Kitchener Swept in Doubleheader - Drops 6th Straight
6/27/2009
June 27, 2009 - Oshawa

Nick Purdy hit a pair of walk-off singles to win both ends of a doubleheader as the Oshawa Dodgers swept the Kitchener Panthers to highlight a four-game schedule Saturday in the Intercounty Baseball League. Purdy won Game 1 with a run-scoring single in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the Dodgers to a 2-1 win, and then delivered another RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to score the winning run in the Dodgers 4-3 win in the second game.


In the opener, Brandyn Agnew allowed just four hits and one run over nine innings, striking out five and walking one, before Keith Grills pitched a hitless 10th to pick up the win, striking out one. Keith Fillier had three hits, including a lead-off triple in the 10th, and scored the winning run, and Jordan Castaldo had two hits.


Matt Cockburn was the hard-luck loser in the opener, allowing two runs on 10 hits in nine-plus innings, striking out one.


In Game 2 Kitchener took an early 3-0 lead but the Dodgers battled back, setting the stage for another walk-off hit by Purdy, this time in the bottom of the seventh inning.


Greg Byron got the win for Oshawa with a complete game five-hitter, allowing three runs – one earned – with three strikeouts and one walk. Purdy had two of Oshawa's seven hits in the nightcap.


Reliever Andrew White took the loss for the Panthers, allowing one run on two hits in 2/3 innings. Matt Taube had a two-run single and Mike Andrulis had an RBI single for Kitchener.