Despite an intense weekend strewn with pitfalls, the Kamouraska Desjardins industries have shown that they are among the most combative training in the Senior Purbec Baseball League. Between a heartbreaking defeat in Matane, a setback at the end of the match in Rimouski and a brilliant victory the next day, the team confirmed its status as a serious pretender.
On Saturday, June 21, in the afternoon, the Desjardins industries crossed the iron with the aisles of Boulevard de Matane, who signed their first home victory this season. The opposing starter, Keisuke Takikawa, was intractable, withdrawing 12 strikers on grips in a laundering of 7 to 0. The critical moment occurred in the fourth round while the goals were filled and no withdrawal had been recorded. However, Kamouraska was unable to capitalize, hitting a candle before concluding the Channel on a double game. Étienne Richard, leaving for Kamouraska, still held his team in the match for five rounds, yielding five points on six strokes.
In the evening, still on June 21, in Rimouski, the Desjardins industries seemed to go to another setback, pulling from the back 8 to 2 at the start of the seventh round facing the shaker. But the team has shown remarkable resilience. With six points scored in this last round, including two products by a double from Raphaël Ouellet, Kamouraska leveling the scoring, sowing concern in the stands. The replica was quick: the veteran Mathieu Gobeil, following a bad throw, sealed the outcome of the match with a double victorious, giving the Shaker a sixth victory in a row, 9 to 8. Kamouraska, having used four launchers, saw the backhand to be allocated to Émilien Plouffe.
But the industries had not said their last word. On Sunday June 22, in front of a crowd of more than 270 spectators gathered in Saint-Pascal, they replied with APLOMB. The tone was set in the first round thanks to a long ball from Cédric Lizotte. Although Rimouski briefly took the lead in the third round, Kamouraska immediately replied thanks to a simple appropriate Jérémie Maillé-Bizier, producing the last two points of the match. Maillé-Bizier also illustrated on both sides, also signing victory as a starting launcher. Juan Carlos Rodriguez, newly arrived in the team, locked the victory with three flawless rounds, deserving a rescue.
With this victory from 3 to 2, Kamouraska is now carrying out his file at 7-5, is now in third place in the ranking, behind the shaker (6-2) and the FM border (4-1).
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