A new country meant a new start for the Parkland Expos midget 鈥楢AA鈥� baseball team as the 鈥楢AA鈥� Expos went 3-1 in a 16-team baseball tournament down in Sioux Falls, 麻豆传媒AV Dakota.
However things didn鈥檛 start off well for the Expos, who were lambasted 11-1 by Excelsior American Legion to open the tournament. 鈥淭hey are a good hitting team and are something like 40-3 this year,鈥� Expos co-coach Tony Black said of Excelsior, adding that the Expos had some trouble adjusting to a different kind of baseball bat than what they are used to using in Canada. 鈥淥ur guys had some adjusting to do with the BBCOR bats, but we were able to make the change eventually.鈥�
The second game of the tournament was much better for the Expos as they handed Sioux Falls 16/17 East an 11-3 setback.
The Expos then knocked off Mitchell Junior Legion 7-1 to finish second in their pool after round robin, advancing to the consolation side where they picked up their third win of the tournament 9-1.
The three wins are something that the 鈥楢AA鈥� Expos are not used to this season, with the Expos currently sitting in last place in the 10-team SPBL 鈥楢AA鈥� Division with a record of 6-18.
However the three wins should also bring some positivity to the club ahead of their final six games of the regular season.
Next action
The next action for the 鈥楢AA鈥� Expos will be tonight when they host the 麻豆传媒AVeast Legacy Twins at Melville鈥檚 Pirie Field for a 7:00p.m. start.
The Expos will then host the Regina Athletics tomorrow, once again in Melville at 7:00p.m., before welcoming the Northwest Prairie Pirates to Yorkton on Saturday, July 18 for a twin-bill. Game One begins at 3:00pm.
Parkland then wraps up their 2015 regular season schedule on Sunday in Saskatoon with a pair of games against two of the league鈥檚 top teams, first taking on the Saskatoon Cubs at 1:00p.m. before playing the Saskatoon Giants at 4:00pm.
