NEWS RELEASE
INTERCOUNTY BASEBALL LEAGUE
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WELLAND – Welland finished its regular season on Saturday with a sixth straight win.
Matteo Porcellato homered and drove in two for the defending champions in their 5-2 victory over Toronto. Tyler Dupuis also drove in two, while Dawson Tweet and Jonah Weisner each had a pair of hits.
Enrique Saldana (7-2) struck out five of six batters he faced in relief to earn the win. Teodoro tossed two scoreless innings to start the game, and Deivy Mendez fanned two in the ninth to pick up his league-leading 12th save.
Welland (32-10) has home field throughout the playoffs.
Leafs’ starting pitcher Angel Castro (2-6) took the loss after giving up four runs on seven hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out three.
Jose Vinicio and Jordan Castaldo each had two hits and an RBI for Toronto (17-24). Connor Lewis, Dan Marra and Mike Cecchetto all had a pair of hits.
Baycats pull away from Cards
BARRIE – Barrie’s four-run sixth inning broke open a close game and sent the Baycats to a 10-4 home win over Hamilton on Saturday.
Adam Odd drove in two in the bottom half of the inning, which started with Barrie (26-15) holding a one-run lead. Odd finished with three RBI and also stole his third base of the season. Hayden Jaco had two RBI, Canice Ejoh went 3-for-4 and drove in a run, Malik Williams and Brad McQuinn each singled twice and had an RBI, Ryan Rijo went 2-for-4 and scored twice, and Kyle Maves had two of Barrie’s 14 hits.
Juan Benitez (7-1) tossed four innings of relief for the win. He allowed three runs on five hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Cesar Rosado started and went four frames. He gave up a run on three hits with two walks and nine punchouts.
Tyler Duncan, Luis Bernardo and Andrew Johnston all drove in a run for Hamilton (18-23). Rikelbin DeCastro singled twice and had two of Hamilton’s six steals.
Mizuki Akatsuka (3-4) took the loss, giving up three runs on three hits over three innings. He walked one and struck out three.
Majors-Royals rained out – again
GUELPH – One day after their game in London was rained out, Saturday’s scheduled rematch in Guelph between the Royals and Majors suffered the same fate.
Saturday’s game has been rescheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at David E. Hastings Stadium. Friday’s game will be played Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. at Labatt Park.
FUTURE GAMES
Sunday, Aug. 18
Guelph at Brantford, 2 p.m.
London at Kitchener, 2 p.m.
Chatham-Kent at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 19
London at Guelph, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 20
Guelph at London, 7:05 p.m.
END OF REGULAR SEASON
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