Sarnia Midget Braves win 4 on the
weekend!
The Sarnia
Midget Braves hosted the EEBA Minors Friday
evening at Errol Russell Park. EBBA opened
the game with 3 runs off 1 hit and errors by
the Braves. In the bottom of the third #23
Corey Brown's RBI double brought the score
to Braves 1, EBBA 3. In the bottom of 4
Sarnia scored 5 runs off walks, errors,
and singles by # 7 Wade Babula, #3 Rory
Fell, and #16 CJ Donahue. The Braves scored
again in the 6th to bring the final score to
EBBA 3, Braves 7. #27 Anthony Shepherd
pitched 5 innings with 1 hit and 8 k's. #4
Jeff Drexler pitched the 6th and had 1 hit
and 3 K's.
In WCBA play
on Saturday the Sarnia Midget Braves
hosted Chatham in a double header on
Saturday at Errol Russell Park. In the
first game #29 Justin McCarthy pitched
seven innings for the 8 - 1 win; he had
10 k's. At the plate #12 Patrick McKay
had 2 singles, McCarthy had a single,
and #16 C.J. Donahue was 3 for 4 with
singles. Sarnia left 10 men on base
throughout the game but did capitalized
on errors by Chatham for the win.
In game #2
Chatham was the first to score with 3
runs in the top of the 5th. After
leaving bases loaded in both the 3rd and
5th innings the Braves finally scored a
single in the 6th leaving a runner in
scoring position. Chatham led 3 - 1
going in to the bottom of the 7th.
Sarnia once again capitalized on errors
by Chatham and went on to win the game
with RBI singles by #4 Jeff Drexler and
#3 Rory Fell. #12 Patrick McKay, #27
Anthony Shepherd, and #16 C.J. Donahue
each had singles and Drexler had 2
singles. Pitching for Sarnia was #25
Ryan Pavey. Final score: Chatham 3,
Sarnia 4
On Sunday
Sarnia played in Wallaceburg.
Wallaceburg opened the game with a run
in the first. After leaving a runner in
scoring position in the second, Sarnia
finally scored 2 runs in the 4th to take
the lead. On base with singles #7 Wade
Babula and #12 Patrick McKay scored off
#3 Rory Fell's single. An error by
Wallaceburg scored #23 Corey Brown's
single in the 6th. Fell singled again
and #16 C.J. Donahue's single brought
home Fell. The final score was Sarnia
5, Wallaceburg 1.
