London,
Ont - On day two at the
Lakeside AAA Tournament the
Sarnia Braves Sr. Men were
eliminated after taking a
win and a loss.
In game one the Braves
defeated Erindale by a score
of 4 - 3. Erindale
took a 3 - 0 lead after the
two innings but the Braves
rallied back and scored a
single run in the third and
three runs in the fourth.
Rory Fell pitched for four
innings allowing 3 runs, 9
hits and walked 1.
Matt Liberty went in for two
innings striking out 1
allowing 3 hits and a single
walk. Mike Damchuk
finished the final inning
striking out 2 with 0 runs,
0 hits and 0 walks.
Sarnia had 3 error in the
game and Milton had 2.
Sarnia had 3 hits with Alex
McLean batting a double and
a single and James Grant
batted a single.
Game two saw the Braves fall
to Milton by a score of 8 -
4. Both sides were
even with 2 runs after the
first inning, then in the
second Milton pulled ahead
scoring 3 and never looked
back and went on and added a
single in the third, two in
the fifth. Sarnia
added a single run in the
third and seventh innings.
Jeff Jones pitched for three
inning striking out 1,
walked 1 allowing 8 hits and
6 runs. Anthony
Shepherd went in for 2
innings allowing 4 hits and
1 walk for 2 runs.
Matt Liberty pitched the
final 2 innings striking out
1, walking 1 allowing 2 hits
and 0 runs. Sarnia had
a single error in the game,
Milton had 2.
Sarnia had a total of 7 hits
in the game as Lance Hart
hit 2 singles and Wade
Babula, James Grant, Justin
Randall, Mike Damchuk and
Greg Kemble each singled.
With 1 win and 2 losses in
the tournament the Braves
did not move on to the next
round.
The Braves are back in
action on Wednesday July 11
in WCBL hosting Port Lambton
at Errol Russell Park with
the first pitch set for
7:30.