While your humble correspondent entertained some excellent visitors from Chicago over the weekend, the Toronto Maple Leafs played a couple of blowout games. They did unto Hamilton what Brantford did unto them.
Game 30: Toronto Maple Leafs at Brantford Red Sox, July 14, 2017.
Red Sox win 12-4
The weekend kicked off with a trip down to Telephone City on Friday night.
The Leafs outhit the Sox 13 to 11, but the home side got the timely hits. Most notably Chris Dennis, who hit two home runs -- one of them a grand slam -- and racked up six RBIs.
Marek Deska made the start and took the loss. Matt Martinow battled through six innings and hung around long enough for the win. Johnathan Solazzo led the way for Toronto with four hits, but the Leafs let a 3-1 lead slip away in the middle innings and Brantford ran away with this one.
Toronto 4-13-3
Brantford 12-11-1
W - Martinow (3-3, 5.40)
L - Deska (1-3, 3.73)
BOXSCORE
Game 31: Hamilton Cardinals at Toronto Maple Leafs, July 16, 2017
Leafs win 17-9
The Leafs returned to Christie Pits for a Sunday afternoon clash with the Hamilton Cardinals.
The roller coaster scoreline shows the Leafs had a 10-2 lead after two innings. The Cards whittled that down to a 10-9 score after six innings. Toronto put the game away with a five-run seventh and cruised to a 17-9 final.
Zac Orchard had himself a day. He went 5 for 6 at the plate, hit a home run and drove in five runs. Grant Tamane also homered and drove in three. Greg Carrington had four RBIs and the rest were scattered around the lineup.
Trevor Caughey gave up nine earned runs on the mound for Toronto, but he lasted five innings and got the Dubya. Chris Lazar was chased after just 1 1/3 innings en route to the L.
Hamilton 9-14-2
Toronto 17-17-0
W - Caughey (1-0, 7.07)
L - Lazar (2-3, 8.69)
BOXSCORE
The Leafs' 13-14 record places them 4th in the IBL standings. They will play a makeup game against the still-undefeated Barrie Baycats this Tuesday night, July 18 at Christie Pits. First pitch is 7:35.
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