Sanford knocks in 10 for Titans to tie Frontier League record
Former Cole Harbour Cardinal Jake Sanford (Cole Harbour, N.S.) went 4-for-4 and tied a Frontier League record with 10 RBIs to lead the Ottawa Titans to a 13-0 win on Saturday. Photo: Ottawa Titans
June 11, 2022
Official Ottawa Titans News Release
Ottawa, Ont. - Jake Sanford went 4-for-4, tying a Frontier League record with 10 RBIs in an Ottawa Titans (18-6) 13-0 victory over the Empire State Greys on Saturday night.
Sanford (Cole Harbour, N.S.) kickstarted the Titans' offence with an RBI single in the bottom of the first that scored Brendon Dadson (Bowmanville, Ont.).
After a late change, the Titans gave the ball to Gavin Sonnier for the start. The righty went two shutout innings and gave up one hit, one walk and struck out one.
Greys starter Manuel Rodriguez loaded the bases in the third when Sanford stepped up to the plate. The Titans right-fielder walked, plating home another run, making it a 2-0 ball game.
Jose Taveras came on in relief of Sonnier for the third and tossed an impressive 5 2/3 innings out of the bullpen to pick up the win. Taveras allowed no runs on two hits, two walks, while fanning six in his second appearance of the season.
The offensive onslaught for the Titans began in the fifth, when Sanford launched his first of two homers of the game, taking Martinez deep for the three-run homer, making it a 5-0 game.
Sanford followed up his fifth-inning, three-run shot with another homer in the seventh, to make it an 8-0 game.
In the eighth, the Titans loaded the bases off Canadian Alex MacKinnon (Aurora, Ont.), for none other than Sanford who took a 2-0 offering off the wall in centre, clearing the bases to equal the league record.
Jason Dicochea plated home a pair with a double to left, putting the game to rest apart of a five-run eighth inning.
In the win, Sanford equals the Frontier League record with 10 runs batted in, which was last accomplished by Schaumburg's Quincy Nieporte on August 21, 2019. The club has also clinched their eighth series win and ninth consecutive victory.
The Ottawa Titans go for the series sweep against the Empire State Greys on Sunday afternoon with Canadian Armed Forces Day at the ballpark. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. from Ottawa Stadium with Tyler Jandron on the hill.