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News: IBL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Leafs advance to second round

GUELPH – Jordan Castaldo and Garrett Takamatsu each drove in a pair of runs to lead Toronto into the second round of playoffs. The Leafs’ duo combined for three hits and three runs in a 10-4 Game 4 win over Guelph, which started Tuesday and finished Wednesday at David E. Hastings Stadium. Toronto won the best-of-five series…

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GUELPH – Jordan Castaldo and Garrett Takamatsu each drove in a pair of runs to lead Toronto into the second round of playoffs. 

The Leafs’ duo combined for three hits and three runs in a 10-4 Game 4 win over Guelph, which started Tuesday and finished Wednesday at David E. Hastings Stadium. 

Toronto won the best-of-five series 3-1 and will face Welland or Barrie in the semifinal, depending on the result of Kitchener and London’s deciding Game 5 on Thursday.

Jesse Hodges went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs for Toronto, while Jose Vinicio, Justin Marra, Johnathan Solazzo, Greg Carrington and Ryan Dos Santos all drove in a run. 

Wilgenis Alvarado went five innings for the win. He gave up four runs on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts. 

Royals’ ace Claudio Custodio took the loss. He was touched for six runs on one hit and four walks in 1.2 innings just three days after throwing a complete-game shutout. He struck out one in Game 4. 

Custodio drove in three runs on three hits at the plate. Chris Robinson went 2-for-4 with an RBI. 

Panthers push series to Game 5

LONDON – Yadian Martinez and Yamichel Perez combined on a five-hit shutout to blank London 6-0 and keep the Kitchener Panthers’ season alive.

The best-of-five series is tied 2-2, with Game 5 set for Thursday at Kitchener’s Jack Couch Park. 

Martinez scattered three hits and struck out six over five innings on Tuesday. The game was suspended due to rain and resumed Wednesday, with Perez yielding two hits over four innings with four punchouts. 

Offensively, Marcel Lacasse hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to put the game away. Yunior Ibarra had an RBI and Andy Leader scored twice. 

Pedro De Los Santos took the loss for London. He went six innings and allowed two runs on five hits with three walks and six strikeouts. 

Tommy Reyes-Cruz doubled for the defending champion Majors. 

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News: IBL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Jackfish wins first IBL championship

BARRIE – The Intercounty Baseball League’s top regular season team was also the IBL’s best in the playoffs, as the Welland Jackfish blew out Barrie 17-1 on Saturday to clinch its first Dominico Cup title. Welland, after dropping the series’ first two games, won the next four in the best-of-seven series. Welland starting pitcher and playoff MVP…

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BARRIE – The Intercounty Baseball League’s top regular season team was also the IBL’s best in the playoffs, as the Welland Jackfish blew out Barrie 17-1 on Saturday to clinch its first Dominico Cup title. 

Welland, after dropping the series’ first two games, won the next four in the best-of-seven series. 

Welland starting pitcher and playoff MVP James Bradwell allowed an unearned run over 7.2 innings in Game 6. He scattered six hits, walked two and struck out six. Over three playoff rounds, Bradwell went 5-0 with a 1.03 earned-run average. 

Offensively, Matteo Porcellato homered twice and drove in five, while Gianfranco Morello went 3-for-6 with a home run, two RBI and three runs. Sam Cawker was 4-for-5 with two RBI and two runs, Carlos Martinez doubled and drove in two, Hogan Brown had  a pair of RBI and scored twice, and James Smibert drove in a run and scored twice.

For Barrie, the playoff’s third seed, Ryan Rijo drove in Canice Ejoh in the eighth inning. Carson Burns singled twice. 

Evan Soules took the loss, allowing six runs on five hits over 2.1 innings. He walked two and didn’t record a strikeout. 

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News: IBL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Jackfish one win from IBL title

WELLAND – More late game magic has Welland one win from an IBL championship. The Jackfish, after scoring twice in the ninth inning to win Game 4 Wednesday, broke a 2-2 tie in Game 5 Thursday with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh, which was the difference in a 4-2 victory over…

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WELLAND – More late game magic has Welland one win from an IBL championship. 

The Jackfish, after scoring twice in the ninth inning to win Game 4 Wednesday, broke a 2-2 tie in Game 5 Thursday with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh, which was the difference in a 4-2 victory over Barrie. 

Welland leads the best-of-seven Dominico Cup final 3-2. Game 6 is Saturday in Barrie. 

Gianfranco Morello had the big blow, a one-out solo home run in the seventh to give Welland the lead. Steven Moretto scored on a fielder’s choice three batters later. James Smibert and Sam Cawker each had a pair of hits in the win. 

Deivy Mendez earned the win in relief, allowing a run on two hits over three innings. He walked one and fanned four. Alberto Guerrero started and gave up a run on two hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out five. 

Royce Ando had an RBI double for the Baycats, who have lost three straight. Hayden Jaco scored on a fielder’s choice in the seventh, which briefly pulled Barrie even. Starlin Rodriguez singled and doubled.

Juan Benitez took the loss, giving up three runs (two earned) on eight hits in 6.1 innings. He struck out three and walked one. 

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News: IBL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Jackfish shocks Baycats to even series

BARRIE – Down to their last strike in Game 4 of the Dominico Cup final, the Welland Jackfish scored twice in the top of the ninth to shock Barrie and win 3-2 to even the best-of-seven series at two games apiece. After getting a flyout and groundout to open the ninth, Baycats’ closer Brad Grieveson hit…

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BARRIE – Down to their last strike in Game 4 of the Dominico Cup final, the Welland Jackfish scored twice in the top of the ninth to shock Barrie and win 3-2 to even the best-of-seven series at two games apiece. 

After getting a flyout and groundout to open the ninth, Baycats’ closer Brad Grieveson hit Matteo Porcellato with the first pitch of the next at bat. Grieveson had Jackfish batter Carlos Martinez in a 1-2 hole before Martinez belted a curveball over the left-field fence at Vintage Throne Stadium to give Welland its first lead of the game. 

Welland’s Deivy Mendez struck out Canice Ejoh to finish the comeback. 

Brandon Underhill earned the win in one inning of relief. He took over from Welland starter Jake Harford, who allowed two runs on eight hits over seven innings with a pair of walks and eight strikeouts. 

Royce Ando went 4-for-4 with an RBI for Barrie, which scored in the second and seventh innings and looked headed for a third win. Carson Burns had two hits and drove in a run, and Adam Odd went 2-for-4 and scored once. 

Baycats’ starter Frank Garces struck out 10 over eight innings. He gave up a run on four hits with two walks. 

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