Oil Dome will represent Manitoba at the 2016 National Midget "AAA" Baseball Championship next month in Quebec.

John Patmore threw three innings of solid relief as Oil Dome defeated the Winnipeg South Chiefs 4-3 in eight innings in the final of the Provincial Midget "AAA" Championship Sunday night at Charleswood Park.

"They just came to play everyday," said Oil Dome coach Shaun Cory who watched his ball club go 5-0 in Winnipeg this past weekend including a 10-6 victory over St. James in the semifinals. "Unlike some of the teams that play year round together - we didn't have many practices with guys on senior teams. We kind of came in not really sure where we fit in but we just played every out, every inning the way we had to and we came through."

Patmore got out of a bases loaded jam with none out in the bottom of the sixth, held the Chiefs scoreless in the seventh when they had the winning run on third and then set down Wpg South in order in the eighth to seal the deal.

"I felt like we couldn't lose," said Patmore. "I kind of felt like it was meant to be when we got out of the sixth inning. It was awesome. The guys played great defense behind me. Couldn't have drawn it up better."

Cole Kirkup scored the go-ahead run all the way from second base on an infield single with two-out in the top of the eighth inning.

Chiefs second baseman Devan Privé made a sparkling grab on Jack Kirkup's ground ball up the middle - Kirkup beat the throw to first base and Cole Kirkup raced home and beat Winnipeg South first baseman Carson Campbell's throw to the plate.

"It's so surreal," said Cole Kirkup. "We figured coming into the tournament we were going to be an underdog and we proved everybody wrong. It's amazing."

Oil Dome beat South Central 6-4; Bonivital 6-2 and North Winnipeg 7-0 in the round robin.

The National Midget "AAA" Baseball Championship will take place August 18th-22nd in Sherbrooke, Quebec.