MULTIPLE TEAMS SWEEP AS OTTAWA'S WIN STREAK GOES TO FIVE

Ottawa vs New Jersey

The Ottawa Titans (23-7) defeated the New Jersey Jackals (12-18) on Sunday afternoon by a score of 7-4. 

Rodrigo Orozco of the Titans got things started in the top of the second with a solo homerun to right center, but the Jackals barked back with an RBI single from catcher Zak Whalin in the bottom half of the inning to tie the score at one run a piece. 

Runs began pouring in for Ottawa in the top of the fourth as Andrew Martinez, Jackie Urbaez, and A.J. Wright all had RBI doubles of their own, with the lead for the Titans opening up to 6-1. The action would halt until Josh Rehwaldt drove in Justin Wylie to cut the deficit for New Jersey to four runs. 

There was nearly a comeback in the midst for New Jersey in the bottom of the ninth as Jason Agresti and Justin Wylie both drove in RBI to get within three runs of Ottawa, but it would not be enough. 

Tyler Jandron made his seventh start of the season for Ottawa as he allowed four hits, struck out four Jackals, and put together his third outing with no earned runs. Jandron would nearly go the distance as manager Bobby Brown did not pull his starter until the eighth inning, where Gavin Sonnier took over with a line of one inning pitched, two hits, one strikeout, and one earned run. 

Kevin Escorcia finished out the game for Ottawa with two strikeouts and two runs allowed in one inning of work. 

For the Jackals, Joan Gregorio made his first start of the season after two previous relief outings earlier in the year. Gregorio had five strikeouts in his four innings, while allowing seven hits and six earned runs. Manager Brooks Carey made use of his bullpen again this series bringing in a combination of Jefry Valdez, Hansel Rodriguez, Jose Ramirez, and Mizuki Akatsuka to battle the Titans, allowing just one additional run. 

Washington vs Schaumburg 

The Schuamburg Boomers (15-16) defeated the Washington Wild Things (21-12) by a final score of 13-6.

The Wild Things scored first in the top of the first inning on a Nick Ward homer followed by a run scoring on an error to take a 2-0 lead. 

The Boomers would respond in the bottom of the first with a RBI single by Alec Craig, a two RBI double by Blake Grant-Parks to take a 3-2 lead. They would also score again in the bottom of the second on a Chase Dawson RBI single as well as scoring again in the third on an error and a Sam Claycamp RBI single to take a 6-2 lead. 

The Wild Things would score again in the top of the fourth to cut into Schaumburg's lead with a Hector Roa RBI single and a two RBI double by Ward to make it 6-5. 

The Boomer's may have felt that lead was a little too close and they would score seven unanswered runs in the fourth through seventh innings to make it 13-5.

Washington attempted the comeback but only managed one run on a Wanger Lagrange solo homer in the top of the eighth to end the scoring at 13-6.

Washington's starter, Hayden Pearce, took the loss for his three innings of work. He allowed nine hits, six runs, five earned, gave up a walk and struck out three batters. Shemar Page, Nick Beardsley and Jake Pilarski came in relief.

Schaumburg's starter, Shumpei Yoshikawa, earned the win for his six innings of work. He allowed seven hits, five runs, four earned, gave up three walks and struck out five batters. Thomas Nicoll, Kristian Scott and Jake Joyce came in relief. 

Joliet Slammers vs Gateway

The Gateway Grizzlies (15-18) defeated the Joliet Slammers (18-16) by a final score of 8-5.

In the top of the first, the Slammers scored twice on an RBI single by Brylie Ware and an RBI fielder's choice to take a 2-0 lead. That lead wouldn't last too long as the Grizzlies got straight to work. 

In the bottom of the first inning, Trevor Achenbach hit an RBI single to cut the lead in half. In the bottom of the second inning, Jackson Pritchard hit a two RBI double to take a 3-2 lead. The scoring would not end there as they scored again on two wild pitches in the bottom of the fourth to give Gateway a 5-2 lead. 

Joliet would score on an RBI double in the top of the fifth and on a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning by Carson Maxwell to narrow the lead to 6-5. 

While the Grizzlies still had a one run lead, they would score again in the bottom of the sixth inning on an RBI single by Isssac Benard and in the seventh inning on a heads up play by Cam Touchette to steal home making it 7-4.

Joliet still had some fight left as they scored one final run on a Tyler Depreta-Johnson solo homer. Gateway's Pete Zimmerman would match the solo home run with one of his own in the bottom of the eighth inning to close the scoring at 8-5. 

Joliet's starter, Cole Cook, took the loss in his two innings of work. He allowed eight hits, three earned runs, walked one batter and struck out four. Cole Stanton, Tanner Kiest and Chandler Brierley came in relief. 

Gateway's starter, Steven Ridings, earned the win in his five innings of work. He allowed five hits, three runs, two earned, walked three and struck out six batters. John Murphy, Sam Gardner and Reed Hayes came in relief. Hayes earned the save for his one inning of work where he allowed only one hit. 

Lake Erie vs Evansville

The Evansville Otters (21-11) defeated the Lake Erie Crushers (14-19) by a final score of 13-3. 

A pitcher's duel was in effect up until the fifth inning when Lake Erie scored the first run of the ball game on an RBI infield single by Jackson Valera. 

The Otters responded with a huge bottom of the fifth inning in which Evansville would score 11 runs. Miles Gordon would start the scoring in the inning on an RBI double to tie the game at one. Zach Biermann hit an RBI single to take a 2-1 lead. A walk scored another run before Dakota Phillips hit a grand slam to bust the game wide open 7-1. The Otters didn't stop there, they would also have Gordon bat again in the inning to hit a two RBI double, Biermann would follow to hit a RBI double that would score Gordon, and then Jeffrey Baez would hit an RBI single to left field to end the scoring in the inning and hold a 11-1 lead over the Crushers. 

The Crushers made some noise in the top of the seventh inning on an RBI single to right field by Valera but that's all that would happen in the inning. Biermann would bat in the bottom of the inning and hit a two-run homer to extend the lead 13-2. 

Lake Erie attempted a rally in the ninth but would only score one run on another RBI single by Valera, he hit all of the Crusher's runs to the plate to end the scoring at 13-3. 

Lake Erie's starter, Jay Alvarez, took the loss for his four and one thirds innings of work. He allowed five hits, seven runs, six earned and walked five batters as well as striking out five batters. Carter Hayes, Trevor Knucl and Kenny Wells would come in relief. 

Evansville's starter, Ryan O'Reilly, would earn the win for his seven innings of work. He allowed eight hits, two runs, one earned, walked three batters and struck out 10. Tyler Spring and Jacob Bowles would come in relief. 

Tri-City vs New York

The New York Boulders (18-15) defeated the Tri-City ValleyCats (15-17) on Sunday afternoon by a score of 15-12. 

The victory was New York's fifth in row, completing a sweep of the three-game series with Tri-City and gave the Boulders five wins in six games on the homestand, which concluded with the Father's Day matinee.

New York sent nine batters to the plate in the second inning, 10 to the dish in the fourth and 11 to hit in the seventh,

David Vinsky had four RBI, while Jake MacKenzie and Austin Dennis knocked in three runs apiece for the Boulders.

The Boulders used a pair of big innings to grab an 8-5 lead, then put the game out of reach with a six-run seventh inning that was highlighted by a grand slam home run by Vinsky, his seventh long ball of the year.

The seventh inning opened with a walk to Francisco Del Valle, a double by Dennis and a walk to Max Smth to load the bases. Steven Figueroa then lined a single to center that scored two runs.

Tri-City reliever Eric Ezersky, the fourth ValleyCats' pitcher of the game, then walked Alphonso Reda to load the bases for Vinsky, who blasted his home run into the short porch in right field to give the Boulders a 14-7 lead.

New York added an RBI single by Del Valle to increase their advantage to 15-7.

In the second inning, trailing 2-0, Dennis' two-run home run, his first of the season, tied the game. Later in the frame, Tri-City starter Aneudy Acosta walked Jake MacKenzie with the bases loaded to force in a run that gave New York a 3-2 lead.

Two innings later, in the fourth, the Boulders trailed 5-3 when their offense pushed across five runs to grab an 8-5 advantage. A MacKenzie double drove in two, while Giovanni Garbella and Dennis added RBI singles. Chris Kwitzer also knocked in one run with a groundout.

The ValleyCats had jumped out in front with two first inning runs - one on an error and the second via a Jesus Santana double.

Tri-City scored twice to go ahead 4-3 in the third, getting another RBI double from Santana, as well as a run-scoring single by Carson McCusker.

The 'Cats added a single run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Pavin Parks that gave the visitors a 5-3 advantage.

The 'Cats made things interesting with a five-run eighth that included a Brantley Bell sacrifice fly and RBI singles by Santana, his third RBI of the afternoon, and Denis Phipps and McCusker.

Andy Hammond, the second of four New York pitchers used in the game, picked up the win to improve to  2-0 on the season.

Acosta was tagged with the loss in his first decision of the year.

Quebec vs Sussex County 

The Sussex County Miners (19-15) defeated the Quebec Capitales (23-9) by a score of 7-5 on Sunday afternoon.

The Capitales got to scoring first in the first inning when David Gluade scored the first run unearned. 

Quebec would add another run before the top of the first would end. 

The Miners would gain the lead in third after scoring a run in the first and second inning and then getting the leading run in third. 

Sussex County and Quebec would go back and forth between the next few innings where the lead would switch between the Miners and the Capitales. 

The Miners would finally hold the lead in the eighth by scoring two runs in the eighth inning that would ultimately lead them to their 7-5 win. 

Nick Horvath would get charged with the loss for Quebec where James Boyce would get the win and Robert Klinchock would get the save. 

Empire State vs Trois-Rivières 

The Trois-Rivières Aigles (14-16) swept the Empire State Greys(0-31) in a doubleheader by taking the first game with the score of 5-4 and the second game 13-7. 

In the first game, the Greys would get on the board first in the first by scoring on an error. 

The Aigles would tie it in the bottom of the first and wouldn't look back after that. 

Trois-Rivières would score four runs in the second inning. 

The Greys would attempt the comeback by scoring three runs between the third and sixth inning but would not be enough and would lead them to their 5-4 loss. 

Rodriguez would get charged with the loss for the Greys while Sam Poliquin would get the win and Kyle Thomas would get the save. 

In the second game, the Aigles would get the scoring started by scoring four runs in the first inning. 

The Greys would respond by scoring three runs in the second inning making the score 4-3. 

The Aigles would add nine runs between the third, fourth and fifth inning. 

The Greys would inch closer by scoring four runs with one run in the third and three runs in the sixth but would not be enough leading them to their 13-7 loss and giving them their 31th straight loss.  

Josh Smith would get the win for Trois-Rivières while Luc would get charged with the loss for the Greys.