Jun 28, 2017 | Trevor Russwurm | 612 views
Mosquitos Notch Pair of Wins in Weekend Action
The Stickhandler Mosquito OBA Astros recorded a couple of victories on the weekend, downing Southwest London Select 11-4 on Saturday June 24th in St Marys, and defeating Lucan-Ilderton 17-7 at home on Sunday June 25th.
In St Marys on Saturday for the annual Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, starter Keegan Priestap worked a scoreless opening two innings, and the Mitchell bats built a 4-0 lead. Dominic Marshall opened with a leadoff double, scoring on Josh French's RBI single. Three more runs were added in the second inning as a single by Jack Small and walks to Lucas Roobroeck and Kellen Russwurm all came in to score. Priestap held Southwest in check for another three scoreless innings, deftly changing speeds and keeping the ball down in the zone to induce many groundball outs. The Astros blew things open in the fourth inning with six runs as Jarrett Van Bakel started off reaching base on an infield error, followed by consecutive base hits by Jordan Visneskie, Caleb Templeman, and Small. Reliever Van Bakel was nervous with Roy Halladay in the house, allowing two runs on three walks to open the seventh, but would pitch out of the jam to finish up the win. Rumour has it Halladay bailed early on bewildered fans lined up wearing his jersey and awaiting his autograph, must have had a plane to catch.
Hosting Lucan-Ilderton on Sunday as part of Mitchell Minor Baseball Day, starter Visneskie worked a scoreless opening inning and the bats responded with three runs in the bottom half and never gave up the lead. Marshall opened with a base hit, Carson Harmer worked a walk, and both were driven home by French's RBI double. Leading 6-4 after four innings of play, the locals would break it open with a 7-run fourth inning. Russwurm led off the inning with a solo home run to deep left centre, and two quick groundouts looked to be ending the inning quickly. Rallying with two outs, Jack Miller hammered a triple into the gap, and Marshall, Harmer, and French all singled. After an RBI groundout by Van Bakel, Visneskie singled and Small stroked a two-run double. Harmer would reach base in all four at-bats and score each time, with Marshall and French each scoring three runs. French came on in relief of Visneskie to finish up on the mound.