NEWS RELEASE
INTERCOUNTY BASEBALL LEAGUE
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BARRIE – Barrie scored once in the sixth and seventh innings to edge Toronto 2-1 on Thursday at Vintage Throne Stadium.
Hayden Jaco had three of the Baycats’ seven hits. Adam Odd hit a solo home run as Barrie moved to 12-7.
Brandon Hillier (1-1) struck out four of the six batters he faced to earn the win in relief. Brad Grieveson locked down the save after giving up a hit and a walk. Frank Garces started and went six innings, allowing a run on seven hits with a walk and seven punchouts.
Dionysius Chialtas drove in the lone Toronto run. Ryan Dos Santos and Cole Murchison had a pair of hits apiece.
Greg Carrington (0-1) was tagged with the loss after giving up the go-ahead run in one inning of relief. Toronto starter Sam Greene went four scoreless innings and walked two and struck out four.
The Leafs fell to 7-17.
Jackfish rebounds after loss
WELLAND – After its 12-game win streak was snapped on Canada Day, the Welland Jackfish didn’t waste time turning things around.
The IBL’s first-place team responded with a 10-3 home win over Brantford on Thursday.
Steven Moretto went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for the Jackfish (16-4). Jake Sanford doubled twice as part of a three-hit game and drove in two. Gianfranco Morello had two RBI, Matteo Porcellato and Tyler Dupuis each drove in a run, and Jonah Weisner and Ethan Hunt collected two hits apiece and combined to score three times.
Welland righty Brandon Underhill (3-1) fanned eight over six scoreless innings to earn the win. He scattered four hits and walked one.
Vaibhav Desai accounted for Brantford’s offence with a bases-clearing double in the seventh. Nick Burdett and Stephen Whalen each had two hits and scored once.
Ricardo Alvarez DeLugo (0-3) took the loss on the mound. He was charged with seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits with a strikeout over five innings as the Red Sox dropped to 8-13.
Panthers strike late against Barnstormers
KITCHENER – Spenser Ross’s two-out single scored Nick Parsons in the bottom of the eighth inning of Kitchener’s 6-5 win over Chatham-Kent on Thursday night at Jack Couch Park.
Raul Gonzalez and Nick Parsons each drilled two-run home runs for the Panthers (7-14).
On the mound, Panthers’ righty Yadian Martinez gave up two runs on seven hits over six frames. He punched out eight and didn’t issue a walk. He was in line for the win until Chatham’s Braxton Haggith hit a three-run blast in the seventh off Panthers’ reliever Brett Reid, who scattered three hits, walked two and struck out three over a pair of innings to pick up the victory (1-0).
Nathan Laird recorded the last three outs for his second save.
Spencer Marcus went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Barnstormers (8-14). Daniel Battel and Mitsuki Fukuda each had two hits and a run.
Chatham reliever Sam McKinlay (1-2) took the loss. He yielded a run on one hit over two innings, walking one and striking out one. Barnstormers’ starter Eric Pettipiece went six innings and gave up five runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
FUTURE GAMES
Friday, July 5
Guelph at Hamilton, 7:35 p.m.
Brantford at London, 7:35 p.m.
Saturday, July 6
Chatham-Kent at Barrie, 4:05 p.m.
London at Welland, 6:05 p.m.
Hamilton at Guelph, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 7
Welland at Brantford, 2 p.m.
Hamilton at Toronto, 2 p.m.
London at Kitchener, 5:15 p.m. (DH)
Barrie at Guelph, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 9
Welland at Guelph, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 10
Hamilton at Barrie, 7:35 p.m.
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