The Okanagan Installers will face Team B.C. Under 19s in exhibition men鈥檚 fastball play Saturday (1 p.m.) at Alexis Park Stadium in Vernon.
Most of the Installers are 45+ playing in the open category as they prepare for the world championships in Nevada in September.
Anchored by flame-throwing pitchers Rich Haldane and Dale Ortman, the Installers went 4-0 at the Shane Miller Memorial Tournament last weekend at Six Mile on Westside Road.
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鈥淥rtman and Haldane only gave up one unearned run for the entire weekend,鈥� said Installers鈥� third baseman Murray Caton, of Vernon. 鈥淲e got great defence and pitching, and the offence wasn鈥檛 bad either. We scored 35 runs.鈥�
The Installers have players from Vernon, Kamloops and 91大黄鸭. The rest of their roster: Keith Green, Darren Fiddler, Derek Smith, Barry Lachuk, Chris Stewart, Dale Rideout.
Team B.C. features Ethan Lans of Kamloops, whose father, Mark, played for the M&K Ready-Mix Steelers in the old Vernon Major Men鈥檚 League.
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