Grand Slam Gets The Sox Again

For the second night in a row on Friday, The Brantford Red Sox saw an early lead disappear due to a grand slam and could not recover.

Brantford led the visiting Barrie Baycats 5-0 after 2 innings, chasing Baycats starter Kevin Millar from the game. But with 2 outs in the 3rd, the Baycats loaded the bases on 3 straight walks and Barrie DH Ryan Rijo capitalized with a grand slam to right field. Brantford's bats went cold the rest of the night with only 2 more hits, while the visiting Baycats added on 4 more runs leading to a Barrie Baycats 9 Brantford Red Sox 5 final score.

Jesse Fishbaum had 2 hits, a stolen base, 1 run scored and 1 RBI for Brantford. Gianfranco Morello added a hit, a stolen base, and 2 runs scored.  

Brantford now has a day off to regroup before hosting the Hamilton Cardinals on Sunday July 18 in their first afternoon game of the season, game time is 2 pm at Arnold Anderson Stadium.  Tickets are available at the gate and at brantfordredsox.com/tickets

Related Links

Box Score •  Game Live 

Baycats Storm Back To Beat Red Sox - theibl.ca

The Brantford Red Sox were founded in 1911 and have won 15 Intercounty Baseball League titles.  For all the latest news follow the Red Sox on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  Subscribe to the Brantford Red Sox YouTube channel for live streaming of games this season.