COTE ST. LUC, Que. -- Shortstop
Tyler Welence of Ridgewood, N.J., collected three hits and a pair of RBIs, including the winning run in McGill's last at bat as the Redmen edged Concordia 3-2 in a baseball thriller at Gary Carter Field, Thursday.
It was the team's third walk-off victory in the past four games and evened their season series with Concordia at 2-2 with one confrontation remaining.
The game was tied 2-2 in bottom of the seventh when Montrealer
James Vardy led off with a single, advanced on a wild pitch and pitcher
Tim Jones of Lake Jackson, Texas, was intentionally walked. Then
Alexander Levis of Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., dropped a bunt single to load the bases, setting the stage for Welence's walk-off single. It capped off a 3-for-4 performance at the plate for the bio-resource engineering junior, who smacked a pair of doubles in the contest.
Jones needed only four pitches to collect the win in relief, surrendering no hits, no walks and striking out one in a third of an inning. Redmen starter
Adriano Petrangelo scattered four hits in five innings of work. He allowed one earned run, struck out two and walked a pair.
McGill took an early 2-0 lead, in the bottom of the first. An RBI double by Welence cashed in Levis to start the inning off, then Welence scored. The Stingers fought their way back, scoring a run in the third inning and one in the fifth to tie it at 2-2.
For Concordia,
Andre Lagarde was 2-for-4 with an RBI and starting pitcher
Roberto Zapata tossed a complete game seven-hitter, allowing two earned runs while striking out five and walking three.
The victory all but clinched the CCBA Northern Division pennant for McGill, which owns a 12-4 record with three games remaining before playoffs. Their magic number is two to clinch their third regular season pennant in five years. Any combination of McGill victories or Concordia losses equaling two will do the trick for the Redmen, who will host third-place Carleton (8-7) in a doubleheader on Sunday at noon. McGill then closes our their regular-season by hosting Concordia on Monday at 7:30 p.m.
Concordia (10-7), which also has three contests remaining, plays the University of Montreal (7-7) in a doubleheader on Oct. 5 before the season finale against McGill.
SOURCE:
Earl ZukermanMcGill Sports Info Office
514-398-7012
| CCBA NORTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS |
| (updated on Oct. 3) | | |
| | | | |
| TEAM | W | L | PCTG | GBL |
| McGill | 12 | 4 | 0.750 | - |
| Concordia | 10 | 7 | 0.588 | 2.5 |
| Carleton | 8 | 7 | 0.533 | 3.5 |
| Montreal | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 4.0 |
| Ottawa | 2 | 14 | 0.125 | 10.0 |
| CCBA BOXSCORE | | | | | | | | | | |
| (Oct. 2, 2014) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | | R | H | E |
| Concordia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| McGill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Batting
2B: Daniel Thaw
TB: Andre Lagarde 2, Jean Christophe Paquin, Matthew Adams-Whittaker, Daniel Thaw 2, Kris Shelton
RBI: Andre Lagarde, Kris Shelton
SAC: Kris Shelton
ROE: Kris Shelton
FC: Andre Lagarde, Johnathan Raftus
HBP: Daniel Thaw
GIDP: Peter Zidros
SB: Kris Shelton
Totals
Team QAB: 10 (33.33%)
Anthony Marandola, Jean Christophe Paquin 2, Peter Zidros 2, Matthew Adams-Whittaker, Daniel Thaw 2, Matthew Litwin, Kris Shelton
Team LOB: 7
Fielding
E: Jean Christophe Paquin
McGill Batting Highlights
2B: Tyler Welence TB: Alex Levis,
Tyler Welence 4,
Tim Jones,
James Vardy,
Jamie Fuoco RBI: Tyler Welence 2
SAC: Rocky Hroch ROE: Zach Aaron
FC: Alex Levis, Rob Sedin
Totals
McGill Team QAB: 9 (31.03%)
Alex Levis,
Tyler Welence 2,
Tim Jones 2,
James Vardy,
Rocky Hroch, Zach Aaron 2
McGill Team LOB: 5
Fielding
E: Adriano Petrangelo DP: James Vardy, Zach Aaron,
Jamie Fuoco | Concordia Pitching | IP | #P | TB | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | S% |
|---|
| Roberto Zapata | 6.0 | 100 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .660 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 100 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .660 |
Concordia Pitching Highlights:
L: Roberto Zapata
WP: Roberto Zapata 2
BK: Roberto Zapata
Pitches-Strikes: Roberto Zapata 100-66
Groundouts-Flyouts: Roberto Zapata 5-6
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Roberto Zapata 16-29
McGill Pitching Highlights
W: Tim Jones HBP: Adriano Petrangelo Pitches-Strikes: Tim Jones 4-3,
Adriano Petrangelo 76-49,
Landen Moore 33-20
Groundouts-Flyouts: Tim Jones 0-0,
Adriano Petrangelo 5-6,
Landen Moore 0-3
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Tim Jones 1-1,
Adriano Petrangelo 14-22,
Landen Moore 3-7
