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Tigers claw 'Cats
The Brampton Guardian
Wednesday May 14 2008
By Frank Juzenas
A safe landing— North Mississauga Tigers’ Jon Amendola leaps over Brampton Battlecats’ catcher Matt Held on Friday night for the game’s first run in the Tigers 9-6 victory in the Central Ontario Baseball Association Major division opener at Dash Field. Brampton is at home to Oakville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
 
BRAMPTON - The Brampton Battlecats had some hitting and some pitching but in the end there was not enough of either for them to get a victory in their Central Ontario Baseball Association (COBA) Major division opener on Friday night at Dash Field in Brampton.
On a frigid night the Battlecats fell 9-6 to the North Mississauga Tigers.
After falling behind 5-0 in the fourth inning, the Battlecats clawed back into the game at 5-4 only to see North Mississauga put things away with a four-run eighth inning.
New field manager Scott Stephenson said it was a sloppy start for the team but he does feel good about the team’s prospects.
“If we can put nine innings together we’ll be in good shape,’’ he said.
The Tigers took their early lead with two runs in the second and another pair in the fourth.
The Battlecats used five pitchers during the game and several had trouble finding the strike zone. That really cost the team in the eighth as four free passes to the Tigers and a pair of two RBI doubles led to four runs.
Jesse Edmunds, who came into put out the fire in the eighth, did a good job on the mound as he retired all four batters he faced, with a pair of strikeouts.
Brampton took advantage of three Tigers errors and had four hits on its way to their four-run fifth. Ken Appleby drove in the first run with a fielder’s choice scoring Matt Piccion from third. Mike Benyo drilled a two-RBI double and then Brad Oliver completed the Battlecats scoring in that inning with a two-out single.
That was all the Brampton scoring until there were two out in the ninth inning. Benyo drew a walk, Allan Mazierski smacked a double and then Oliver added a couple more RBIs with a single to score both runners.
Defensively the best play of the game came from Piccion in centre field who made a diving catch to rob the Tigers of a hit.
Brampton does get a week off between games as the next contest is not until Friday when the Battlecats host Oakville at Dash Park at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday they travel to Milton to play an afternoon contest.
The team has also announced a change in one previously scheduled game. The Brampton home game with Glanbrook on Friday May, 30 has been rescheduled to Friday, July 18 with Brampton hosting the Grizzlies at 7:30 p.m. at the new F.C.C.C. diamonds at Queen and McLaughlin Rd.

 
 
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