Baycats inch closer to first after win

BRANTFORD – The Barrie Baycats moved one step closer to clinching first place with a 10-4 win over the Brantford Red Sox Tuesday night at Arnold Anderson Stadium.

Barrie (24-10) leads Kitchener by a half game atop the standings entering the final week of the regular season.

Jordan Castaldo hit his 15^th home run and drove in three for the Baycats. He also doubled and scored twice. Starlin Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI, Kevin Atkinson drove in a run and scored, Ryan Spataro had two hits and a run, Ryan Rijo went 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs, Jeff Cowan had an RBI, and Conner Morro singled, doubled and added an RBI and a run.

Jacob Douglas (1-0) earned the win with two innings of scoreless relief.

Michael Bucci (0-2) took the loss, giving up four runs on 10 hits with four walks and five strikeouts.

Offensively, Luis Perez went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run, Gianfranco Morello scored twice, and Doug Parks drove in the other run.

Last-place Brantford dropped to 5-28.