By Staff
August 17th, 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
It was a much tighter game than the 14 – 1 licking the Barrie Baycats gave the Brantford Red Sox – the 5-4 win yesterday gave the Baycats a two-game lead in the best of seven semi-final series.
The Burlington Herd got taken out of the playoffs at the quarter final level when xxx beat them 4-1
Jordan Castaldo’s single in the top of the ninth scored Ryan Spataro for the winning run as the Barrie Baycats edged the Brantford Red Sox 5-4 Wednesday night at Arnold Anderson Stadium.
Spataro went 3-for-4 in the leadoff spot and scored twice while stealing a base. Kyle DeGrace and Jeff Cowan each had two hits, an RBI and a run, and Ryan Rijo had an RBI.
Adam Rowe (1-0) earned the win, striking out three of the four batters he faced in relief. Enerio Del Rosario allowed a hit and struck out one for his first save of the post-season.
Starter Claudio Custodio gave up four runs on six hits with three walks and six strikeouts in 6.2 innings.
Chris Dennis and Dan Jagdeo each had solo home runs for the Red Sox, who trailed 4-1 at one point before chipping away and tying the game in the seventh.
Benjamin Bostick singled, doubled and had an RBI and a run, and Nic Burdett added an RBI.
Tanner Guindon (0-2) took the loss after yielding a run on one hit and a walk in an inning.
Graham Tebbit started and allowed four runs on eight hits in 6.1 innings. He walked three and struck out three.
Future games
Thursday, Aug. 17
Brantford at Barrie, 7:30 p.m.
London at Kitchener, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 19
Kitchener at London, 7:35 p.m.
