Ottawa, ON – After Friday’s game was postponed due to rain the Ottawa Champions dropped both games of their doubleheader against the New Jersey Jackals, falling 7-2 in the first game and dropping the second game 5-0.
The New Jersey Jackals pulled away late in the first game of a Saturday doubleheader to claim the 7-2 win over the Ottawa Champions.
The Jackals took a two-run lead in the top of the second as RF Leandro Castro had an RBI double and C Tony Caldwell had a sacrifice fly. The Champions equalized in the bottom of the fifth when 2B Roberto Ramirez knocked in LF Mike Schwartz with a single and CF Sebastien Boucher added a sac fly. But in the sixth, the Jackals took the lead for good as they put up three runs as three batters walked, one reached on a dropped third strike and LF Justin Trapp came up with an RBI single.
Starting pitcher Isaac Pavlik earned the win as he went six strong innings and allowed just two runs, neither of them earned, on six hits. He also recorded three strikeouts.
In the second game, the New Jersey Jackals completed the sweep of their doubleheader with the Ottawa Champions by shutting out the Champions 5-0.
Starting pitcher Brian Ernst went the distance for the Jackals and allowed just five hits as he earned the complete game win. Ernst struck out eight batters and walked just two batters. The Jackals backed Ernst up with four runs in the second inning and another one in the fifth.
Eight of the nine batters in the Jackals’ order had hits and three of them – CF Jamal Austin, 3B Mark Threlkeld and 1B A.J. Kirby-Jones – went 2-for-4. RF Leandro Castro had a two-run home run in the Jackals’ second-inning rally. For the Champions, the five hits came from five different batters.
New Jersey Jackals vs. Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6 June, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0070.CR2]
New Jersey Jackals vs. Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6 June, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0096.CR2]
New Jersey Jackals vs. Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6 June, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0098.CR2]
New Jersey Jackals vs. Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6 June, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0123.CR2]
New Jersey Jackals vs. Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6 June, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0150.CR2]
New Jersey Jackals vs. Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6 June, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0154.CR2]
New Jersey Jackals vs. Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6 June, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0297.CR2]
New Jersey Jackals vs. Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 6 June, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0302.CR2]
