Recap from last night: The Barrie Baycats clinched first place in the Intercounty Baseball League Saturday evening beating the Hamilton Cardinals 5-2 and taking possession of the John Coppes Memorial Trophy for having the league’s best regular season record. The Baycats have had a stranglehold on first place for most of the season and clinch the pennant with a 25-5 record, an impressive .833 winning percentage. Both teams struggled at the plate accounting for just 13 hits between them. Jordan Castaldo did launch a solo hone run, his sevenrth, for the Baycats. Adam Rowe made the start for Barrie and took the win going seven innings, allowing only one earned run, striking out five and walking one. He scattered seven hits and threw 58 of his 79 pitches for strikes in an efficient outing. Josh Soffer recorded the save with a scoreless ninth inning and lowered his ERA on the season to an impressive 0.98. Dustin Gooden took the loss for Barrie after a seven-inning outing. He didn’t have any big innings against him but Barrie chipped away with five hits and three walks to score four runs, only two of which were earned. The Baycats will next set their sites on the Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy for the league playoff championship and hope to end the Brantford Red Sox six-year title run. Barrie last won the championship in 2005 and has been the playoff runner-up in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:35:57 +0000
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