July 31 - Intercounty Baseball Playoff Results
Kitchener Panthers 9, London Majors 0
In Kitchener, Joel Scott smashed a three-run home run in the first inning to help the Panthers to a 9-0 win over the London Majors in game one of their first round playoff series.
Randy Curran blasted a two-run homer and Harpreet Padda added three hits, including a two-run homer, and scored three times.
Bryon Bell (1-0) worked six scoreless innings for Kitchener, giving up two hits and striking out six batters.
Gordon Walters (0-1) gave up eight runs in 3 2/3 innings and Greg Goss allowed one run in 3 1/3 innings of relief.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LONDON MAJORS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2
KITCHENER PANTHERS 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 X - 9 8 1
Kitchener leads series 1-0
Game 1 - Kitchener 9, London 0
Game 2 - Fri. Aug. 1 at London, 8:00 p.m.
Game 3 - Sun. Aug 3 at Kitchener, 8:30 p.m.
Game 4 - Mon. Aug 4 at London, 8:00 p.m. *
Game 5 - Tues. Aug 5 at Kitchener, 8:00 p.m. *
Brantford Red Sox 3, Oshawa Dodgers 1
In Brantford, Steve Charles clubbed a three-run home run in the sixth inning to give the Red Sox a 3-1 win over the Oshawa Dodgers in game one of their opening round playoff series.
Jason Gotwalt and Eric Wolfe each added a pair of hits in the win.
Brad Hogeterp (1-0) gave up one run and five hits in a complete-game effort for Brantford. He struck out nine batters and walked three in the win.
Ryan Balan (0-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in eight innings. He struck out seven batters and walked two and scored a run in the loss.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
OSHAWA DODGERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0
BRANTFORD RED SOX 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 X - 3 7 0
Brantford leads series 1-0
Game 1 - Brantford 3, Oshawa 1
Game 2 - Sun. Aug. 3 at Brantford, 8:00 p.m.
Game 3 - Mon. Aug. 4 at Oshawa 8:00 p.m.
Game 4 - Tues. Aug. 5 at Oshawa 8:00 p.m. *
Game 5 - Wed. Aug. 6 at Brantford 8:00 p.m. *
Guelph Royals 4, Hamilton Cardinals 3 (13)
In Guelph, Joel Lynch hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift the Royals to a 4-3 win over the Hamilton Cardinals in Game 1 of their first round playoff series.
Lynch was three-for-six and Chris Becker added three hits for Guelph.
Aaron Little (1-0) allowed one unearned run and two hits in 5 2/3 innings after starter Mel Melehes gave up two runs in 7 1/3 innings.
Nino Fussolo (0-1) gave up two runs and four hits in 4 1/3 innings of relief. Craig Hawkins allowed two runs and seven hits in an eight-inning start.
Andy Steeds belted out three hits and scored two runs for Hamilton.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E
HAMILTON 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 11 1
GUELPH 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 11 1
Guelph leads series 1-0
Game 1 - Guelph 4, Hamilton 3
Game 2 - Fri. Aug. 1 at Hamilton, 7:45 p.m.
Game 3 - Sat. Aug. 2 at Guelph, 1:00 p.m.
Game 4 - Sun. Aug. 3 at Hamilton, 1:30 p.m. *
Game 5 - Tues. Aug. 4 at Guelph, 9:00 p.m. *