Woodford pushes power buttons for Erindale

Erindale Cardinals’ C Jay Woodford only played one game in Week IV, but he did some damage going 3-for-3 with two doubles, a homer and five RBIs. at Greg Cranker Field. Now all Woodford has to wait for is the barber strike in Mississauga to end.

June 9, 2022

By Dan Estey

COBA Major

The Erindale Cardinals had a short but productive week at the park as they collected a pair of wins on the week. With the wins, they now boost their overall record to 5-1 on the year and collected the COBA Major League Team of the Week honours.

The Cards kicked off their week at home as they hosted the Brampton Royals at Greg Cranker Park in Mississauga. The Royals struck first in this contest as they put up single runs in both the first and second innings to take a 2-0 lead. The Cards would strike back in the bottom half of the frame pushing across a pair of runs to tie the game 2-2.

Not phased, Brampton plated another run in the third to take the lead back 3-2. Erindale, again, bounced back in the bottom half plating four runs to take a 6-3 lead. The teams would trade runs in the fourth and then each scored four runs in the fifth to make the score 11-8.

The Cardinals broke things open in the next inning as they pushed across five more runs to take a commanding lead. The teams would trade zeroes the rest of the way as Erindale took this game by a final score of 16-8.

Jay Woodford, who is in dire need of a hair cut, was the big stick for Erindale in this game as he went 3-for-3 with a home run and a pair of doubles. He also added a pair of walks and drove in five. John Dewolfe was 3-for-5 with two runs and five RBIs while Pip Murray-Smith was 2-for-6 with a pair of runs scored.

Aaron Palmer was 1-for-4, Daniel Freeman was 1-for-5 and Zack Marriott was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Chris Novia (RBI) rounded out the offence for the Cardinals. Yannick Rickli led the way for Brampton going 2-for-4 and two RBIs while Sam Lebel and Patrick Pinlac both hit home runs.

Kevin Lucas collected the win for the Cardinals pitching five innings allowing eight runs (five earned) on nine hits. He hit two batters, walked one and struck out one. Adam Forsey followed him to the mound, going 1 2/3 scoreless, while walking one and striking out one. Mark Taplin went the final 2 1/3 scoreless walking only one batter. Cameron Hibbs took the loss for Brampton.

Erindale made the short jaunt down the QEW to Oakville Park on Friday and a meeting with the Oakville A’s. The Cards wasted no time in this game as they jumped out to an early lead, scoring three in the first, five in the second and another run in the third for a 9-0 lead. Oakville would answer back with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the third but Erindale would get those back in the fourth for an 11-2 lead.

Oakville kept chipping away as they scored another run in the fourth but the Cards, again answered with three more runs in the fifth for a commanding 14-3 lead. Oakville added single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to cut into the lead. The Cards, however, kept their foot on the gas, scoring five in the seventh inning. The A’s would add a single run in the home half for a final score of 19-6 for Erindale.

Zero K Bats Player of the Week John Dewolfe led the 17-hit attack for Erindale, going 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs. Chris Novia was 3-for-4 with four RBIs, while Amendola was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Newcomer Dylan White was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, while Murray-Smith was 2-for-3 with a pair and two RBIs.

Aneil Birsa was 2-for-4 with an RBI, Matt Lamoureaux was 1-for-1 with an RBI sac fly, a pair of runs and two RBIs and Aaron Palmer was 1-for-5 with two RBIs. Greg Dodwell also knocked in a run.

Eric Alcaraz started on the hill for the Cardinals. He went four innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits. He hit a batter, walked two and struck out. Dan Zelezko picked up the win in the relief as he went two innings allowing two runs (one earned) on one hit. He walked three batters and struck out three in collecting his second win of the year. Andrew Mullin threw the seventh, allowing one run on one hit. He walked two and struck out one.

The rest of the COBA Major Week IV results: …

Monday, May 30th

Brampton Royals 8, Erindale Cardinals 16

WP - Kevin Lucas LP - Cameron Hibbs

HR - Jay Woodford (Erin); Patrick Pinlac, Sam Lebel (Bram)

Wednesday, June 1st

Brampton Royals 4, Milton Red Sox 8

WP - Tyler MacKillop LP - Yannick Rickli

Etobicoke Rangers 10, Burlington Brants 6

WP - Andrew Hyde LP - Mike Grilli

HR - Michael Ferracuti, Justin Teichman (Etob)

Thursday, June 2nd

Oakville A’s 5, Brampton Royals 13

WP - Arman Lakhani LP - Alex Fulton

HR - Joe Ferreira 2 (Bram)

Friday, June 3rd

Milton Red Sox 6, Etobicoke Rangers 13

WP - Brendan Lyons LP - Kyle Clark

Erindale Cardinals 19, Oakville A’s 6

WP - Dan Zelezko LP - Jacob Schuurman