The Sox ended the year in first place and earning a first round buy into the league semi finals against the Leaside Leafs. It took three games but the Sox earned a hard fought series win and a return to the league finals. Right now the Sox are playing the Thornhill Reds and lead the series 2-1 with game 4 going on September 13th 2017. Below are the game capsules:
Semi-Finals
Game #1
Pickering 9 Leaside 8
WP: Matt Krettek
S: Iliya Bozinovski
Peter Ricciardi with a 3 run home run.
Game #2
Leaside 10 Pickering 4
LP: Brad Binns
Game #3
Pickering 14 Leaside 9
WP: Patrick Vecchiarelli
Sox explode for 8 runs in the 6th inning.
Finals
Game #1
Pickering 1 Thornhill 0
WP: Mark Cheeseman (1 hitter, lost fly ball in the twilight)
Peter Ricciardi with a walk off home run
Game #2
Thornhill 5 Pickering 2
LP: Peter Nash
Game #3
Pickering 10 Thornhill 4
WP: Brad Binns
5 run fifth helps Sox to victory. Molony. Correia, and Rodriguez with 9 hits combined.