The Four Horsemen Fall Short in Barrie

Game 35: Toronto Maple Leafs @ Barrie Baycats - July 24, 2014

The Toronto Maple Leafs' bullpen was called into early action tonight at Schmidt & Shaw Stadium in Barrie. 

Starter Marek Deska was a scratch due to reported inflammation, so a quartet of pitchers took to the mound on his behalf: Christian Botnick, Jake Hines, Christian Botter and Justin Cicatello.

Over nine innings, the four horsemen battled their Baycat opposites to a near-draw.  But there are no draws in baseball, except in the flawed thought processes of Bud Selig.  In the end the two clubs' pitching lines looked like this:

Toronto 8 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 3 K
Barrie 9 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 3 K

Barrie eked out one run more than Toronto and won the game 5-4.


Toronto 4-9-1
Barrie 5-9-2

W - Lawson (4-2)
L - Hines (0-2)
S - Nagorski (3)

BOXSCORE


The Maple Leafs are now 16-18 and stuck in 6th place, a game behind both Brantford and Guelph.  Their next game is home at Christie Pits against the London Majors on Sunday, July 27.