Braves Defeat Red Sox in Game 5

The Bathurst Caisse Populaire Chaleur Red Sox hosted the Petit-Rocher Braves last night in Game 5 of the Restigouche Chaleur Baseball League semi-final and were defeated 6-2. The Braves will move on to face the Atholville Cardinals in the league championship while the Red Sox season comes to an end.

The Red Sox had won 5 consecutive RCIBL championships coming into this year but the Braves ended that streak with timely hitting and a great pitching performance by Guy Robichaud on Wednesday night. Brent Nelson took the loss for Bathurst.

The Braves had a 4-1 lead mid game but a two RBI single by JR Roy pushed the gap to 6-1 and Petit-Rocher cruised from there.

The winner of the championship series will represent the RCIBL at the NB Provincial "A" championships in Caraquet while the runner up will be the "B" representative in Chatham Head.

Red Sox Host Braves on Wednesday

It's all come down to one game. The Bathurst Caisse Populaire Chaleur Red Sox will host the Petit-Rocher Braves in Game 5 of their Restigouche Chaleur Baseball League semi-final on Wednesday night. The game will take place at Vickers Field in Coronation Park at 8 p.m. with the winner moving on to face the Atholville Cardinals in the championship while the loser will see their season come to an end.

The game was slated for Tuesday night but field conditions were not acceptable due to the rain over the last 48 hours.

Red Sox Win Thrilling Game 4 on the Road

The Bathurst Caisse Populaire Chaleur Red Sox got some timely hits and a great starting pitching performance on Sunday afternoon as they defeated the Petit-Rocher Braves 5-4. This was the 4th game of their best of 5 Restigouche Chaleur Baseball League semi final and with the Bathurst victory, the series will go to a 5th and deciding game on Tuesday night in Bathurst.

The Braves jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning but Bathurst responded with three runs in the second inning on a bases loaded, 3-run double by Jason Martell. The Red Sox added two more runs to take a 5-2 lead before an hour long rain delay halted play in the middle of the 4th inning.

The Braves scored two runs in the 6th inning to close the gap to 5-4 but that's as close as they would come as Andrew Collins shut the door in the 7th to nail down the complete game victory. Kevol Landry took the loss for the Braves as he gave up 4 runs in just an inning and a third while Marc-André Godin pitched the remainder of the game for Petit-Rocher.

Martell, Andrew MacLaggan, Rich Gallacher and Jason Leblanc all had 2 hits each for the Red Sox while seven Braves had one hit each in the loss.

Game 5 is scheduled for Tuesday night in Bathurst at Vickers Field in Coronation Park.

In the other league semi-final, the Atholville Cardinals completed the upset of the season as they defeated the Dalhousie Dodgers 4-3 in extra innings to win their series 3 games to one and advance to the RCIBL championship. The Dodgers were 15-5 in the regular season as they easily finished in first place overall while the Cardinals won only 7 games all season and finished last in the league.

The Cardinals will face the winner of Tuesday night's game between Bathurst and Petit-Rocher in the league final while Dalhousie's promising season comes to an end.

Top 2 Seeds in RCIBL Face Elimination

The Bathurst Caisse Populaire Chaleur Red Sox are facing elimination today as they travel to Petit-Rocher to take on the Braves in Game 4 of their Restigouche Chaleur Baseball League semi-final. The Braves have a 2-1 series lead and can advance to the finals with a victory today over the Red Sox. Game time is 4 p.m.

In the other league semi-final, the Dalhousie Dodgers are also facing elimination as they travel to Atholville to take on the Cardinals at 6 p.m. The Cards hold a 2-1 series lead despite finishing 9 games behind the Dodgers in the regular season standings.

Braves Take Game 3

The Bathurst Caisse Populaire Chaleur Red Sox were downed 7-0 last night by the Petit-Rocher Braves in game 3 of their Restigouche Chaleur Baseball League semi-final.

Luc Roy picked up the win for the Braves while Shane Couture took the loss for Bathurst. The Braves scored three runs in the first inning and that was more than enough for the victory as Bathurst was unable to drive in runners on base in almost every inning.

The Braves lead the series 2 games to 1 and can close out the Red Sox with a win in Game 4 on Sunday at 4 p.m. in Petit-Rocher.

Game 3 On Tap for Friday

The Bathurst Caisse Populaire Chaleur Red Sox will host the Petit-Rocher Braves Friday night in Game Three of their semi-final series in the Restigouche Chaleur Baseball League.

The Red Sox won the opening game of the series on Monday with a 3-1 victory but they were defeated 6-2 in Game Two on Wednesday.

Tonight's game kicks off at 8 p.m. at Vickers Field in Coronation Park.

Red Sox Lose on the Road

The Bathurst Caisse Populaire Chaleur Red Sox travelled to Petit-Rocher last night to face the Braves in game two of the Restigouche Chaleur Baseball League semi final and were defeated 6-2. The series is now even at one game each with game three on Friday night in Bathurst at 8 p.m.

The Red Sox took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning but the Braves responded with three runs on a bases loaded double by Marc Comeau. The Red Sox scored again to pull within one but a Guy Robichaud 3 run homer put the game away for the Braves.

Robichaud got the win on the mound while Brent Nelson took the loss for the Red Sox.