CALGARY — The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves finished third in the Calgary bantam AAA baseball tournament during the weekend.
The Braves beat the Calgary Redbirds 5-4 in the third-place game Sunday.
Carter O’Donnell started on the mound and went 6 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on five hits while walking three and fanning two. Andrew MacCuaig got the final two outs for the save.
Parker Booth had a single, triple and a walk while Brad Pope tripled and walked. Ethan Ropcean had a run-scoring single, Austin Kelts-Larsen a single and a walk and Zach Olson a sacrifice fly.
In pool play, the Braves beat the Redbirds 9-4 and lost 15-2 to the Medicine Hat Merchants and 10-0 to the Sherwood Park A’s.
Griffin Molin worked 4 1/3 innings in the first game against the Redbirds, allowing four runs on six hits, four walks and two strikeouts. Ropcean tossed no hit ball over the final 2 2/3 innings, walking two and fanning two.
Pope had two singles and three RBIs while Jordan Muirhead had a single, double and RBI. Ropcean had a two-run single and a walk with Olson and Kelts-Larsen each collected a RBI single and a walk.
Muirhead started on the mound against Medicine Hat and took the loss with Kelts-Larsen going the final 2 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits, three walks and two strikeouts.
O’Donnell had a RBI double and two walks with Booth adding a run-scoring double. Pope added a single. Ropcean had a double and a walk, Muirhead a single and a walk and Kelts-Larsen a single against the A’s.
Pope took the loss, allowing seven runs on three hits and five walks over 3 1/3 innings. Kobe Scott went the final 1 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on one hit and three walks.