The London Majors broke open a 4-4 tie with three runs in the top of the sixth en route to a 10-4 win over the Hamilton Cardinals in one of three games played in the Intercounty Baseball League on Sunday. The teams were tied 2-2 after the first inning, before Hamilton added a single run in the second to take a 3-2 lead. London then took a 4-3 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth before the game was evened up again in the bottom of the inning. After taking a 7-4 lead with their three runs in the sixth, the Majors added two in the eighth and one in the ninth to solidify the 10-4 win. Mike DeLong earned the win for the Majors (15-7), allowing six hits and four earned runs with seven walks and two strikeouts over five innings pitched. Cory Hammond was solid in relief, pitching four hitless, scoreless innings with no walks and five strikeouts to earn the save. The Majors were aggressive at the plate, out-hitting the Cardinals 18-6 on the afternoon. Paul LaMantia had four of those 18 hits, including three singles and double, with two runs scored and an RBI, while Adwin Springer had a pair of singles and a double with three runs scored. Larry Balkwill had three hits with three RBI, while Cleveland Brownlee singled and homered, with two RBI and a run scored. Derrik Strzalkowski had a pair of singles with a run scored, while Ryan Lapensee singled and scored twice. Paul Young doubled and scored once, and Jon Celestino doubled and drove in a run. Paul Lytwynek rounded out the London offence with a single. Reliever Tim Krawczyk took the loss for the Cardinals (9-14), allowing eight hits and five earned runs with three walks and two strikeouts over 3 1/3 innings pitched. As for the Hamilton offence, Dre Celestijn, Kyle Gappa, Zack Sardellitti and Chris Piano each singled and scored a run, while Mike Gottschalk and Nick Ranta each singled and drove in a run. Kitchener Panthers 15; Toronto Maple Leafs 7 In Toronto, Tanner Nivins hit a pair of home runs, had four hits, scored four runs and drove in seven runs to pace a 19-hit attack as the Kitchener Panthers mauled the Toronto Maple Leafs 15-7 Sunday afternoon in Intercounty Baseball League play at Dominico Field at Christie Pits. It was the second straight 15-7 loss at home by the Leafs, who lost by the same score Wednesday against Hamilton. Toronto pitching has been battered for 38 runs in the last three games. Toronto dropped to 9-13 with the loss, and they travel to London Canada Day for a 6 p.m. game against the London Majors. Kitchener improved to 11-9 with the win and stayed in third place in the IBL thanks to a five-run sixth inning and another five-run ninth, which gave the Panthers more than enough offence to go with some decent pitching. Nivins blasted a two-run shot in the fifth and another three-run blast in the ninth, and Jeff Pietraszko and Bryon Bell also homered for the Panthers. Pietraszko wound up with three hits, two runs scored and three RBI, while Bell also had three hits, scoring twice and driving in two more. Mike Andrulis had two hits and scored three runs, Mike Winter added two hits and an RBI and Matt McGovern also had two hits for the Panthers, who got some solid starting pitching from Mike McGillvray. McGillvray went six innings, allowing one run on five hits with two strikeouts, to pick up the win. Three relievers finished up, with the Leafs scoring six of their runs after Kitchener had taken a 10-1 lead after seven innings. Toronto starter Rick Brooks was the loser. He lasted six innings and allowed nine runs – just four earned – on 10 hits with two strikeouts and a walk. Relievers Scott Kelly, Conor Lillis-White and Drew Taylor were all hit hard as well. Will Richards had three hits, including a homer, and scored twice for the Leafs, who were also hurt by four errors. Sean Mattson added a grand slam homer in the eighth and Sean Reilly’s two hits included a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth. Reilly also scored twice. Burlington Bandits 7; Guelph Royals 5 The Burlington Bandits broke open a 3-3 tie with a four-run seventh inning and staved off a late-game comeback attempt by the Guelph Royals, securing a 7-5 win on Sunday. The Bandits improve to 5-16 on the season with their second straight win, but still remain a full game back of the Royals (6-15). Peter Bako had three of Burlington’s nine hits, including a home run with two RBI and two runs scored, while Brian Sewell singled and doubled with an RBI and a run scored. Kyle Morton had a two run homer, while Connor Panas scored and added an RBI triple. Phil Steer doubled, and Nick Studer singled and scored in the loss. Starter Jason Rubenstein earned the win, allowing five hits and four runs – three earned – with four walks and three strikeouts over eight inning pitched. Alex Gale came on to pitch the ninth and earned the save, allowing just one hit and an unearned run with three strikeouts. Matt Atkins was the loser for Guelph, allowing eight hits and six runs – three earned – with one walk and four strikeouts over the first 6 2/3 innings of the game. Justin Interisano homered for Guelph in the loss, while Dan Treccia doubled, scored and added an RBI. Chaz Pal also doubled and scored twice. Josh Garton singled, scored and drove in a run, and Nick Lancisi and Robert Grilli each added a hit. UPCOMING GAMES Monday, July 1st Toronto Maple Leafs @ London Majors 6:05pm
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:02:28 +0000
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