Leafs win 15-6
The Hamilton Cardinals fell behind in the early going last night at Christie Pits, then rallied to overcome a 5-1 deficit.
In between innings mid-game, Toronto Maple Leafs Manager Damon Topolie could be heard admonishing his charges for letting the visitors hang around long enough to tie the game.
They made sure it didn't happen again.
The Leafs' bats put nine more runs on the board and the bullpen threw four shutout innings to nail down a 15-6 victory.
The game began beautifully for the Buds, who sent all nine men to the plate in the first inning against Redbirds hurler Jackson Jones. Centerfielder Connor Lewis led off with a walk. Second baseman Dan Marra singled. A passed ball advanced both runners before catcher Justin Marra hit into a 1-3 putout. Lewis scored on the play. DH Tyler Hardie and shortstop Ryan White both walked to load the bases. Another walk put first baseman Julian Johnson aboard and Dan Marra trotted home. Third baseman Adam Odd struck out, then rightfielder Brendan Keys reached first on a fielding error by Hamilton catcher Greg Marco. Hardie scored on the play. Jones finally got out of the inning by striking out leftfielder Grant Tamane.
Tamane (above) recovered to lead the Leafs with three RBIs on the night, much to his manager's delight (also above).
The Leafs began a repeat performance in the second inning when Lewis and Dan Marra once again reached base, and Lewis scored on an out by Justin Marra. It was 4-0 Leafs after two innings.
The Cards snuck a run on the board in the top of the third, on a double and a sac fly. It was their first hit and first run off Leafs starter Andrew Simonetti.
Toronto tacked on two more in the bottom of the third. Odd singled and then Keys doubled to bring him in. Tamane was up next, and he stroked an RBI-single to plate Keys. 6-1 Leafs after three innings.
The visitors kept at it, putting two more runs on the board in the top of the fourth courtesy of a solo home run by Nate Mastervick and an RBI double by T.J. Baker. 6-3 after four.
Hamilton completed the comeback in the top of the fifth when Jon Dziomba blasted a three-run homer to tie the game and seriously irk Topolie on the Toronto bench.
Both starters left the game after the fifth. Simonetti turned the ball over to Zach Sloan, who pitched a scoreless sixth.
Hamilton was not so lucky. Kyle Adoranti relieved Jones and the Leafs had their biggest inning of the game. The recap on Pointstreak is a hot mess, but the Leafs sent all nine men to the plate again and put five runs on the board to take an 11-6 lead.
Mindful of taking their feet off the gas, the Leafs pounded reliever Nick Jambrosic for four more runs in the bottom of the seventh and an insurmountable 15-6 lead.
Sloan, Adam Marra and Andrew Mercer combined for four scoreless innings and Sloan walked away with the win. Adoranti was tagged with the loss.
There would be no second chance for the Redbirds on this night.
Hamilton 6-10-6
Toronto 15-12-5
W - Sloan (1-2, 5.06)
L - Adoranti (1-2, 13.50)
BOXSCORE
At 8-9, the Leafs continue to hold 4th place in the IBL standings. Their next game is on the road in the Telephone City on Friday, June 23 when they take on the Brantford Red Sox.
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