Marlins top Farmers, advance to MSBL final

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Published on Thursday, July 30, 2015

Article by the Manitoba Senior Baseball League

The Brandon Marlins advanced to the MSBL Final with a 10-3 victory on Wednesday night over the Neepawa Farmers. The win gives the Marlins the series win 4 games to 2. The Marlins will now face the Oak River Dodgers in the MSBL Final beginning on Tuesday August 4th in Oak River. 

Tanner Jago provided all the offence the Marlins would need on this night as he went 3 for 5 and added 5 RBI. Eric Zamrykut also had 3 hits and chipped in a pair of RBI for the Marlins. Mitch Lyall was the winning pitcher and the save was picked up by Jeff Wiebe who worked 4 shutout innings in relief. The Farmers started Brady Moxham but he struggled early, allowing 8 runs on 10 hits in just 1 1/3 innings. Travis Jean hit a HR and added 3 RBI for the Farmers offence. 

With both Semi-Final series complete, the MSBL Final is now set, the Pennant winning Oak River Dodgers will face the Brandon Marlins, beginning on August 4th in Oak River, first pitch is scheduled for 6:30pm.