Ottawa, ON – The Garden State Grays scored a pair of runs on a single from CF Darian Sandford in the top of the eighth inning and those runs proved to be the difference as the Grays edged the Ottawa Champions 6-5.
The Grays took a lead in the top of the third inning as LF Shawn Payne singled to plate a pair of runs and then scored on a double by 3B Luis Gonzalez. In the fourth, 2B Victor LeBron scored on a single by C Erik Kozel to give the Grays a 4-0 lead but the Champions got on the board with a sac fly from 1B Jon Talley in the bottom of the fourth. Ottawa took the lead with a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth innings but Sandford erased that lead with his two-RBI single in the eighth.
Garden State reliever Matt Wickswat picked up the win as he worked 3.1 innings without allowing a hit or a run. He struck out five batters and did not issue a walk.
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A9964.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0020.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0067.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [1J2A6608.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0091.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0124.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0147.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0206.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0320.CR2]
Garden State Grays and Ottawa Champions during Can-Am League action at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 20 July, 2015. Photo by Richard A. Whittaker. (http://richardawhittaker.ca) [5C7A0350.CR2]
