A's Close Gap

Good pitching and timely hitting allowed the Mississauga A's to creep within 7 points of the 4th place York Diamonds following a 10-6 win last Thursday night. Todd Campbell worked 6 strong innings before giving way to Hugh Dawkins, who picked up the win with 7 K's in the final 3 innings. Eric Foley pitched well in defeat for York.

York was led by a long home run by Jeff Hofstetter(his fifth) and three hits apiece for Foley and Brent Sterling. Shortstop Rudy Naraine made a solid return with 2 doubles and several nice fielding plays.For the A's Michael Bruce blew the game open with a three run homer in the 9th inning. Andrew Bruce and John Thachuk had three hits apiece.

BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mississauga A's 101021023 10 14 1
York Diamonds 001002201 6 13 2

Date: July 29, 2004     Time: 7:30pm      Venue: Keelesdale Park   

Mississauga A's
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Andrew Bruce 6 2 3 1 0 0
John Thachuk 4 2 3 1 0 0
Mike Bruce 2 2 1 3 0 0
Andrew Dawes 5 1 1 1 1 1
Todd Campbell 5 0 2 1 1 2
Zack Nunez 4 0 2 4 0 0
Colin Cameron 4 0 0 0 1 3
Paul LiCastro 4 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Rolston 4 1 0 0 0 0
Hugh Dawkins Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Botelho 4 1 2 0 1 2
Totals 43 9 14 11 5 9
2B: Thachuk, Botelho
3B: Bruce, Dawes
HR: Bruce
SB: Bruce, Dawes
HBP: Rolston (2)
SF: Nunez
York Diamonds
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Rob Fraser 5 1 1 0 0 1
Rudy Naraine 5 0 2 1 0 2
Don Cantwell 4 2 1 0 1 0
Jeff Hofstetter 4 1 1 2 1 0
Eric Foley 5 0 3 0 0 1
Brent Sterling 5 1 3 1 0 1
Pete Zakkak 4 1 1 1 1 2
Jeremy Service 1 0 0 0 1 0
Victor Medina 1 0 0 0 1 1
Brian Hofstetter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Freeman 2 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Shannon 1 0 1 1 0 0
Jeff Castronaro 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 38 6 13 6 5 9
2B: Naraine (2), Cantwell, Zakkak
HR: Hofstetter
SB: Fraser
E: Cantwell (2)

Mississauga A's
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Todd Campbell 6.0 9 3 3 2 2 0
Hugh Dawkins Jr. (W) (BS) 3.0 7 3 3 2 4 0
York Diamonds
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Eric Foley (L) 7.2 12 7 4 4 10 0
Jeff Castronaro 1.1 2 3 3 1 1 0

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