August 4 - Intercounty Baseball Playoffs
Oshawa Dodgers 3, Brantford Red Sox 1
In Oshawa, Ryan Balan had a pair of hits and scored the winning run to help the Dodgers to a 3-1 win over the Brantford Red Sox. Brantford leads the best-of-five series 2-1 with Game 3 scheduled for Tuesday night in Oshawa.
Pat Tobin had a pair of hits, including an RBI single, and Al Stevens drove in the winning run with a single in the first inning.
Matt Tosoni (1-0) worked 5 2/3 innings for Oshawa, giving up one run and eight hits and Jamaal Joseph tossed three hitless innings of relief for the save.
Stefan Strecker (0-1) suffered the loss after giving up six runs and 10 hits in six innings and Eric Wolfe was three-for-four with a stoles base for Brantford.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
BRANTFORD RED SOX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 2
OSHAWA DODGERS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X - 3 11 3
Brantford leads series 2-1
Game 1 - Brantford 3, Oshawa 1
Game 2 - Brantford 9, Oshawa 8
Game 3 - Oshawa 3, Brantford 1
Game 4 - Tues. Aug. 5 at Oshawa 8:00 p.m.
Game 5 - Thurs. Aug. 7 at Brantford 8:00 p.m. *
Kitchener Panthers 8, London Majors 7
In London, Andy Pietraszko belted a pair of hits and drove in three runs, including the game-winner in the ninth inning to help the Kitchener Panthers to an 8-7 win over the Majors. Kitchener leads the series 2-1 and host Game 4 on Tuesday.
Adam Hornostaj (1-0) gave up a pair of runs in 6 2/3 innings before Mike Oledis was tagged for five runs in two innings of relief.
Randy Curran homered for Kitchener and Joel Scott added three hits and scored three times in the win.
London starter Yoel Fernandez (0-1) gave up seven runs and nine hits in 7 2/3 innings. Mike McLeod had a pair of hits and drove in three runs for London.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
KITCHENER PANTHERS 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 - 8 10 2
LONDON MAJORS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 - 7 8 4
Kitchener leads series 2-1
Game 1 - Kitchener 9, London 0
Game 2 - London 10, Kitchener 2
Game 3 - Kitchener 8, London 7
Game 4 - Tues. Aug. 5 at Kitchener (Bechtel Park - Waterloo), 8:00 p.m.
Game 5 - Wed. Aug. 6 at Kitchener (Jack Couch Park), 8:00 p.m. *
Guelph Royals 3, Hamilton Cardinals 2
In Guelph, Joel Lynch drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Royals a 3-2 win over the Hamilton Cardinals and a sweep of their best-of-five playoff series.
Nathan Tami (1-0) earned the win with 2/3 of an inning of relief after starter Brian Dikdan threw seven shutout innings for Guelph.
Sean Lynn (0-1) took the loss after giving up three runs in the 11th inning. Hamilton starter Pat Lynch struck out 12 batters in eight scoreless innings.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
HAMILTON CARDINALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 1
GUELPH ROYALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 4 0
Guelph wins series 3-0
Game 1 - Guelph 4, Hamilton 3
Game 2 - Guelph 10, Hamilton 7
Game 3 - Guelph 3, Hamilton 2
* If Necessary