March 24, 1957
Eastern League: First Place Still Up for Grabs
For the sixth time in United Leagues’ history, a tiebreaker game will be required to settle the regular season standings. This time, in the East.
The Cobourg Redlegs and Brunswick Legends entered the final week of the season tied for top spot, both with a 92-55 record. That final week began with a 4-game series between the two clubs hosted by Cobourg. The Redlegs won the first game, 3-2, but Brunswick came back to take the next three, by scores of 6-0, 4-3 and 8-2. That gave the Legends a two-game cushion with three games remaining.
But Brunswick would falter in their final three games, dropping two of three to the Queensland Eagles, while Cobourg swept the Braeland City Monarchs to move back into a first place tie and force the tiebreaker.
The tiebreaker game will be held at Babe Ruth Park in Brunswick. 31-year old LHP
Luke Henty (19-9, 2.78 ERA, 1.28 WHIP), Brunswick’s No.2 starter, gets the nod for the Legends, while Cobourg goes with their No. 3 hurler, 30-year old RHP
Seb Frew (10-9, 3.85 ERA, 1.28 WHIP).
In the West, there was no such end-of-the-season dramatics. Although the Pulbery Trolleys dropped three of four to the second place Sherburn Tigers in the final week of the season, they had already locked up first place a few days before. The Tigers, meanwhile, nailed down the wild card just a couple of days later, in a 10-1 trouncing of the Trolleys.