June 4th VS Brewers

Posted on June 5, 2015 by BMilinkovich

The Battalion seem to be stuck in quite a funk and that continued on Thursday night as they fell 3-1 to the Nepean Brewers. The Battalion got a strong outing from Braden McGinnis but could not supply any offence. The Battalion were a combined 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position.

McGinnis gave the Battalion a chance to win all night long, going 5 innings, allowing on 2 earned runs. Eitan Maoz came in for the final inning and got a 1-2-3 inning.

The offence continues to sputter, now only scoring 7 runs in the last 4 games. In those 4 games the team is 19-for-94, for a .202 batting average. That includes Kyle Craig who has been hitting .462 over that stretch and consists of 6 of the 19 hits. He added to his totals last night, going 2-for-4 and raising his average to .484.

The Battalion now sit in last place. They have the weekend off and are back at it on Tuesday against the Ottawa Outlaws.

WP: Magnus (1-1)
LP: McGinnis (0-1)

May 29th VS Panthers

Posted on May 30, 2015 by BMilinkovich

The Battalion did the impossible and had a scoreless first inning. It broke a stretch of 5 games where they allowed 14 runs in the first inning. The Battalion carried this through the rest of the game, having their first overall clean game of the season, winning 4-3.

Tier 1 Rookie, Braden McGinnis, had a very strong start going 5.1 innings, allowing 0 earned runs. McGinnis now has a 1.36 ERA on the season. McGinnis got into a little bit of trouble in the 5th, allowing back to back singles, and then a double to start the inning. Luckliy Evan Hammond was able to throw out Tim Gautam trying to stretch a single into a double to lead off the inning. Matt MacIntyre came out of the bullpen with runners on 2nd and 3rd and only 1 out. He got the first batter he faced to ground out to 2nd, scoring a run. He then hit a batter but got the next one to weakly ground out to Steve Renaud to end the inning. Eitan Maoz came in the 7th and had a 1-2-3 inning to earn the save.

The Battalion offense was quiet most of the night. Drew McCormick had an RBI double in the 2nd, followed up by a 2 RBI single by Kyle Craig. The biggest hit of the game came in the bottom of the 6th where Wil McIntyre broke the tie, hitting a solo shot off a first pitch curveball from Jason Oviedo. It was McIntyre’s first of the year, and 2nd on his career.

The Battalion even their record at 3-3 and move up to a tie for 3rd in the standings.

They are right back at it on Sunday against the Cubs.

WP: MacIntyre (1-0)
LP: Oviedo (0-1)
SV: Maoz (1)

HR: McIntyre (1)

May 21st VS Ponies

Posted on May 21, 2015 by BMilinkovich

The Bytown Battalion came into the game with a all time record of 0-2-1 against the Ponies. Things did not start off great for the Battalion, as their first inning woes continued, as they allowed another 4 in the first, pushing their yearly total up to 11 runs in the first 3 games. However, the bats bailed out the slow start, outscoring Kingston 16-2 over the final 6 innings on a cold and rainy night.

Braden McGinnis got his first career Tier 1 start on the mound, allowing 6 runs (2 earned), over 3IP, only allowing 1 hit. Joey Moskwa made his NCBL debut in the top of the 4th. Moskwa pitched 2 scoreless innings before walking the first 3 of the 6th inning. Moskwa finished his 2IP with 3Ks and 0 hits allowed. Eitan Maoz came in with the bases loaded and 0 out and struck out the 2nd hitter he faced before getting a double play ball up the middle to limit the damage to 1 run.

Heading into the bottom of the 6th the Battalion were down 7-6. At the end of the 6th they were ahead 16-7. A massive 10 run inning was led off by an infield single by Battalion newcomer, Sam McIntosh. McIntosh went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs in his Battalion debut. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases for Evan Hammond who came up clutch, dumping a single into rightfield, scoring the tying run. Defending MVP Steve Renaud came up next and promptly scored 2 more on a line drive single.

Veteran Ryan Dillon got his 10th career NCBL home run in the bottom of the 4th, sparking a 4 run rally.

The Battalion and Ponies combined to use 33 players and 8 pitchers.

The Battalion are right back at it Friday night as they take on the newcomers in the RiverHawks.

WP: Maoz (1-0)
LP: Burch (0-1)

HR: Dillon (1)