The Weyburn Beavers have captured second place in the east division of the Western Major Baseball League. They finished up the regular season with a home game against the Yorkton Cardinals on Sunday evening. Since the Beavers placed second, they will have the home diamond advantage in the first round of the east division playoffs. They will play the third-place Regina Red Sox.
Game one of the best-of-five playoff series was set to be held at Tom Laing Park on Tuesday night. Game two will be held August 2 at Tom Laing Park. Games three and four are both in Regina on Thursday, August 3 and Friday, August 4. Game five, if necessary, will be at Tom Laing Park on Saturday, August 5.
In other Beaver baseball news, head coach Phil Curtis was announced as the WMBL Coach of the Year, when 2017 League Award winners were announced. The selection process was done after a very competitive season that saw entertaining baseball played throughout the WMBL.
Phil Curtis has been the Weyburn Beaver’s head coach for five years. This season he led his team to a second-place eastern division finish with a 30-18 record. Curtis also won the Coach of the Year award in 2015.
There was one Weyburn player who was announced to the WMBL All-Stars team. Conner DiNaro made the second All Star team as a starting pitcher.
The Okotoks Dawgs had eight All Star selections (five first team and three second team); the Regina Red Sox had six players named to the All-Star squads (three to each team); the Swift Current 57s had five selections (three on the first team and two on the second team); Lethbridge had four players named to the second All Star team; Edmonton had three selections (two first teams and one second team); Medicine Hat had two players named; and both Weyburn and Fort McMurrary each had one member make the All-Star team. Brooks, Melville, Yorkton and Moose Jaw did not have a representative named to either team.
