TROIS-RIVIERES, QUE – It was a good news, bad news day to close out the regular season for the McGill University baseball team on Thursday. First the good news, McGill pitchers combined to allow just nine UQTR hits over the doubleheader. Now the bad news. The visitors lost both games, 6-0 and 5-4.
The Redbirds dropped to 12-6 overall, including a second-place 6-5 record in the Quebec university league. The division-leading Patriotes, meanwhile, have posted an unblemished 9-0 record with two games remaining in their maiden campaign.
In the nightcap, the Pats scored five runs on four hits and committed four errors, while McGill tallied four runs on six hits and was charged with five errors. UQTR starter
Phillipe Bourassa collected the win. He scattered four hits over 4.2 innings, allowed four runs (one earned), walked two, hit one batsmen and struck out three. Shortstop
Hughes Marineau paced the UQTR offence, batting 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run scored.
McGill was led by shortstop
Brad Marelich, who was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Teammate
Jett Jarvis was 2-for-3 from the leadoff spot, crossing the plate twice.
Redbirds starter
Nathaniel Factor took the loss. In four innings, he allowed five runs (three unearned) on four hits but walked five.
In the first game, UQTR scored six runs on five hits and made three errors, compared to McGill's no runs on two hits and three errors. Patriotes starter
Cedric Caron collected the victory, striking out eight batters over six innings. He allowed no runs on two hits, while walking two. The game's only multi-hit player was UQTR's
Samuel Anderson, who went 2-for-3 from the seventh spot in the batting order.
McGill starter
Caden Welch conceded four runs (two unearned) on just two hits in three innings. He walked five, hit two batters and struck out two. Three Redbirds managed one hit apiece, including Marelich,
Aidan Grskovic, and
Jonas Press.
The second-place Redbirds are done with regular season play and are expected to confront third-place Concordia (currently 2-5) in the league semifinals next weekend. Before then, McGill has three non-conference games scheduled for this weekend. The Redbirds will head to Montreal's northeastern borough of Ahuntsic, to play at Stade Gary Carter against the elite U-17 squad from the Academie du Baseball Canada, on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Then on Sunday, McGill travels to Kingston, Ont., to play a doubleheader against Queen's (8-6) on Sunday (Oct. 1), beginning at 11 a.m.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
CELL:
514-983-7012
WEBSITE:
www.mcgillathletics.ca
E-MAIL:
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
