Eyes on the prize

Six teams vying for provincial midget title beginning today

It’s title time for the midget division as the Baseball P.E.I. midget championships step up to the plate today through Sunday in Stratford, Charlottetown and Freetown.

First pitch for today’s opening game between the Cardigan-Northside Clippers and the Stratford A’s goes at noon at lower MacNeill Field in Stratford.

Other venues being used are at Memorial Field in Charlottetown and Kowalski Field in Freetown.

Play continues Saturday at 9 a.m. at Memorial Field, at noon in Stratford, and at 5 p.m. at Kowalski Field.

Sunday’s semifinals go at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., followed by the championship game at 3 p.m. All games are at MacNeill Field.

Teams play each other twice in pool action. The top two teams in each division go to the semis.

The Summerside One Chevys (10-4) come in as the top seed in the East Division, while Cardigan-Northside (9-4-1) and Stratford (5-8-1) are second and third, respectively.

In the West Division, the Western Mariners (10-4) have the top spot. The Charlottetown Royals (7-6-1) and the Summerside Two Chevys (3-10-1) come in as the second and third seeds, respectively.

The provincial winner joins host Stratford at the Baseball Atlantic 18-and-under AA championships Sept. 1-3 in Stratford and Charlottetown.