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BRAVES WIN
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2026 WSBL PLAYOFF
B Pool Champions
Springfield Braves
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Championship Trophy Presentation
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Playoff HIGHLIGHTS
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August 17th, 2026 Game 3 of
the best of 5 B Pool Final
Braves sweep the series 3 - 0 with a 5 - 0 victory in game 3
The Braves and Longhorns traded scoreless innings through the fourth inning.
Braves starter James Walker was dialed in keeping the Longhorns off balance
the entire game.
Longhorns starter Brendan Hiebert threw a scoreless first inning with
Sam Thibert coming on in the second inning, keeping the Braves off the
scoreboard until the top of the fifth where Braves Trevor Gray hit a run
scoring double following a leadoff single by Dylan Plett who advanced
to second on a wild pitch.
The Longhorns went to the Bullpen once again bringing in their third pitcher
of the night Josh Bracken with Grey on second base.
Next batter up Andrew Blocker grounded out to first base ahead of Owen
Blocker crushing a triple to the right centre field gap, scoring Gray
on the play.
Next up Aiden Brook pounded a towering first pitch home run over the left
field wall scoring two runs on the play and the Braves took a 4 - 0 lead
to the middle of the fifth.
Braves Walker gave up two hits and a walk to load the bases in the bottom
of the fifth with two outs. Walker worked out of it getting Longhorns
Eric Archambault to fly out to left field to end the inning.
Longhorns reliever Jerimie Thibert came into the game top of the sixth
to be the fourth Longhorn pitcher the Braves faced.
Braves Cole Cassie led off the top of the sixth reaching first on a missed
third strike by the longhorns catcher Eric Archambault. A single by Clay
Kotschorek followed by a hit by pitch on Brody Welsh loaded the bases
with Trevor Gray scoring the Braves fifth run on a base on balls.
Braves Walker gave up a walk in the bottom of the sixth before retiring
the side and taking a 5 - 0 lead to the seventh inning.
The seventh inning went scoreless with Braves Gray dishing the force out
at second to Devan Lambert for the final out of the game sealing the championship
for the Braves.
Walker threw a scoreless complete game on 5 hits, 5walks and 7 k's, facing
31 batters on the night.
Gameball went to Braves catcher Aiden Brook who went 3 for 4 at the plate
with two singles and a two run home run while also gunning an attempted
stolen base at third late in the game.
Braves scored 5 runs on eight hits on 4 singles, a double by Trevor Gray,
two triples by the Blocker brothers, Andrew and Owen and
Aiden Brook's 2 RBI round tripper.
Final score 5 - 0
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August 16th, 2026
Game 2 of the best of 5 B Pool Final
Braves take a 2 - 0 series lead with an 8 - 1 victory in game 2.
Starting pitchers Brody Welsh for the Braves and Brendan Hiebert of the
Longhorns threw two scoreless innings to start the game.
Top of the third two Longhorn batters reach base on a leadoff walk followed
by a hit by pitch. The lead runner scored on a single by Aaron Floresco
and the Longhorns took a 1 - 0 lead to the bottom of the third innng.
Braves right fielder Dylan Plett led off the bottom of the third with a
single and advanced to third on a stolen base and wild pitch. Two batters
later Braves Andrew Blocker lined a double to the gap scoring Plett and
tying the game 1 - 1 after three complete innings.
Bottom of the fourth the Braves took a 2 -1 lead on an Aiden Brook single
advancing to third on a stolen base and wild pitch and being driven home
by Owen Blocker on an out at first.
This brought the Braves to the bottom of the fifth where Dylan Plett ignited
the inning with a lead off home run and by the time the inning ended, the
Braves scored six runs with Plett adding two more RBI's with his second
hit of the inning, a single following a single by Trevor Gray, a triple
by Andrew Blocker and a double by Devon Lambert.
Starter Brody Welsh cruised the distance shutting out the Longhorns the
rest of the way finishing the complete came with 1 earned run scored, 6
strikeouts and 3 walks facing a total of 32 batters.
Game Ball goes to Dylan Plett scoring 3 times while going 3 for 3 at the
plate with 3 RBI's on a solo home run and 2 singles.
Also having a day at the plate was Braves Andrew Blocker going 3 for 4 with
a single, double and a triple with 2 RBI's.
Game three goes
7:30 PM Monday August 17
at Charleswood Place
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August 13th, 2026 Game 1 of
the best of 5 B Pool Final
Braves take a 1 - 0 final series lead with a come from behind 9 - 5 victory
in game 1.
The Braves started slowly giving up 3 hits and 3 runs off of starter Ken
Lavallee in the top of the first inning. They answered back with 2 runs
on one hit and an error by the Longhorns in the bottom of the first inning.
Both teams settled down for the next 3 scoreless innings.
All was quiet til the top of the fifth inning where the Longhorns scored
two more runs on two hits and a failed pickoff attempt at second base
that allowed Longhorns Chase Young to steal home giving the Longhorns
a 5 - 2 lead at the middle of the fifth inning.
The Braves bats then came to life in the bottom of the fifth scoring 5
runs on 5 hits including doubles by Andrew Blocker and Aiden Brook and
a triple by Trey Sellen, ending the 5th inning with a 7 - 5 Braves lead.
Braves starter Ken Lavallee went the distance giving up no runs on 1 hit
in the final 2 innings while the Braves added 2 insurance runs in the
bottom of the sixth inning for the 9 - 5 win.
Game ball went to Ken Lavallee for his 5 out of 7 shutdown innings, giving
up 5 earned runs on 7 hits with 8 K's facing 30 batters, in the complete
game victory.
An honourable mention to Dylan Plett who after making a fielding misplay
in the first inning, came back to scorch the ball at the plate with a
fifth inning single with, Jeremy Voth on first from a leadoff single,
and then leading off the sixth with a double to the gap in right center
field. These timely hits by Plett ignited the Brave's scoring onslaught
in the fifth and sixth innings that sealed the victory.
Game two goes
5:00 PM Sunday August 16
at Braves Field Dugald
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August 11th, 2026 Game 2 of the best of 3 B Pool Semi-Final
Braves sweep the series 2-0 with a convincing 14 - 0 victory over the
Pembina Phillies.
Braves scored 2 in the second, 2 in the third and 10 in the fourth with
Braves starting pitcher James Walker throwing a complete game shutdown
/ shutout.
Walker in complete control the entire game, gave up zero runs on two
hits, one walk and 12 strikeouts of the twenty five batters faced. Walker
also had a commanding 75% strike/ball ratio which kept him ahead of
the Phillies hitters all night.
Leading the offence was left fielder Jeremy Voth going 3 for 3 at the
plate, scoring all 3 times on base with 2 runs batted in.
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August 9th, 2026 Game 1of the best of 3 B Pool Semi-Final
Braves take a 1-0 lead in the series with a 17 - 0 victory over the
Pembina Phillies.
It was a scoreless 1st inning which saw Braves starting pitcher Brody
Welsh strike out the side with 3 K's and the Braves stranding runners
on 2nd and 3rd.
But the Braves respond with a 6 run second inning and an 11 run eruption
in the third to go away with a 17-0 victory over the Phillies in the
series opener.
Braves pitcher Brody Welsh lost his no hitter bid with 2 outs to go
in the game, surrendering a pinch hit single to Tyler Marriot of the
Phillies who beat out an infield grounder to break the no hitter. Welsh
finished with the complete game victory on 2 hits total and 9 strikeouts
facing 19 batters total.
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