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GAME 1 VS Cubs

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The Battalion limped into the playoffs, going 1-6-1 in the final 8 games of the regular season and finishing 7th. They have the Cubs in Round 1, who bolstered a 13-9-2 record in the regular season, good enough for 2nd place in the NCBL.

The Battalion were going to be in tough against the Cubs, especially with perennial Pitcher of the Year candidate, Bobby Brooks on the mound. The Battalion answered with their own ace in Josh Soffer, who came in half way during the season but owned a 0.88ERA over 24.0IP down the stretch.

The game started well for the Battalion as Kyle Craig took the first pitch of the game for a hard single to left. Craig then stole second before Steve Renaud advanced him to 3rd with a single. Matt MacIntyre was able to get both runs home on a throwing error by the Cubs shortstop. After 1 it was 2-0 Battalion.

The game stayed that way until the top of the 5th where once again Craig started the inning off with a single and once again stole second. Renaud then cashed him on an RBI double that hit off the first base bag. Renaud then advanced to third on a wild pitch before Alex Baldock hit a sac-fly to score him. Battalion led 4-0 after 5.

Josh Soffer was dealing the entire game and still had not given up a hit. His lone blemish was a 2nd inning walk to Rob Lay.

The Battalion put it out of reach in the 6th. With Sam McIntosh on 3rd and Musashi Takara on 1st with 2 outs, Kyle Craig hit a single up the middle to score McIntosh. That was followed with another 2 out RBI single by Evan Hammond to make the score 6-0.

All that was left was to see if Soffer could finish off the no-no.

It was not to be, as Chad Keohane broke up the no-hit bid with no out in the 7th. The Cubs managed to have runners at 1st and 3rd with no outs before Soffer got Rob Lay to fly out to rightfield, and the induced a perfect 6-4-3 double play to end it. Soffer’s final line was 7.0IP, 8K, 1H, 1BB, 0R.

The first playoff win in Battalion franchise history gives them a 1-0 lead in the series with game 2 slated for Thursday night.

WP: Soffer (1-0)
LP: Brooks (0-1)

June 25 VS A’s

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It was a game to forget for the Battalion as they lost 13-3 in 5 innings to the Kanata Athletics. They are now 0-2 vs the A’s while being outscore 26-10.

It was a myriad of pitchers for the Battalion as both Brendan Saville and Matt Wing made their season debuts. Saville got the start but only last 0.2 innings, allowing a grand slam to Felix Septimo. Wing then came in and went 2.1IP, allowing 4 runs as well. Ben Milinkovich came in for an inning of mop up, and Musashi Takara pitched the final 2/3 of an inning.

Charlie Crabb pitched a complete game 5 hitter for the A’s.

The Battalion could not muster much offensively. Evan Hammond had a 2RBI double in the 3rd. Matt MacIntyre continued his hot streak going 2-for-3.

The Battalion have a quick turnaround as they take on the Brewers tomorrow night.

WP: Crabb (1-2)
LP: Saville (0-1)

May 29th VS Panthers

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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 10th VS Athletics

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In almost a carbon copy of the season opener last year, the Battalion dropped their opener 13-7 to the Kanata Athletics. The Battalion fell behind the eight-ball early, allowing 12 runs in the first two innings.

NCBL rookie Tom Peake got the start for the Battalion and only last 2 innings, giving up 12 runs (9 earned) on 8 walks and 5 hits. He walked the first three batters of the game before striking out the next two. He was one strike away from getting out of the inning before a wild pitch allowed a run to score. The next pitch was hit to first base where a throwing error allowed 2 more runs to score.

Braden McGinnis made his Battalion debut and pitched 2 scoreless innings, while striking out 3. Matt MacIntyre came in for the final 2 innings, allowing 1 run while fanning 3.

The offence started out well as Kyle Craig led off the bottom of the 1st with a single, and was driven in on the next pitch on a triple by Josh Jones. After that the Battalion were only able to muster 2 more hits as MacIntyre and Ben Milinkovich had back to back singles in the bottom of the 4th.

The Battalion were able to draw 12 walks of their own, including 6 in the final inning to make the final 13-7

The Battalion are back at it on Tuesday night against the defending champion Panthers.

WP: Havekes (1-0)
LP: Peake (0-1)