The Winnipeg A’s are the senior men’s Western Canadian baseball champions after a 2-0 win over the South Delta Brewers in Sunday’s final in Tsawwassen.
The Brewers played host to the five-team tournament at Ray Carter Field at Winskill Park.
Also in the tournament were the South Delta Padres, Marysburg Royals from Saskatchewan, and the Parkland Twins from Alberta.
The A’s, Brewers and Padres all finished the round robin with 3-1 records.
The Brewers beat the A’s 4-2, Royals 9-4, Twins 5-1 and lost a wild Saturday night game to the Padres 16-13.
The Padres beat the Royals 1-0 in a seventh inning walk-off, beat the Twins 7-2 and lost to the A’s 4-3.
Based on runs for and against, Winnipeg advanced to the final, while the Padres and Brewers played in a tiebreaker in which the Brewers won 5-4.
This was the first time that South Delta hosted this tournament, which according to Dan Hodgens from the host Brewers, was deemed a huge success.
“The park was full of fans and Baseball BC was very complimentary of how the tournament was run, so we are quite proud of that,” he said. “The visiting teams had a good weekend…they spent lots of money in the community that’s for sure.”
The season is over for the Brewers, while the Padres are still in the playoffs for the Lower Mainland Baseball Association.
