A dominating defence and high-scoring offence helped the 91原创 Jr. Blaze to three wins over the weekend.
But the chance for back-to-back doubleheader sweeps came up short as the U16 baseball team鈥檚 offence managed just a single run in the final game.
Regardless, a 3-1 weekend fueled the Blaze to top spot in the B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League standings.
91原创 improved to 6-2 on the season.
The Jr. Blaze were in Victoria on Saturday, downing the Jr. Eagles 8-1 and 16-1 at Lambrick Park.
Facing the North Shore Jr. Twins on Sunday, the Jr. Blaze won the opener 9-1 before losing the rematch 6-1 to see their three-game winning streak come to an end.
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Matthew Whieldon drove in a pair of runs while Grahame Bailey pitched six solid innings, allowing one run on three hits while striking out seven.
Danny Hollins had an RBI triple and also scored a pair of runs, while Matthew Reston and Eric Broatch both had RBI doubles.
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The second game was tied at one run apiece after the first inning, but after that, it was all 91原创.
The Jr. Blaze had two monster innings 鈥� five runs in the sixth and eight more in the seventh 鈥� as they crushed the Jr. Eagles 16-1.
91原创 batters bashed 14 hits and took advantage of three Victoria errors to score eight unearned runs.
Broatch went 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs while Steven Young and Liam Goddfrey both drove in a pair of runs.
Kyle Ross went the distance allowing one run on six hits in seven innings with four strikeouts.
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The Jr. Blaze were again in another close game until they exploded for seven runs in the fifth, turning a 2-1 score into a 9-1 victory.
Reston hit two doubles and a single and drove in three runs.
On the mound, Jordan Atkinson threw a complete game one-hitter.
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The Jr. Blaze led 1-0 after two innings, but the Jr. Twins scored runs in three straight innings to secure the victory.
Mitchell Kennedy was tagged with the loss, allowing three runs 鈥� but just one of those runs were earned 鈥� over four and a third innings of work.
Young had the Jr. Blaze鈥檚 lone RBI, bringing home Andre Pelletier on a second-inning fielder鈥檚 choice.
The Jr. Blaze play at home on Saturday at McLeod Park in a doubleheader against the other Victoria squad, the Jr. Mariners (3-5).
Game times are 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
