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St. John's Capitals look to maintain diamond dominance at provincial junior championship

They've won nine of the last 10 all-Newfoundland crowns; this year's event begins Friday in Corner Brook

SaltWire Network | Posted: July 18, 2018, 11:49 p.m. | Updated: July 18, 2018, 11:50 p.m. | 1 Min Read
Mount Pearl Blazers catcher Nick French applies the tag to the St. John’s Capitals’ Daniel Rice at home plate as Rice attempted to score on a fielders choice play during the fourth inning of their preliminary-round game in the provincial junior baseball tournament at the Smallwood field in Mount Pearl on Saturday afternoon. Waiting to make the call is home plate umpire Carl Lake. St. John’s won the game 5-4. The Blazers and Capitals would go on to meet in Sunday’s final, with St. John’s prevailing 10-5.
The St. John’s Capitals defeated the Mount Pearl Blazers in last year’s provincial junior baseball final in Mount Pearl. — Telegram file photo

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The St. John’s Capitals look to make it two straight championships, and nine in the past 10 years, at the 2018 Molson provincial junior baseball championship which opens Friday evening at Jubilee Field in Corner Brook.

The Caps won the 2017 provincial crown, beating the Corner Brook Barons in a playoff tie-breaker at Smallwood Field before doubling the homestanding Mount Pearl Blazers 10-5 in the final.
Those same three teams are set to battle in Corner Brook this weekend, along with the C.B.S. Raiders.

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Tournament schedule
Friday
6 p.m., Corner Brook vs. C.B.S.
8:30 p.m., Mount Pearl vs. St. John’s

Saturday
10 a.m., Corner Brook vs. Mount Pearl
1 p.m., C.B.S. vs. St. John’s
5 p.m., C.B.S. vs. Mount Pearl
8 p.m., St. John’s vs. Corner Brook

Sunday
11 a.m., final or tie-breaker

2 p.m., final (if necessary)

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