Barrie Baycats 6, Guelph Royals 0

In Guelph, Ryan Spataro had a pair of hits, including a home run that helped the Barrie Baycats to a 6-0 win over the Guelph Royals in the Intercounty Baseball League playoffs on Saturday. Barrie won the series 4-1 and advances to the IBL Championship Series for the first time in franchise history.

Brad Bissel (1-2) tossed a complete game three-hit shutout, striking out 11 batters in the win. Toby Legace also homered and scored two runs for Barrie.

Brian Barr (1-2) allowed six runs - four earned - and eight hits in eight innings for Guelph, who won the league championship in each of the past two years.

                      1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9   R  H  E
BARRIE BAYCATS        2 0 0  0 0 2  0 2 0 - 6  9  2
GUELPH ROYALS         0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0 - 0  3  4

2005 IBL Playoffs - Second Round Series
(Best of seven Semi-final Series)

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Kitchener Panthers
(Toronto lead series 3-1)
Game 1 - TORONTO 2, Kitchener 0
Game 2 - KITCHENER 11, Toronto 10
Game 3 - TORONTO 12, Kitchener 5
Game 4 - Toronto 12, KITCHENER 4
Game 5 - Sunday Aug. 14 at Toronto, 2:00
Game 6 - Tues. Aug. 16 at Kitchener, 7:30 (if necessary)
Game 7 - Wed. Aug. 17 at Toronto, 7:30 (if necessary)

Guelph Royals vs. Barrie Baycats
(Barrie wins series 4-1)
Game 1 - GUELPH 4, Barrie 1
Game 2 - BARRIE 3, Guelph 1
Game 3 - Barrie 8, GUELPH 0
Game 4 - BARRIE 8, Guelph 5
Game 5 - Barrie 6, GUELPH 0

Home Team in CAPS.