ABA CLASS-A LEAGUE
ST. CATHARINES BLUE JAYS AT GRAND RAPIDS JET HAWKS
06/28/2023
 
ABA CLASS-A LEAGUE
ST. CATHARINES BLUE JAYS AT GRAND RAPIDS JET HAWKS
GAME ID: 4028 - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28TH , 2023 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Catharines Blue Jays (44-32) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 6 10 0
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks (50-26) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 0
Jet Hawks Absorb 6-3 Home Loss
St. Catharines first baseman Guillermo Alcorta made his presence felt in the 6-3 Blue Jays triumph over the Grand Rapids Jet Hawks. Alcorta hit 2 home runs. Chase Harriger locked down his 14th save. St. Catharines, at 44-32, is 5½ games up in the Northern A West Division.

St. Catharines used the hitting of Ed Montes de Oca to pick up the win. The shortstop clubbed a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning to put the Blue Jays on top, 4-2. For the game, Montes de Oca had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"I think it speaks for itself, I think we came out and we played our kind of baseball," said Montes de Oca.
ST. CATHARINES BATTING LINESCORE GRAND RAPIDS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Romer CF, LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 .324 3 9
M. Odendahl RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .287 25 55
   a-B. Hendrix CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .275 11 44
A. Baker DH 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .215 4 12
H. Merino LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .252 13 33
   b-C. Henderson RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 4 14
A. Lujan 3B 4 2 2 1 0 2 1 .205 6 14
G. Alcorta 1B 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 .293 2 2
E. Montes de Oca SS 4 1 2 2 0 2 0 .281 8 24
W. Bodin C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .287 11 32
E. Aceituno 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .196 2 11
Totals 37 6 10 6 2 12 13      
a - B. Hendrix substituted for M. Odendahl in the 7th
b - C. Henderson substituted for H. Merino in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Merino (9, 1st Inning off O. Casas, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: E. Montes de Oca (8, 4th Inning off O. Casas, 0 on, 2 outs) , A. Lujan (6, 4th Inning off O. Casas, 0 on, 2 outs) , G. Alcorta 2 (2, 4th Inning off O. Casas, 0 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off J. Straughn, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Romer , H. Merino 2 , A. Lujan 5 , G. Alcorta 8 , E. Montes de Oca 5 , E. Aceituno 2
2-out RBI: H. Merino , A. Lujan , G. Alcorta , E. Montes de Oca
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Romer , A. Baker 2 , A. Lujan
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Romer (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Aceituno-Montes de Oca-Alcorta)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Swain 2B 5 1 2 0 0 2 4 .274 13 36
J. Sadler CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .247 9 42
D. Coffey SS 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .348 16 47
I. Bunton RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .298 12 40
M. DeLaet DH 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .216 1 4
S. Childers 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .214 0 3
C. Herd LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .270 2 9
J. Bresette C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .220 1 4
   a-B. Porter PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .297 14 51
J. Unknown 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 0
   b-J. Kipfer PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .306 2 7
Totals 36 3 10 2 1 13 14      
a - B. Porter pinch hit for J. Bresette in the 9th
b - J. Kipfer pinch hit for J. Unknown in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: C. Swain 2 (15, 1st Inning off A. Gomez, 0 on, 0 outs; 3rd Inning off A. Gomez, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: M. DeLaet (1, 2nd Inning off A. Gomez, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: C. Swain 4 , D. Coffey , M. DeLaet 5 , C. Herd , J. Bresette 2 , B. Porter , J. Kipfer
2-out RBI: D. Coffey
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Swain , I. Bunton
GIDP: J. Unknown
Team LOB: 7
ST. CATHARINES PITCHING LINESCORE GRAND RAPIDS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Gomez W (3-3) 7.0 8 3 3 0 9 1 100 4.01   
M. Dineen H (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 2.25   
C. Harriger SV (14) 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 32 2.93   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Gomez 58
Batters Faced: A. Gomez 28, M. Dineen 3, C. Harriger 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Gomez 6-5, M. Dineen 0-1, C. Harriger 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Gomez 100-69, M. Dineen 13-9, C. Harriger 32-18
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
O. Casas L (8-3) 5.1 7 5 5 0 7 3 82 3.00   
K. Kramer 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 15 1.15   
J. Straughn 2.0 1 1 1 0 4 1 35 6.02   
P. Stanford 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 3.60   
PITCHING
Game Score: O. Casas 41
Batters Faced: O. Casas 23, K. Kramer 5, J. Straughn 7, P. Stanford 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: O. Casas 3-6, K. Kramer 1-1, J. Straughn 0-2, P. Stanford 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: O. Casas 82-56, K. Kramer 15-9, J. Straughn 35-25, P. Stanford 19-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Kramer 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Guillermo Alcorta
Ballpark: Jet Hawks Ballpark
Weather: Cloudy (71 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:21
Attendance: 9667
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