Rockers lose in Finals

August 7, 2017

The Dufferin-Simcoe Rockers, the Dufferin-Simcoe Braves, and the Barrie Red Sox made the trip to Hamilton for the Civic Holiday weekend to participate in the 25th Canadian National Oldtimers Baseball Championships.

The Rockers and Red Sox played in the 50 plus age division while the Braves entered the 35 plus age division.

Advancing to the championship game on Monday morning, the Rockers met a strong Oakville (ON) team and lost 5-3.

The Rockers had previously met the team for the first game on Friday where Dufferin-Simcoe prevailed with a 6-5 win. Other games included a loss to Spring Lake (AB) 5-2 and wins against Barrie (ON) 8-3 and Scarborough (ON) 8-2.

Barrie opened the tournament with an 11-6 win over Ottawa (ON) but then suffered losses in the reaming contests to Scarborough 14-8, the Rockers 8-3, and Oakville 10-0.

The Braves opened tournament action with a 16-2 win over Regina (SK) followed by a 7-7 tie with Burlington (ON) and a 10-9 win over Tecumseh (ON).

In the quarterfinals they faced Woodslee (ON) and lost 6-1.