament Director; “ In all the years we have been doing this tournament that was the most exciting Rookie Minor Championship game we have ever seen”.
Congratulations from the coaching staff. Great tournament boys!
