Leafs With the Weekend Sweep

Peaking at just the right moment?  

The Toronto Maple Leafs are on a three-game win streak following last weekend's IBL action.

They put on a midsummer Toronto Air Show, bombarding all comers with nine home runs in three days.  Three from Justin Marra, and two each from Jon Waltenbury, Johnathan Solazzo and Sean Mattson.

The offensive engines revved high, scoring 38 runs.

The scoring explosion and win streak come as the regular season winds down, boding well for the oncoming playoffs.



Maple Leafs 9, Cardinals 5 - July 22 at Hamilton

The Leafs hit the Hamilton Cardinals with One Big Inning, scoring six runs in the 2nd and holding on for a 9-5 win. 

Jon Waltenbury hit a home run and drove in four runs.  Johnathan Solazzo also homered and drove in a pair.  Ryan White drove in two, and Connor Lewis drove in one.  

On the mound, Justin Cicatello struck out eight over eight innings and surrendered four earned runs for the win.

Toronto 9-10-1
Hamilton 5-9-3

W - Cicatello (4-4, 5.31)
L - Tapper (0-6, 5.23)

BOXSCORE



Maple Leafs 15, Bandits 13 - July 23 at Burlington

The Leafs overcame a 6-1 1st inning deficit and battled the Burlington Bandits to a 15-13 final score. 

Jon Waltenbury homered and drove in four runs for the second consecutive game.  Justin Marra also drove in four and homered.  RBIs were also notched by Sean Mattson, Connor Lewis and Damon Topolie, who had four hits on the day.

Adam Garner pitched 4.1 innings in relief of David Ertl, who was unable to get out of the 4th inning.  Johnathan Solazzo came in to pitch the bottom of the 9th and earned a save.

Toronto 15-14-2
Burlington 13-21-2

W - Garner (2-0, 3.63)
L - Hauck (3-4, 4.81)
S - Solazzo (1)

BOXSCORE



Maple Leafs 14, Red Sox 13 (10 innings) - July 24 at Christie Pits

The Leafs saved the freshest dramatics for last, as Sean Mattson hit a two-run walk off home run in the bottom of the 10th to beat the Brantford Red Sox.

For the second day in a row, the Leafs battled back from a 6-1 deficit.  The lead exchanged hands a couple of times before the Red Sox scored the potential game-winning run in the top of the 10th.  That set the stage for Mattson's two-out blast with a man aboard.

The winning shot was Mattson's second round trip of the day.  Justin Marra also clouted a pair and Solazzo added a homer of his own.  Mattson racked up five RBIs, Marra, Solazzo and Grant Tamane each had two, and Damon Topolie and Ryan White each drove in one.

Mike Wagner and Riley Barr made the starts for Toronto and Brantford respectively, but neither figured in the final decision.  Adam Marra was pitcher of record in the 10th and grabbed the win.

W - A. Marra (1-1, 4.50)
L - Betts (3-1, 4.12)

BOXSCORE 



The Maple Leafs are now 18-16 and in 5th place in the IBL standings.  

The Leafs have two games remaining in the regular season, and they are on a playoff collision course with the Brantford Red Sox. They are 1.5 games behind Brantford, where they will travel next on Thursday, July 28.