COBA Major Week XI Recap

By Dan Estey

The Mississauga Southwest Twins won a pair of league contests this week as they garnered Team of the Week honours.

On Tuesday, the Twins hosted the Burlington Brants at Clarkson Park. The Brants got on the board first in this one as they plated a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. Mississauga went to work after that though as they cut the lead in half after an inning and then added four-run innings in both the fourth and sixth innings to take a commanding 9-2 lead.

The Twins continued to take on more runs as they added another two runs in the seventh inning and a single run in the eighth inning end the game at 12-2. The game ended after eight innings due to the league mercy rule.

Jaykob Turner led the 13-hit attack for Mississauga Southwest as he went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a walk and four RBIs. Both Ian Campbell and Troy Black were 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI while Chris Piccini was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and an RBI. Tim Sogan led the Brants going 1-for-3 at the plate with an RBI.

Jordan Petruska drew the starting assignment for the Twins and was dominant as he picked up the win. He threw seven innings allowing two runs (both earned) on five hits. He walked one batter while striking out two. Stephen Nahrabeki threw a scoreless eighth allowing a pair of hits. Mike Grilli, the first of three Burlington hurlers, took the loss.

On Thursday, the Twins hit the road down the QEW for a date with the Niagara Metros at George Taylor Field. Mississauga got rolling early in this one as they plated a run in the second followed by two runs in the third for a quick 3-0 lead.

They kept pouring it on in the middle innings as they added three more runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth for a 10-0 lead. Niagara added a run in the home half of the seventh to get on board but Mississauga added three more runs in the ninth to take the game by a score of 13-1.

Mike Cardinale was the big stick for the Twins in this one going 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and five RBIs. Nahrabeki was 3-for-5 with a triple and an RBI while John Broll was 2-for-6 with a double. Matt Piccini was 1-for-4, while Alex Thrower was 1-for-6. Dave Davidson led Niagara going 2-for-3 with a double, a run and a stolen base.

Results from Week XI of the COBA Major League season:

Monday

Etobicoke Rangers 9, Brampton Royals 3

WP–Adam McBride; LP–Fabio DiRoma

HR–Daniel Murphy (Etob)

Erindale Cardinals 3, Oakville A’s 2

WP–Evan Harrison, LP–Curtis Braun

Tuesday

Mississauga SW Twins 12, Burlington Brants 2

WP–Jordan Petruska; LP–Mike Grilli

Wednesday

Niagara Metros 14, Milton Red Sox 5

WP–Jordan Renpenning; LP–Ian Zettle

Burlington Brants 9, Erindale Cardinals 8

WP–Trevor Woodjetts; LP–Evan Harrison

Thursday

Brampton Royals 18, Etobicoke Rangers 12

WP–Jack Caswell; LP–Riley Pollard

HR–Ryan Panas (Etob.); Joe Ferreira 2 (Bram.)

Mississauga SW Twins 13, Niagara Metros 1

WP–Tomas Rincon, LP–Brandon Underhill

Friday

Etobicoke Rangers 7, Milton Red Sox 3

WP–Mike Asta; LP–Chris Cloes

Brampton Royals 4, Oakville A’s 2

WP–Joe Ferreira; LP–Matt Chisamore

Saturday

Milton Red Sox 23, Oakville A’s 13

WP–Shawn Miller; LP–Mitchell Over