Clippers take title
Six teams complete round-robin play tied
The Cardigan Clippers scored 22 runs in their final two games en route to emerging as champions of a parity-filled Summerside Area Baseball Association peewee AA tournament.
The Cardigan Clippers’ offence got hot at the right time. The Clippers scored 22 runs in their final two games en route to emerging as champions of a parity-filled Summerside Area Baseball Association peewee AA tournament. The Clippers defeated the Hammonds Plains A’s from Nova Scotia by a score of 9-2 in the championship game at Queen Elizabeth Park’s Very Important Volunteer Field on Sunday afternoon. The Clippers, who entered the playoff round as the No. 3 seed, also pounded out 13 runs in a 13-1 semifinal win over the secondplace Kentville Wildcats on Sunday morning. The fourth-place A’s outscored the first-place Port City Pirates 16-10 in the other semifinal. Port City went 3-0 in the round robin.
Teams tied
However, the playoff picture was far from clear at the end of round-robin play on Saturday night as six teams – Clippers, A’s, Wildcats, Fredericton Royals, Sherwood-Parkdale Knights and Kennebecasis Valley Red Sox – all finished with identical 2-1 records. The tiebreaking formula featuring defensive runs allowed, divided by defensive innings play, with the lowest being the best was implemented. Here are the results of the tiebreaker: Kentville: 13 runs allowed in 21 defensive innings – 0.619. Cardigan: 13 runs allowed in 20 defensive innings – 0.650. Hammonds Plains: 16 runs allowed in 21 defensive innings – 0.762. Fredericton: 18 runs allowed in 21 defensive innings – 0.857. Sherwood-Parkdale: 19 runs allowed in 20 defensive innings – 0.950. Kennebecasis Valley: 28 runs allowed in 19 defensive innings – 1.47. The three-day tournament was sponsored by Dixie Lee Family Restaurant in Summerside.