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The
Sarnia Senior Braves captured the 2011 WCBL pennant
with a 9-5 victory over the Maple City Brewers at
Fergie Jenkins Field in Chatham.
After losing the first leg of their road
doubleheader, the Braves sent righthander Jeff Jones
to the hill in hopes of winning the season series
against the Brewers and pushing the Braves out of
reach in league play.
Jones didn’t disappoint as he struck out 11 batters
for the complete game victory.
Sarnia hit the board first in the second inning as
Chris Bright launched a solo homerun to right field
for the 1-0 lead.
The Braves would add three more runs in the third
inning. Nick Baljeu would start things off with a
walk and move to second on a Wade Babula sac-bunt.
James Grant would rip a line drive single to center
which saw Baljeu called out on a questionable play
at the plate. But Sarnia wouldn’t fold with two out
and after a Mason McCarthy single, Rory Fell would
crush a deep homerun to centerfield for the 4-0
Sarnia lead.
Sarnia would add three more runs in the fourth with
Babula, Jamie Barron, and Greg Kemble scoring. Doug
Amlin would score in the fifth to make the score 8-0
for the visiting Braves.
Maple City wouldn’t give up though and managed to
put four runs on the board in the top of the sixth
inning. Sarnia would respond with one run in the
frame as Fell would cash Grant on an RBI single to
put the score at 9-4. Maple City would pick up a run
in the seventh but Jones would settle down and shut
the door to give Sarnia the win.
The Braves sit at 21-3 in league action and 33-8
overall.
“This has been a great year for our club and winning
the WCBL pennant with three games remaining on the
schedule proves that we are moving in the right
direction as an organization,” says coach Brad
Wright. “We took our lumps in our inaugural season
last year in order to get to this point and it is
just such a good feeling to know that our hard work
paid off.”
Sarnia is now preparing for the Michigan Cup which
will take place on September 22-25 in St. Clair
Shores, MI. They will be playing home games throught
the next four weeks at Errol Russell Park, with
their next action coming on Wednesday, August 24th
against the Port Lambton Pirates. Game time is
7:30pm
Front: Anthony Shephard (LHP), Nick Baljeu (2B),
Wade Babula (SS), Jamie Barron (RF)
Back: Rory Fell (3B), James Grant (CF), Chris Bright
(LF), Mason McCarthy (DH), Doug Amlin (1B),
Jeff Jones (RHP), Greg Kemble (C), Mike Hyde (RHP)
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