Men’s Baseball Win Home Opener Games

Tecumseh, ON – The St. Clair College Men's Baseball team enjoyed their home opener games at Lacasse Park in Tecumseh Saturday evening and moved to 4-0 with a doubleheader sweep of George Brown College (Toronto).  The games had a delayed start, but it didn't dampen the festivities as the Saints rolled to 13-1 and 6-0 victories in front a nice crowd. 

After a scoreless 1^st inning St. Clair exploded for a 7-0 lead after the 2^nd and outscored the visitors 4-1 in the 3^rd.  With the mercy differential in hand the Saints added a pair of insurance runs in the 4^th inning to complete the scoring.  Rookie second baseman Jordan Miller (Kitchener, ON) led St. Clair at the plate with three doubles that drove in five runs.  4^th year catcher Henry Real (Panama City, Panama) was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and three RBI while Mitch McCosh (Belle River, ON/Belle River) and Tyler Brown-Amlin (Windsor, ON/Sandwich) each had two hits apiece for the Saints.  2^nd year St. Clair starter Brady Knelsen (Leamington, ON/Leamington) earned his second win of the season giving up just one earned run on three hits and two walks over four innings of work but struck out 5 batters.

4^th year St. Clair starter Brock Whitson (Chatham, ON) was the story in game two as he went the distance for his second win and only gave up two hits and two walks with no runs against but struck out a remarkable 12 George Brown batters.  2^nd year transfer Rowan Glasgow (LaSalle, ON/Sandwich) cleared the bases with a double in the 2^nd inning to put the Saints ahead 3-0.  St. Clair added three more runs in the 5^th inning to finish the scoring.  Real collected another double on the day and later scored.  The Saints only needed four hits in the game to earn the win, but they benefitted from 7 free passes. 

The Saints finish the weekend homestand against Sheridan College (Brampton) on Sunday afternoon with a doubleheader starting at 1pm.