Mudcats Capture Howard Lake Tourney Championship, Jays Bag Big Win Over Natives in 3B Action & Win @ Eagan Sun..

By PLB Admin

MUDCATS UPDATES:

The PL Mudcats hung with the powerful Rosemount Black Sock of the Cannon Valley League before yielding 7 in the final 2 innings dropping a 12-2 non league exhibition decision Thursday on the back end of 3 straight weekday games splitting in DRS Action with Lonsdale (L5-4 10) and Veseli (WIN 4-3) Tuesday and Wednesday this past week.

The ‘Cats try to tune for the final stretch in July this weekend 6/23-24 by travelling to the Howard Lake Orphans “Good Neighbor Days Tournament” which is held annually in conjunction with the town festival. The Mudcats will need to win their 3 team pool to advance to Sunday action.

June Sat 23 Raymond HowardLake WIN 6-0
June sat 23 HowardLake HowardLake LOSS 1-0
June Sun 24 PL Mudcats BEAT Winsted Wildcats Howard Lake WIN 5-2

**CALL The Hotline 952-226-3800 for updates to determine if the ‘Cats advance to Sunday play in Champioship bracket play. UPDATE: The Mudcats advance to the Tourney Championship on low runs allowed and beat the Winsted Wildcats 5-2 for the Championship! BJ Benz-Tourney MVP, Mudcats Championship Pitching: G.Faue SP/WP, AJ Mee-Save.

NEXT UP: @ Cannon Falls John Burch Park 730PM Wed 6/27 & @ Montgomery Thurs 6/28 730PM.

JAYS LATEST NEWS:

The PL Jays just crossed the mid point of the Section 3B seeding schedule downing Shakopee Indians 8-4 running their RVL record to 6-1 with a 4-1 record in the 9 game Section seed games ahead of Victoria (3-1) who they split with earlier this year and a surprising bottom of winless Shakopee 0-3 and Chaska 0-2. Congrats to Jays Rookie Mike Hadden for bagging his first Townball rip up the middle in a pinch hit in the 6th inning.

The Jays had a 7PM Non Leaguer at Class B Eagan Bandits at Goat Hill Park (MAP) Sunday 6/24 winning 4-3 with Pat Galvin piching the win on the hill and Travis Johnson getting the save in relief. The Jays return to RVL action hosting Henderson Tuesday 6/26 730PM at The Vet in Prior Lake.

Upcoming…..2012 PL Jays RVL All Star nominations & selections….

 

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