Champions! 16U Elite Legionaires dominant at Michigan tournament

Pitching, hitting and speed on the basepaths all added up to the perfect weekend for the Oshawa Legionaires 16U Elite team as they won the Pastime Great Lakes Freedom Classic at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. 

In the July 7 championship game against the Hawks, Tyson Lewis pitched a complete-game gem to lead the Legionaires to a 4-2 win and the title. Lewis gave up six hits, struck out 5, walked on 1, and just one earned run.

Oshawa had 7 hitters with a .385 batting average. On the base paths, Oshawa swiped 16 bases.

The pitchers kept pace, as Oshawa gave up just 3 runs in the 5 tournament games, including 3 shutouts, to go 5-0.

Next up for the Legionaires is the New England Select Pastime Tournament at Boson College from July 11-14.

Pitching numbers as a team:

Over 5 games, collectively threw only 419 pitches
RUNS: 3 runs (2 earned)
HITS: 16
STRIKE OUTS: 27
ERA: 0.467
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE: .151 BAA

Hitting numbers as a team:

AVG: .328  
OBP: .417
RUNS: 35
STOLEN BASES: 16
— 7 hitters with .385 or better in the tourney

GAME RESULTS

Championship Game

Oshawa 4 Hawks Gold 2
WP #87 Tyson Lewis 7 IP — Complete game 6H 2R(1ER) 5SO 1BB

 Round Robin
Game 1 — Oshawa 8. Clarington 15U 0
WP #33 Andrew Smith  — 3 IP 1H 0R 4K 0BB
Nolan Greco #34  — 2 IP 1H 0R 2K 0BB RR

Game 2 — Oshawa 8 Bearcats 1
WP #87 Tyson Lewis  — 4 IP 2H 1R 5K 2BB
Jonathan O'Reilly #99  — 3 IP 1H 0R 3K 1BB RR

Game 3 — Oshawa 10 Oakland Bulldogs 15U 0
WP #11  Richie Bokor  — 3 IP 2H 0R 4SO 4BB
Antonio Lopresti #3  — 1 IP 0H 0R 2SO 2BB

Game 4 — Oshawa 5 Precision Patriots 16U 0
WP #33 Andrew Smith 7 IP — complete game 3H 0R 2SO 0BB