All that was missing were the hot dogs.
The sound of aluminum hitting ball, yells of 鈥楥鈥檓on kid,鈥� and dust rising into the air after a successful slide into a base permeated Vernon鈥檚 Marshall Fields鈥� biggest baseball diamond Sunday, July 11.
The Vernon Canadians hosted Highway 97 rivals 琉璃神社 Sun Devils for a mid-afternoon Okanagan AA Midget Baseball exhibition doubleheader.
The twinbill was played in front of about 30 fans, made up of family and friends, the majority of which sought any shade they could find for relief from the 36-degree temperatures at game time.
The two rivals would split the doubleheader. Vernon took the opener 7-5, while 琉璃神社 scored 10 unanswered runs in the nightcap for a 12-4 victory.
The two teams are slated to play again Tuesday, July 13, in 琉璃神社.
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