The Red Deer Snowbirds from Alberta, Canada had a chance to run the table at the Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) World Series today. The Snowbirds had won five in a row and were looking to make it number 6 with a win today over the Tucson Golden Aces.
But the Snowbirds had a surprising ending to their pool play finale at Fitch Park in Mesa. The Aces battled the Snowbirds for 3 hours and 10 minutes and the game ended in a deadheat, 11-11, leaving the team from Canada with a second seed as the playoffs in the 60-and-over division gets underway tomorrow at Red Mountain Park in east Mesa.
The Tucson Golden Aces finished pool play with a 3-2-1 record and qualified for the playoffs as the number 6 seed. The Snowbirds (5-0-1) received a bye in tomorrow's playoffs, along with St. Paul, Minn (6-0). The Aces will take on the third seeded El Paso Diablos (5-1) tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., with the winner advancing to the semi finals and the loser will pack their bags and head home. Also in the playoffs are the Chicago Grays (4-2) and the San Antonio Red Sox (5-1). The Aces, with several players nursing leg injuries, battled the Snowbirds for nine innings and had the winning run on third with two outs, but couldn't push home that tie-breaking run. The Aces will need to win two games tomorrow to move on to the title game on Saturday at Tempe Diablo Stadium.
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