Following the Cloverleafs title win last night, shortstop, Garrett Popplestone (19) was awarded his first Playoff MVP award.
Popplestone cruised through the playoffs with a batting average around .400 but it was his stellar defensive plays that cinched the title of MVP. He covered so much ground at short stop that opposing fans called him a ball hog at times. He routinely made plays usually only reserved for the Sports Centre highlight reel.
Congratulations Garrett on some well deserved recognition.
The Brandon Cloverleafs swept their way through the entire playoffs to earn back to back Championship Titles and their fourth Championship in the last five years. After disposing of their cross town rivals, the Marlins in three straight, the Cloverleafs continued their hot play and swept the pennant winning Rockets in four straight games.
The Cloverleafs starting pitcher, Sean Dryden pitched into the eigth inning and left with a 5-4 lead but it was Kyle Nixon who picked up the win in one and two thirds innings work. In fact, it was Nixon who drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning with a bases loaded 4 pitch walk to score Garrett Popplestone for the win.
The Cloverleafs have taken a commanding 3 games to 0 lead in the best of 7 Championship series with the pennant winning Reston Rockets.
The Cloverleaf's got a strong performance from starter Justin Funk who pitched 7 solid innings, giving up only 3 runs. Offensively, a 5 run outburst in the 5th inning by the Cloverleafs chased the Rocket's starter, Luis Avilia from the game. The Rocket's were unable to recover after that.
Game 4 goes Tuesday night in Brandon at Andrews Field. Game time 7pm.
On the arm of a strong pitching performance by League Pitcher of the Year, Kyle Nixon, the Cloverleaf's have moved in to a 2 games to nil lead the the best of 7 Championship series with the Reston Rockets.
Nixon pitched a complete game shut out last night while the Cloverleaf offence put up 2 runs in the first inning and 2 more in the seventh to run their playoff winning streak to 5 straight. Jamie Hodgson and Kevin McNeill were the offensive heroes with 2 RBI's each.
Game 3 goes Friday August 13th @ 6pm in Reston and Game 4 back at Andrews Field on Sunday August 15th @ 7pm.
Terrific crowd on hand last night with the 50/50 pot of $269.00.
The MSBL has set the dates for the first two games of the Championship Final between the Reston Rockets and the Brandon Cloverleafs.
Game 1 is set for Reston on Sunday August 8th @ 6pm.
Game 2 is set for Brandon on Tuesday, August 10th @ 7pm.
Jason Rae hit a walk off single to finish the series sweep over the Brandon Marlins.
With a 14-0 thrashing tonight, the Brandon Cloverleafs have taken a commanding 2-0 lead in the best of 5 semi-final series with their cross town rivals, the Brandon Marlins.
The Cloverleafs are one game away from advancing to the league final against either the Neepawa Farmers or the Reston Rockets who also hold a 2-0 series lead.
The Cloverleafs are currently hitting the ball all over the field and the Marlins have yet to be able to mount any sustained offence.
Game three in the best of five series is a Cloverleaf home game and goes on Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 7pm at Andrews Field.
A couple more rain outs are wrecking havoc with the schedule.
The Cloverleafs now have make up home games scheduled for Sunday July 4 @ 7pm vs the Marlins and Monday July 5 @ 7pm vs the Dodgers.
This will be in addition to the already scheduled game on Tuesday July 6 @ 7pm.
What are the chances we'll be able to go 3 days in a row without rain? Keep our fingers crossed.
Both away games over the weekend had to be postponed due to rain again.
No make up dates set yet but continue to watch the Cloverleafs website for updates. Next game is at home versus Reston this Tuesday June 22 @ 7pm.
The two early season home games against the Marlins on May 27 and the Dodgers on May 28 have been rescheduled to Sunday July 4 and Wednesday June 16 respectively. Game time for both games is 7pm @ Andrews Field.
Kyle Nixon throws a complete game to pick up the Cloverleaf's second win of the season!
The rained out date for the Oak River @ Cloverleafs has been re-scheduled for Wednesday June 16 @ 7pm.
Finally the Cloverleafs were able to get their season off the ground and finally the game ended!
The Brandon Cloverleafs will being defense of their League Championship at home on Tuesday May 25, 2010.
The Brandon Cloverleafs are about to start defense of their League and Provincial Championship.
Pitcher Sean Dryden and Midget Bret Heselwood were recognized as Player of the Year at the
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As of Final |
G | W | L | T | Pts |
| Rockets | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 |
| Cloverleafs | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| Marlins | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Farmers | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| Dodgers | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| Date | Time | Away | Home | ||
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*Sunday, July 4, 2010 |
7pm | Marlins 1 | at | Cloverleafs 4 | |
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 | 7pm | Oak River 1 | at | Cloverleafs 3 | |
| Tuesday, June 1, 2010 | 7pm | Marlins 5 | at | Cloverleafs 6 | |
| Friday, June 4, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs 1 | at | Neepawa 3 | |
| Sunday, June 6, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs 11 | at | Reston 13 | |
| Tuesday, June 8, 2010 | 7pm | Oak River 2 | at | Cloverleafs 5 | |
| Friday, June 11, 2010 | 7pm | Neepawa 1 | at | Cloverleafs 3 | |
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | 7pm | Reston 4 | at | Cloverleafs 7 | |
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs 5 | at | Oak River 4 | |
| Sunday, July 4, 2010 | 3pm | Cloverleafs 2 | at | Marlins 4 | |
| Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | 7pm | Reston 8 | at | Cloverleafs 6 | |
| Friday, June 25, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs 13 | at | Neepawa 4 | |
| *Monday, July 5, 2010 | 7pm | Oak River 5 | at | Cloverleafs 6 | |
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 | 7pm | Neepawa 8 | at | Cloverleafs 5 | |
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs 5 | at | Reston 12 | |
| Tuesday, July 6, 2010 | 7pm | Marlins 7 | at | Cloverleafs 3 | |
| Wednesday, July 7, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs 5 | at | Oak River 0 | |
| Friday, July 9, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs 7 | at | Reston 15 | |
| Tuesday, July 13, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs | at | Neepawa | |
| Friday, July 16, 2010 | 7pm | Cloverleafs | at | Marlins |