Mansfield, New Lowell for NDBL junior title
The junior division championship series of the North Dufferin Baseball League started Aug. 2.
The Mansfield Cubs and the New Lowell Knights played the first game of the series Tuesday in Lisle with the Knights recording a 4-2 victory.
The first three innings remained scoreless until the fourth frame when the Knights scored two runs from Nathan Lennox and Mathew Wilkins.
They would add two more runs in the sixth when Owen Patterson and Evan Tuckett crossed the plate.
Mansfield managed two runs in their half of the fifth inning with Jake Currie and Jeff Christman crossing the plate.
The series will pause this week with Game 2 scheduled Aug. 8 in New Lowell, followed by game three in Mansfield on Aug. 10.
If a game four is needed it will be played Aug. 11 with a game five scheduled for Aug. 15.
The championship series is a best of five, or six points affair, with two points awarded for a win and one point each for a tie.
Both teams finished the regular season tied in points with 10 wins, seven losses, and one tie.
Mansfield took first place after winning four and tying one of the six games played between the two teams.
During first round action, New Lowell beat the Ivy Rangers taking games one and three 12-2 and 3-0. Game two ended in a 1-1 draw.
Mansfield faced Midland Twins in their first round, which was an uphill battle for the Cubs.
They won the first contest 10-6 and then tied with the Twins in game two 4-4 and game three 3-3, which advanced Mansfield because of the four points.
David Anderson photo: Nathan Mooney of the New Lowell Knights stretches to catch the ball and make an out against Jake Currie of the Mansfield Cubs during game one of the junior division championship series Aug. 2.
