Sarnia Bantam Braves fall to Arch Rivals EBBA in
LDBA Playoffs
The Bantam Braves
came up a little short on the weekend, in the
London and District Baseball Association final,
losing to London EBBA 3 - 0 on a miserable
Sunday afternoon in London in a double knockout
format..
Austin Lanteigne
pitched a great game, with relief help from Jake
Marks, allowing only 4 hits and striking out 5
hitters. There were only 2 walks. All of
London's runs were scored in the 4th inning on 1
hit, 2 errors, and 2 walks.
Sarnia had the
misfortune of hitting at a lot of players, but
few fell in for hits. The Braves had only 3 hits
- by Dom Bucci, Cole Moriarity, and Austin
Lanteigne.
Sarnia's road to
the final began on a rainy Friday night, with a
19-1 victory over Komoka. Josh Taylor and Dylan
Whitbread combined in the win throwing a no -
hitter allowing only 2 walks. Komoka's run was
scored on an error.
On Saturday
morning, Sarnia defeated Southwest London by a
score of 14-3. The game was only 5-3 for Sarnia
in the 4th inning until the Braves exploded for
9 runs in the 5th inning to secure the win. The
game was highlighted by a 330 ft. homerun blast
by Curt Robichaud to end the game ( mercy rule
). Cole Moriarity and Jake Marks pitched the win
allowing 5 hits, striking out 7, and walking 4
hitters.
This set up the game of the 2 undefeated
teams, Sarnia and London EBBA, Saturday
afternoon. London came out flying scoring 4
runs in the 1st inning on 4 hits and 2 walks.
Sarnia never really recovered, stranding 13
runners in the game to fall 4 -1. Sarnia's lone
run was scored by Jake Marks on an rbi single by
Austin Lanteigne in the 6th inning. The Braves
loaded the bases in the 7th inning on 3 hits,
but couldn't put any across the plate. Sarnia
had 13 hits in the game. Dom Bucci and Dylan
Whitbread had 3 hits apiece. Cole Moriarity,
Jake Marks, and Austin Lanteigne had 2 hits
each. Dom Bucci and Curt Robichaud pitched well
for Sarnia allowing only 8 hits, and striking
out 6 London hitters.
Sarnia then played
Southwest London again ( who defeated St.Thomas
and Tillsonburg ), this time coming out on top
by a score of 10 -3. Sarnia scored 4 runs in the
1st inning, 2 in the third, and 4 more in the
6th inning for the win. Dom Bucci and Nate
Havers both had 2 hits each. Dom Bucci almost
pitched the complete game, but because of his
pitch count, Josh Taylor came in to retire the
final 2 batters in another soggy contest. This
set up the final game of Sarnia with the
undefeated London EBBA - with the Braves having
to knock them off twice.....but it wasn't to be.
