TORONTO, Ont. - With a doubleheader sweep of the fifth-place George Brown Huskies on Wednesday night, the Durham Lords men's baseball team moved one step closer to clinching a place in the 2018 OCAA championship, hosted by Durham College from Oct. 19-20.
The Lords picked up a convincing 6-1 victory to open the mid-week showdown, before going to extra-innings in the second game, exploding for five runs in the ninth-inning to win 8-4.
On the schedule next for Durham is their home finale on Friday, Oct. 5, welcoming the Seneca Sting to Kinsmen Memorial Stadium. The Lords will honour their graduating seniors in a special pre-game ceremony. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
Game 1
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Connor May (Oshawa, Ont.) continued his hot-streak delivering two RBI and two runs, while also picking up two stolen bases.
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Aidan Ali (Whitby, Ont.) and
Brett O'Hare (Bowmanville, Ont.) drove in the Lords other two RBI.
• Huskies Andrew McMahon went 1-for-3 from the plate, driving in the lone George Brown run.
Game 2
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Reagan Manley (Peterborough, Ont.) led the Lords going 3-for-4 in the batters box, driving in two RBI and crossing the plate twice himself.
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Brian Wowk (Oshawa, Ont.) batted lead-off for Durham, going 2-for-4 with one RBI and two stolen bases.
• Huskies Ryan Fata delivered the game-tying RBI in the seventh inning to force extra-innings, finishing 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Game 1
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Alec Brown (Bowmanville, Ont.) pitched another complete game victory for his fourth win of the season, striking out seven, while allowing just one earned run.
• Huskies starting pitcher Quentin Fleming went five innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits and five walks.
Game 2
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Jake Legros (Whitby, Ont.) went beyond the regular workload, going eight innings strong, with seven strikeouts and one earned run.
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Jason Crouse (Oshawa, Ont.) pitched in relief, striking out all three batters he faced in the ninth inning
• Huskies pitcher John Luke Lamanna allowed three earned runs through 8.66 innings pitched before David De Cassan appeared in relief.
Overall Record: 8-12-1 (W-L-T)
Conference Record: 8-8-0
Next game: Friday, Oct. 5 vs. Seneca Sting (6/8 p.m. – Kinsmen Memorial Stadium)
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