OTTAWA -- Tyler Welence, a third-year shortstop from Ridgewood, N.J., had a monster weekend as the McGill University men's baseball club swept a doubleheader for the second time in as many day. the Redmen cruised to a 12-2 and 9-1 victories over the Carleton Ravens at Kinsmen Field, Sunday.

Pitcher Ryan Kramer, a first-year transfer from Dickinson College and a native of New Vernon, N.J., collected the win in the first game. Tim Jones of Lake Jackson, Tx., and a first-year transfer from Texas A&M, was the pitcher of record in the nightcap.

McGill leads the newly-organized Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association's Northern Division with an unblemished record to 4-0, after opened their regular season on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep over the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

Welence, a 22-year-old junior in bio-resource engineering, went 9-for-13 at the plate over the four games, registering a .733 on-base percentage with a stellar .692 batting average. The six-foot, 180-pound middle infielder amassed eight runs batted in, three doubles, a pair of walks and scored five runs.

McGill (4-0) will host their cross-town rival Montreal Carabins (0-0) in the team's home opener on Sept. 10 (7:30 pm) at Gary Carter Field in Cote St. Luc.

 

CCBA BOXSCORE
(Sept. 7, 2014)
(Game 1)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7			R	H	E
McGILL	2	0	1	2	0	2	5			12	15	0
CARLTON	0	1	0	0	0	1	0			2	2	2
(Game 2)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7			R	H	E
McGILL	0	0	8	1	0	0	0			9	10	1
CARLTON	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			1	3	6

 

2014 CCBA NORTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS (updated on Sept. 8)
TEAM	W	L	PCTG	GBL
McGill	4	0	1.000	-
Concordia	2	0	1.000	1.0
Montreal	0	0	0.500	2.0
Carleton	0	2	0.000	3.0
Ottawa	0	4	0.000	4.0

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
McGill Sports info Office
514-398-7012