By Staff
June 3rd, 2018
BURLINGTON, ON
The London Majors kept two streaks alive Saturday afternoon in Burlington.
The Herd dropped its eighth consecutive game when the London Majors posted an 11-3 win over the Herd giving them their fourth straight victory.
Carlos Arteaga drove in two and scored twice for London, which improved to 5-3. Matt Hexter had two hits, an RBI and a run, RJ Fuhr and Michael Ambrose each drove in a run and scored once, while Byron Reichstein and Brendan DeClark each had an RBI. Cleveland Brownlee drove in a pair, and Keith Kandel, Tristan Buntrock and Chris McQueen combined to score six runs at the bottom of the lineup.
Joan Montero (3-1) went seven innings for the win, allowing two runs on four hits with two walks and eight strikeouts.
Eddie Chessell led the Herd with two hits and an RBI, while Reese O’Farrell doubled and scored twice.
Justin Gideon stole two bases and scored once.
Rich Corrente (0-3) took the loss, giving up seven runs (four earned) on seven hits over 5.1 innings. He walked three and struck out two.
The Toronto Leafs snapped the Guelph Royals’ three-game win streak with an 11-8 road victory over the Royals Saturday afternoon.
Justin Marra went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, his sixth longball of the season. He also walked and scored twice. Greg Carrington had three hits, two runs and an RBI, Jonathan Solazzo drove in a pair, Adam Odd singled twice and scored once, Connor Lewis picked up two singles and two runs, Mike Reeves singled, doubled, drove in a run and scored once, Grant Tamane scored twice and drove in a run, and Dan Marra had an RBI and a stolen base.
Marek Deska (1-0) scattered six hits and allowed two runs over seven innings. He walked one and struck out one. Andrew Simonetti gave up three runs on four hits with two strikeouts in two innings for his second save.
Toronto, which had dropped two straight, improved to 6-3.
For Guelph, Sean Reilly went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and three runs. Josh Garton singled, homered and scored three times. Justin Interisano went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI, Jeff MacLeod and Matthew Pilarczyk each drove in a run, and Narciso Padilla singled twice.
Yunior Yambatis (1-1) took the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits in six innings, walking four and striking out five.
Guelph dropped to 3-3.
In Barrie, Ryan Spataro drove in two runs and scored three times to lead the Barrie Baycats to a 10-3 win over the visiting Brantford Red Sox Saturday night.
Brandon Dhue, who entered the game as a pinch hitter, had two hits, two runs and an RBI. Jordan Castaldo and Kevin Atkinson each drove in two, while Glenn Jackson singled twice and scored three times. Anderson Green had an RBI.
Emilis Guerrero (4-0) went seven innings for the win, giving up three runs on 13 hits with five strikeouts.
For Brantford, David Mendham went 2-for-4 with a solo home run. Blake Kauer had two hits and drove in a run and scored once. Terrell Alliman, Nic Burdett and Anthony Rizquez had two hits apiece, and Andris Rizquez drove in a run.
Tyler Gillies (0-1) took the loss, giving up two runs on two hits in an inning of relief. He walked one and struck out two.
Euclides Leyer started and went five innings, allowing two runs on four hits with four walks and five strikeouts.
Barrie improved to 5-2, and Brantford dropped to 1-4.
Future games
Sunday, June 3
Kitchener at London, 1:05 p.m.
Guelph at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Barrie at Brantford, 2 p.m.
Burlington at Hamilton (Postponed to July 17) Tuesday,
June 5
Burlington at Guelph, 7:30 p.m.
Kitchener at Barrie, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6
Barrie at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton at London, 7:35 p.m.
