Sunday, Oct. 18, four teams walked on to the baseball diamond hopeful of a chance to play in the PBL Championship, and only two walk off with that dream realized. The victors: Rougarou and Parleaux.
Championship Game is Sunday, October 25 at 3:00 PM at Gormley Field in City Park. Rou @ Par.
Followed immediately by the PBL GALA-WEEN at 6:30 PM at Harrison Field (costume required) all PBL players welcome to play.
Playoff Recap
Oct. 18
12:00
Rougarou capitalize on a late arrival of the Pels ace pitcher and jump ahead early in the top of the 1st on the back of some questionable Pels defense with a 5-run rally. The Pels try to answer in the bottom of the 1st, but end up stranding runners on, and are left trying to chip away the rest of the game. The Pels succeed at chipping, closing the gap to a 2-run game, but can’t do enough against the enigmatic pitching of Ben Hickey and Marc Oddo and stellar Rougarou defense. Pels (5) – Rou (7)
3:00
Parleaux find their stride again after a late-season loss with the consistent “I’m gonna let the defense work” pitching of Chris Shinaberry. Blues starter Shane Vitrano is unable to stifle the Parleaux bats (is anyone?), and despite solid Blues outfielders, Parleaux pokes holes and finds a way into yet another Championship. Par (7) – Blues (4)
Disregarding Parleaux, we’ve seen four different teams advance to the PBL Championship in the past four seasons, and two of those didn’t make the playoffs this season. So hopefully that convinces you the state of the league is strong, and stokes your ire to defeat Parleaux.