SELECT > TP Rookie Ball Selects Hang Dry Martingrove 14-3

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FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS, TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS LAUNDER THE WHITE SOX TO WIN THEIR EBA SELECT LOOP SEASON OPENER AT CHRISTIE PITS

TP Rookie Ball Select Head Coach Adin Wener holds a pregame meeting with his players before their EBA Select Loop regular season opening game against the Martingrove White Sox at Christie Pits Diamond 3. [Photograph courtesy of Naomi Gaskin]

TP Rookie Ball Select Head Coach Adin Wener holds a pregame meeting with his players before their EBA Select Loop regular season opening game against the Martingrove White Sox at Christie Pits Diamond 3. [Photograph courtesy of Naomi Gaskin]

Game Post composed with file from Jason Koskela. Photograph courtesy of Naomi Gaskin.

Beneath a canopy of chilly and overcast skies, our Toronto Playgrounds Rookie Ball Selects defeated the Martingrove White Sox 14-3 in five innings of Etobicoke Baseball Association (EBA) Select Loop action this evening at Christie Pits Diamond 3.

Taking no prisoners, the TP Rookie Ball Selects won their season opener over the White Sox in dominating fashion from start to finish. 

Here are the highlights:

  • Multiple TP players had RBIs and runs scored in a relentless and balanced offensive attack with three runs in the second; three in the third; five in the fourth and three more in the fifth inning.
  • Every TP Rookie Ball Select player got a hit tonight while Zev (19), Jordan L. (10), Malcolm (18), Rennick (4), Emmett (8) and Michael (12) were each a perfect 3 for 3 at the plate.
  • The TP defence was sound as a fiddle as well, with the infield getting most of the work.
In a postgame media scrum, TP Rookie Ball Assistant Coach Jason Koskela was ecstatic with how the team excelled in their first game of the regular season:
“This was a perfect start to the 2015 season for the TP Rookie Ball Selects. We have a lot of new faces this year and the team made a statement tonight that they are ready to compete at a high level. We had production up and down the order and sound defence – that will win you a lot of ball games. But what was most impressive to the coaches tonight was the players’ focus – the steely determination in their eyes and drive to win.  We’re excited to see what they can do this season.”  
The TP Rookie Ball Selects (1-0) hit the road for their next EBA Select Loop game when they travel to Neilson Park on Tuesday, May 19 to face the Bloordale Bombers at 6:30 p.m.