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Cardinals extinguish Blaze season

91Ô­´´ can’t hold 4-1 lead, sees season end with 6-4 defeat
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The 91Ô­´´ Blaze defeated the Abbotsford Cardinals 2-1 in the first game of the BC Premier Baseball League championships, but fell 6-4 to the Cards in the rematch. photo courtesy of Leanna Stovman

Up 4-1 and six outs away from advancing to the semifinals, the 91Ô­´´ Blaze instead surrendered three runs in the top of the sixth and then gave up another pair in the top of the seventh to fall 6-4.

The Blaze were facing the Abbotsford Cardinals on Saturday at Coquiltam’s Mundy Park, site of the BC Premier Baseball League championships.

All of 91Ô­´´â€™s offence came in the fifth inning as the team scored four runs despite getting just one hit in the inning, scoring one run on a sacrifice fly from Cole Cantelon, twice more on wild pitches and one on a hit batter.

In the Blaze’s other games, they edged Abbotsford 2-1 in the opener, lost 9-1 to the Parksville Royals and finished the round robin with a 3-2 win over the Coquitlam Reds.

In the playoff round, 91Ô­´´ lost 9-3 to the North Shore Twins and then fell 6-4 to the Cardinals.

The Twins defeated Parksville 4-3 in the championship final of the five-team event.



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