Tigers tournament
Weather permitting, the Tigers Baseball Association tournament is the main event this weekend at the Landrex and Active Physioworks diamonds at Legion Memorial Park.
The 16-game scheduled consists of nine teams in three pools.
Pool A: senior AAA St. Albert Tigers (Sunburst Baseball League), Calgary Longhorns, 18U AAA St. Albert Cardinals (2018 Tier I provincial champions).
Pool B: junior AAA St. Albert Cardinals, senior AAA Sherwood Park A’s (2018 Sunburst provincial champions), senior AAA Red Deer Riggers (Sunburst).
Pool C: senior AA Sherwood Park A's (North Central Alberta Baseball League), Calgary Wolfpack, senior AAA Confederation Park Cubs (Sunburst).
The winner of each pool advances to Sunday’s championship bracket and the two finalists will play their third game of the day.
Game times are as follows.
Friday
6:30 p.m. NCABL A’s vs. Cubs, Landrex.
7 p.m. junior Cardinals vs. Sunburst A’s, Physioworks.
8:30 p.m. Tigers vs. Longhorns, Landrex.
Saturday
12 p.m. Cubs vs. Wolfpack, Physioworks.
1 p.m. Riggers vs. junior Cardinals, Landrex.
3 p.m. 18U Cardinals vs. Longhorns, Physioworks.
4 p.m. Sunburst A’s vs. Riggers, 4 p.m. Landrex.
6 p.m. Wolfpack vs. NCABL A’s, Physioworks.
8 p.m. Tigers vs. 18U Cardinals, Landrex.
Sunday
9 a.m. 9th vs. 8th, Physioworks.
10 a.m. 1st pool A vs. 1st pool B, Landrex.
12 p.m. 7th place vs. 6th place, Physioworks.
1 p.m. 1st pool B vs. 1st pool A, Landrex.
3 p.m. 5th place vs. 4th place, Physioworks.
4 p.m. 1st pool C vs. 1st pool A, Landrex.
7 p.m. final, Landrex.
Check out @StATigers for tournament updates.
The Tigers are coming off their first win of the season after five losses as Logan Blumhagen pitched six innings in the 12-0 decision against the previously undefeated Cubs (9-1) Friday in St. Albert. Evan Hoffman’s solo homer and Tylor Jans' three-run blast sparked the offence.
The 18U Cardinals are 15-5 in the Norwest league after sweeping the Red Deer Braves (7-8) in last weekend’s four-game Tier I division series in St. Albert by scores of 12-2, 9-2, 7-2 and 7-5.
Tonight at 7 p.m. the 2018 fourth-place finishers at nationals host the Sherwood Park A’s (8-11).
The junior Cardinals are the top Baseball Alberta 21U League team at 7-4 after winning Sunday’s 18-17 slugfest against the Edmonton Padres (5-5) at Footz Field.
Earlier in the day, the Cardinals lost 15-5 to the Community Park Reds (4-5).
