Week 2 of NDBA Senior Baseball was met with some rainy weather that put a damper on things. Overall, we had 3 games postponed due to the rain and we are still not completely out of the woods yet. This leads to a potential busy summer for some teams like Beamsville who has only played 1 game thus far.

 

Here are the highlights from the games that did get played.

 

Welland Pioneers (2-1) 8 – Merritton Alliance (0-2) 2

On a cold Tuesday night, the Pioneers jumped out to a 3 run lead in the 2^nd and cemented their victory with another 3 runs in the 4^th. Andrew D’Angelo made his NDBA debut for the Alliance while former Rose City Thorn Ryan Bench made his league return with the Alliance.
 

Game Highlights:

 

Chris Anderi (WP) 2-3 2B 2R

Will Baltrusiunas (WP) 2-3 2RBI

Scott Cole (WP) 2-3 RBI

Ben Baltrusiunas (WP) 3IP 0ER SV

Matt Brady (MA) 2-3 RBI

Ty Goss (MA) 1-3 2B

 

Niagara Falls Expos (1-1) 13 – Thorold Anchors (1-1) 2

The Expos went into the shipyard on Tuesday night and spoiled the home opener of the Anchors by scoring early and late to take the first matchup of the season between the two clubs. Expos got out to an early 5-0 lead before the Anchors could cut it to 5-2. Expos would end up running away with this in the late innings.

 

Game Highlights:

 

Josh Thorpe (NF) 3-4 2B 3B 3RBI

Nick Cook (NF) 2-5 4IP 0ER 7K W

Al Stephens (NF) 2-4 RBI

Dan Smith (TA) 1-3 3IP 1ER

Dylan Dempsey (TA) 1-3

 

Merritton Alliance (0-3) 4 – Beamsville Yellow Jackets (1-0) 7

After a few rain outs, the defending champions finally took the field on Sunday night; shaking off some rust to defeat the Merritton Alliance. The Yellow Jackets got out to a 4-0 lead only to see the Alliance come right back and tie the game up. Beamsville would score 3 runs in the bottom of the 6^th to ultimately take their season opener. The win is an unprecedented 27^th consecutive home win for the Yellow Jackets with their last home loss coming on June 9, 2023.

 

Game Highlights:

 

*Merritton Alliance stats not available at publication time

Riley Gray (BYJ) 5IP 5K 1ER

Tyler Rose (BYJ) 3-4

Tyler Wood (BYJ) 1-3 RBI 1.1IP W