The Palmerston Marlins hosted the Midget tier II qualifying tournament this past weekend. The 93 team faced Cambridge on Friday night.
Cambridge scored a run in the top of the first inning. The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the seventh inning. Jodie Eadie hit a double and Katrina Kupferschmidt followed with a bunt. Kupferschmidt stole second. With runners in scoring position, Abbey Bender on a 2-0 count hit a single to score the two runners and win the game 2-1. Lydia Kalbfleisch pitched a complete game allowing four hits, one run and striking out 10 batters.  
Game 2 saw the 93s face Stratford. Stratford scored a run in the first inning, one in the second and one in the fifth. The 93s battled hard and managed to score a run in the fifth. Unfortunately, the team lost the game 3-1. Cheslea Stanley pitched five strong innings, striking out three batters and Kalbfleisch closed out the game.
Game 3 would be a qualifying game for each team and one of them would be going home. This game had the 93s come up against the Eastern Canadian finalist from 2009, the Windsor Lady Expos. Palmerston was the visiting team. In the top of the first inning, Palmerston scored five runs.  In the second inning, Palmerston and Windsor exchanged runs. With the score at 6-1, Windsor managed another run in the third. In the fourth inning, Palmerston saw the experience of the Windsor team come through as they scored four runs and tied the game. In the sixth inning, Palmerston squeezed in the go-ahead run.  The Windsor team would not give up, as they were able to score the tying run in the bottom of the seventh inning. The international tie-breaking rule came into effect for the eigth inning. Palmerston subbed in the speedy Lauren Smith, who started at second base. Keshia Jacques dropped a perfect bunt to advance the runner to third. Janelle Ruetz hit a solid single to drive in the winning run. Palmerston made three great outs in the bottom half of the inning to win the game 8-7, and qualify for Grands in St. Catharines on Aug. 6 to 8.   Kalbfleisch pitched another complete game, including the eighth inning. The pitchers from both teams pitched a great game. The players thank their sponsors, parents and fans.
The Palmerston Marlin 93 team would also like to send their congratulations to the Palmerston Marlin 91 Midgets and the Palmerston Marlin 94 Bantam team as they both qualified as well.