Leafs win 11-5
The Toronto Maple Leafs went to town on Guelph pitching this afternoon, and won both games of a Father's Day doubleheader at Christie Pits.
In the first game, balls were crushed. The Leafs banged out four home runs and 11 RBIs en route to an easy 11-5 win. They jumped all over Royals starter Nathan Borges from the get go, scoring six runs in the first inning and never looking back.
It was a hot, festive day at the Pits. There was a pre-game ceremony to acknowledge the fact that the Maple Leafs franchise won its 1000th game last week. A Latino festival filled the park with music all afternoon, and Leafs bats were thumping too.
Raul Borjas (above) led the way with a home run and three RBIs. Ryan White and Johnathan Solazzo also homered and drove in two runs apiece. Jason Freeman joined the parade with a solo shot of his own.
Kyle Redinger made his first start for Toronto and went 5 innings for the win.
Late in the game, Royals manager Marc Sgrignoli met with the umpires and protested the game. No details known at this time. Don't want to speculate, but I'll update as info becomes available.
Game Recap:
To make up for a rainout from May, the Toronto Maple Leafs hosted the Guelph Royals for a Father's Day doubleheader at Christie Pits.
Kyle Redinger made his first start and looked completely the part of a dominant starter, with his flowing locks and his 1973 Nolan Ryan stirrups and the fantastically intense grimaces he made before, during and after each pitch. Then the game started. He gave up a leadoff single to centerfielder Santino Silvestri and an RBI double to leftfielder Jeff MacLeod and just like that, the Royals had a 1-0 lead. Redinger would rebound after that and put in a solid start. Seriously, Redinger was solid. Ignore my sassy talk at the start of this paragraph. It's probably heatstroke again.
Redinger got by with more than a little help from his new friends. The Leafs sent 10 men to the plate in the bottom of the first inning. Rightfielder Connor Lewis drew a leadoff walk off Guelph starter Nathan Borges. Second baseman Dan Marra drove Lewis in with a double. That was followed by a double by DH Jon Waltenbury that scored Marra. First baseman Jason Freeman reached first on an error and Waltenbury took third. Third baseman Johnathan Solazzo singled and drove in Waltenbury. Left fielder Raul Borjas was up next and he broke the game open with a three-run home run that landed somewhere in the middle of the Latino music festival on the other side of the park. 6-1 Leafs after one inning.
Redinger cruised through the next couple of innings, and the Leafs scored more runs in the bottom of the 3rd. Catcher Brendan Keys was hit by a pitch from Bryce MacDonald-Wilson, who had relieved Borges in the 2nd inning. Shortstop Ryan White then hit his first home run of the year and made it 8-1 Leafs after the 3rd inning.
Freeman hit a solo home run off Tylan Essery, who had relieved MacDonald-Wilson to start the 4th inning. Essery then walked Solazzo, who promptly stole second base, and moved to third on a wild pitch to centerfielder Tyler Mitchell. On the very next pitch, Mitchell drove in Solazzo with a double to make it 10-1 Leafs after the 4th inning.
The Royals scraped together two runs off of Redinger in the 5th inning. Silvestri singled, rightfielder Chandler McLaren doubled, and Silvestri scored when MacLeod hit into a fielder's choice. Catcher Justin Interisano then doubled to score McLaren and it was 10-3 Leafs after the 5th inning.
Newcomer Dave Ertl took the ball from Redinger to start the 6th inning. He gave up a leadoff double to third baseman Patrick Coughlin, and an RBI double to shortstop Anthony Risquez, late of the Hamilton Cardinals. A single by Silvestri -- his fourth hit of the game -- scored Risquez to make it 10-5 Leafs midway through the 6th inning.
Solazzo put one more on the board with a solo home run that made it 11-5 through six innings.
Adam Garner came on to pitch a scoreless 7th inning and lock down the win for Redinger in the first game of this doubleheader, with an 11-5 final.
Guelph 5-11-2
Toronto 11-10-1
W - Redinger (1-0, 7.04)
L - Borges (0-3, 13.11)
BOXSCORE
It took just over two hours for the Leafs to breeze to a win in the first game, and everyone took a 30 minute break before returning for game two.
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