The Lachine A’s slipped past the Pierrefonds Dodgers for a 14-12 road win at Alexander Park in Lac St. Louis Region Baseball League play. The visitors held a lead from the first inning to the final out, holding off a determined comeback bid by Pierrefonds. Heading into the final inning of play, the home team had made it a one-run game with the A’s holding a slim 13-12 lead. That final inning saw Lachine add one more run while the Dodgers couldn’t cut into the A’s advantage.
Lachine’s Tristan Leclerc was a double shy of going for the cycle as he stroked a single, triple and home run. Teammate Henri Lapointe ripped a pair of triples for the A’s and earned four ribbies. The Dodgers’ Kay-Dinh Tran belted a pair of doubles and went yard at the plate while Damiano Garreffa went three-for-three at the plate with two singles and a two-bagger.
Lachine opened with a five-run outburst in the top of the first. Leadoff batter Henry Blake connected with the first of three consecutive single and scored the opening run. Alexis Raymond and Simon Lacombe raced home on Henri Laplante’s triple. Laplante touched home along with Tristan Leclerc thanks to Leclerc’s homer. Blake and Raymond extended the A’s lead to 7-0 scoring in the top of the third.
Pierrefonds got on the board in the home half of the third, posting five runs to make it a 7-5 contest. A six-hit barrage paved the way for Pierrefonds’ five runs. Jordan Alfonso-Carrier’s triple earned him a pair of rbi’s with Qilin Li and Theo LeRouge touching home to get Pierrefonds on the board. Alfonso-Carrier, Kay-Dinh Tran and Julian Boily all worked their way around the bases to score.
Lachine added five runs to their total in the fourth to extend their lead to 12-5. Blake, who went four-for-four with four runs scored was among the A’s circling the bases. Nathan Delarosbil, Henry Bardello, Raymond and Lacombe chipped in the other runs. Pierrefonds battled back to put a pair of points onto the scoresheet. Aiden Flood and Gabriel Maheu both doubled and both scored.
Lachine had a single run in the top of the fifth when Leclerc tripled, then scored on a single off the bat of Jules-Antoine Lejour. In the bottom of that inning, the Dodgers made it interesting as their five runs made it a 13-12 contest. Tran started the rally with a home run. Boily, Garreffa, Mathys Grondin-Bortoni and Flood all followed with runs for the Dodgers.
Blake scored the final A’s run of the game following his triple, he trotted home on a Raymond single to set the final score at 14-12. n