THE WHITE SOX SNAP A 5-5 DEADLOCK IN THE FOURTH INNING AND HANG ON FOR THE EBA SELECT VICTORY OVER TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS AT CARMEN BUSH PARK
![The Toronto Playgrounds Minor Peewee Selects in action against the Martingrove White Sox at Carmen Bush Park. [Photo courtesy of Michael Tutton]](https://torontoplaygrounds.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/A-001.jpg)
The Toronto Playgrounds Minor Peewee Selects in action against the Martingrove White Sox at Carmen Bush Park. [Photo courtesy of Michael Tutton]
Beneath a ceiling of cloudy and sombre skies, the Martingrove White Sox defeated our Toronto Playgrounds Minor Peewee Selects 8-5 in 4 ½ innings of Etobicoke Baseball Association (EBA) Select action this evening at Carmen Bush Park.
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TP Minor Peewee Selects take on the Martingrove White Sox at Carmen Bush. [Photo courtesy of Michael Tutton]
- Trailing 5-1 after three innings, TP rallied for four runs in the top of the fourth to tie the proceedings. Josh’s (37) 2 RBI single was a key factor in the comeback.
- Toronto Playgrounds used an effective combination of two southpaw pitchers [Jamie tossed the first two frames and Nick (10) threw the third and fourth innings] to neutralize the predominantly left swinging White Sox batting order.
- Martingrove took advantage of some TP defensive errors in the bottom of the fourth to score three and take an 8-5 lead.
- In the end, a combination of mental lapses and sloppy defensive plays undermined the TP effort.
In a postgame interview, TP Minor Peewee Select Head Coach Paul Kelly was reflective on his team’s effort against the White Sox: “Take out the errors and I think we might have at least tied.”
The TP Minor Peewee Selects (1-2) continue their early season road trip next week when they travel to Queensway South on Wednesday, May 25 to battle the Royal York Cardinals at 6:00 pm.