OSHAWA, ON - Hosting the George Brown Huskies for their home finale and senior's night, the Durham Lords baseball team won both games of the doubleheader at Kinsmen Stadium on Thursday night, 8-0 and 6-3.
The Lords came out hot in both games, outscoring the Huskies 14-1 in the first four innings of both games (8-0 in Game 1 and 6-1 in Game 2). From there Durham relied on great defense and pitching to close out both wins. Shutting out the Huskies in Game 1 and allowing only three runs in Game 2, the Huskies were finished off on the night by a clutch strikeout from first-year pitcher
Ryan Mattes (Whitby, ON).
With the two wins, Durham improves to 6-5 on the season. Hoping to keep the ball rolling and pick up two more wins, the Lords will travel to play the Centennial Colts next Wednesday, Oct. 13. First pitch in the road doubleheader is set for 6 p.m.
Game 1
• It was a team effort at-bat in Game 1 with nine batters getting a hit, led by lead-off hitter
Griffin Oliver (Oshawa, ON) with two hits, a walk, one stolen base, three runs scored, and a .667 batting average
• DC athlete of the week
Cruz Lopez (Brooklin, ON) led the team with three RBI, scoring one in each of the first three innings. Five more Lord players added to the teams RBI total.
Game 2
• The bats slowed down slightly in Game 2 for DC, but not for first-year second base
Tyler Chong (Markham, ON) who finished the game with three hits including two doubles and two RBI.
• Continuing to showcase great team speed as one of their team strengths this season, the Lords stole a total of six bases in Game 2 with
Wendel Johnson (Whitby, ON) leading the team with two steals.
Game 1
• Starting pitcher
Thomas Handy (Newington, ON) went four strong innings allowing zero runs, only allowing one hit, and striking out three.
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Carter Quinney (Pickering, ON) and
Ryan Fisher (Bradford, ON) came in to relieve Handy for the last three innings, pitching two and one innings respectively. The pair combined to strike out three Huskies while allowing four hits to complete the shutout in the first game.
Game 2
• Leading the Lords into the second game,
Ben Spunde (Elmira, ON) pitched three innings allowing three hits, one earned run, and one walk.
• Thomas Aronowicz and Mattes appeared in relief pitching heat to strike out seven batters over the last 4fourinnings. Aronowicz struck out two of the three batters he faced on the night, while Mattes recorded five K's.
Overall Record: 7-8 (W-L)
Conference Record: 6-5
Next match: Wednesday, Oct. 13 @ Centennial Colts (6/8:15 p.m. - Scarborough, ON)
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