The West Island Blue Jays logged a 13-10 win over the visiting NDG Blue Wildcats in Lac St. Louis Baseball 15U B play at Pointe Claire’s Northview Park. The Jays held off the advances of the Wildcats to maintain a comfortable lead following the opening inning of play with West Island holding a 4-3 lead.
Extra-bases were the order of the day in the top of the first. Félix Elliott cracked a triple then scored NDG’s first run when Nick Clark went yard to make it 3-0 as Kenshin Naniwa scored ahead of Clark. West Island answered back with a quartet of runs to claim a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. The Jays parlayed one hit, a double by Edward Pichovich, and several walks plus speed on the basepaths to score. Camden Swaminathan, Jean-Daniel Gagné, Remi Montreuil and Pichovich all reached home.
West Island added three runs in the home half of the second to extend their lead to 7-4. Dorian Minas scored on a single by Swaminathan. Montreuil added two runs as his triple cashed in Konstantin Ciabella and Swaminathan.
The visitors erupted for four runs in the top of the third to pull even with the Jays. It was the Wildcats turn to show their speed on the bases to help to plate some runs. Elliott, Naniwa, Clark, who earned his fourth rbi of the game with his single, and Bodie Trainor all reached home. The Blue Jays regained the lead in their at bats. Ciabella ripped a triple sending Carter Zielinski and Olivier Drainville wheeling around the bases for the two runs to go ahead 9-7.
NDG made it a one-run contest in the fourth with Joyce Leoney-Horin accounting for the lone Wildcat run. Four runs by the Jays put the home team comfortably in the lead in the bottom of the fourth. Luca Campanelli drove in Gagné and Montreuil. Drainville lashed a triple that brought home Pichovich and Campanelli making it a 13-8 game.
In their last licks, the Wildcats attempted a comeback, rallying for two runs before the inning came to an end. Free passes and swiped bases accounted for Davis Lloyd and Adzim Ishmael scoring. n