Chiefs to host Jays tonight

Double header scheduled for yesterday postponed due to rain

The North Delta Blue Jays and Whalley Chiefs will make up one of two postponed game this evening at Whalley Stadium.

The two B.C. Premier Baseball League teams had their double header rained out yesterday, but will have rescheduled one contest for tonight (Sunday) at 7 p.m.

Both teams are coming off a one-sided loss to the Langley Blaze, with the Blue Jays falling 16-1 at home Wednesday night at Mackie Park, the the Chiefs blanked 9-0 Thursday in Langley.

Whalley managed just three hits against three Langley pitchers, two of them singles by Tyler Ang off Blaze starter Mitchell Robinson.

Robinson was credited with the win, throwing 5.2 innings with the Chiefs managed three hits and a pair of walks. A Cloverdale resident, he fanned 10 Whalley batters.

Three Surrey residents were also the leaders for the Blaze at the plate. Robinson was two-for-two with three runs scores, while Nick Rutckyj and former North Delta Blue Jay Shoma Sasaki had two hits and a pair of runs each, with Rutckyj hitting a triple and driving in three runs.

The Chiefs are in the PBL basement with a 1-7 record after eight games, with the Blue Jays at 2-3 and in 10th place in the 13-team elite league for players 17-and-under.

 

Surrey Now Leader