By Staff
July 18th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
The Burlington Bandit bats were quiet Sunday.
Other teams in the InterCounty Baseball League were busy.
In Hamilton, the Barrie Baycats scored three runs in the ninth inning to beat the host Hamilton Cardinals 12-10 Sunday afternoon.
Trailing by a run, Barrie’s Kyle DeGrace and Jordan Castaldo started the ninth with a double and walk. Kyle Nichols then hit a three-run blast to put the Baycats ahead. Nichols had a two-run home run in the first inning and finished 3-for-4 with seven RBI.
Castaldo had three hits, three RBI and three runs, DeGrace went 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs, and Glenn Jackson singled, doubled and scored twice from the leadoff spot.
Jaspreet Shergill (2-1) picked up the win, going two innings in relief of Matthew St. Kitts and allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits, striking out one without issuing a walk. St. Kitts allowed eight runs (five earned) on eight hits in six innings, striking out two and walking two.
Chris Nagorski threw a scoreless, hitless ninth for his third save. He struck out one and walked one.
For Hamilton, Dre Celestijn had a home run and five RBI to lead the offence. He added a double and scored three runs. Nate Mastervick, Tyler Hardie and Callum Murphy had single RBIs, Jake Foden had a pair of hits and scored twice, and David Vanderby had two hits and a run.
Russ Burroughs (1-2) took the loss, giving up three runs in 1.2 innings, walking one and striking out one.
Third-place Barrie improved to 20-9, and eighth-place Hamilton dropped to 7-24.
The London Majors snapped a mini two-game losing skid with a 5-3 road win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday afternoon.
Elis Jimenez went eight strong innings and allowed one run on seven hits, striking out one and walking one.
Cleveland Brownlee had three hits and two RBI for the second-place Majors, who improved to 21-9, Michael Ambrose added three hits, an RBI and run, while Keith Kandel singled and scored twice and RJ Fuhr singled twice and drove in a run.
Justin Marra had two hits and an RBI for fifth-place Toronto, which fell to 15-15. Connor Lewis and Dan Marra each had two hits and a run, and Brandon Keys added an RBI.
Justin Cicatello allowed five runs (four earned) on 10 hits over eight innings. He struck out four and walked one.
In Kitchener McGovern’s threw a complete-game shutout to lead the Kitchener Panthers to a 4-0 win over the Guelph Royals Sunday night.
McGovern (5-0) scattered four hits, striking out six and walking one.
Terrell Alliman hit a solo home run and added a single. Tanner Nivins and Jonathan Brouse each had an RBI, while Sean Reilly singled twice.
The first-place Panthers improved to 23-7.
Matt Schmidt and Aaron Loder both doubled for the Royals, who dropped to 7-22.
Adrian Yuen took the loss, giving up four runs on nine hits in seven innings, striking out four and walking three.
Future games
Tuesday, July 19
Barrie at Guelph, 7:30 p.m.
