Friday Night Report

COMBL
May 21 - 7:30 pm - Milton 7, Brampton 2
May 21 - 7:45 pm - Mississauga SW 5, Etobicoke 4

Intercounty Baseball League
May 21 - 8:00 pm - Brantford 8, Ottawa 4
May 21 - 7:30 pm - Guelph 10, Hamilton 4
May 21 - 7:30 pm - Kitchener 1, London 0

Can-Am
May 21 - Tecumseh Thunder 5, Troy Jet Box 3

Milton downs Brampton 7-2
The Milton Red Sox defeated the Brampton Battlecats by the score of 7-2 Friday night.

Milton starter Ian Zettle went six innings allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts for the victory. Zettle, the Red Sox veteran workhorse, ranks among COMBL leaders with 21 strikeouts in 18 innings of work. Devin Karlsen pitched the final three innings of shutout ball registering two K's.

Leading the Milton offense was Steve Lauzon who went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Sean Mathe belted his first homerun of the season while registering three RBI.

Offensive outburst leads Royals over Hamilton 10-4

The Guelph Royals offense came alive Friday night as they collected a season high 17 hits in a 10-4 victory over the Hamilton Thunderbirds.

Guelph led 4-1 until the top of the 7th inning, when they scored six runs on four hits off Hamilton reliever Bill Langford in his first appearance of the season.

Leading the Royals offense was Shaun Valeriote and Mark Allen who both went 3-for-5 on the night. Kevin Hinton contributed with two hits including a solo homerun while Frankie Hare and Brad Mitchell both chipped in with two hits each. Sean Reilly collected one hit with 3 RBI while Jeremy Ware drove in two runs in the victory.

Guelph starter Ryan Hart went 7 2/3 innings allowing four runs on five hits with a season high 11 strikeouts for the victory.

Davis leads Kitchener past London 1-0
In his first appearance of the season, Kitchener's Ross Davis went the distance throwing a five-hit complete game shutout while striking out nine for the victory. London's Andy St. Gelais picked up the loss despite going nine complete innings allowing five hits while striking out four.

The Panthers got their lone run in the top of the first with two out when Jeff Pietraszko hit his second homerun of the season for the eventual game winner. The lone multiple-hit game came from London's Vince Burke who went 2-for-4 extending his hit streak to three games.

Six run 7th leads Brantford over Ottawa 8-4
The Brantford Red Sox scored six runs in the bottom of the 7th on route to an 8-4 home victory over the Ottawa Fat Cats.

Bryon Bell led the Red Sox offense with two hits including a clutch three-run double in the 7th inning. Hyung Cho also added two hits while Lee Delfino belted his league leading third homerun of the season with a solo shot.

Brantford starter Marc-Andre Major went five innings, allowing four runs on five hits with a game high 10 strikeouts in a no decision. Brian Speck went two innings with three K's to pick up the win. Red Sox closer Stefan Strecker allowed one hit in two innings of work to pick up his second save of the season.

Ottawa starter Danny Desclouds went six innings while giving up two runs, one earned on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Reliever Tyler Durward suffered the loss, giving up three runs on two hits.

Chris Latimer had two hits and two runs scored for the Fatcats.