Tag: Baseball

London Majors win second straight championship in stunning comeback

The Majors are magical. It’s the only explanation to the fairy-tale way London claimed its second straight Intercounty Baseball League championship in a stunning 8-7 comeback victory over Toronto in Game 6 Thursday night at Christie Pits. The visitors scored five runs in the ninth, then called on Game 5 pitching hero Fernando Fernandez to […]

IBL FINAL: London Majors one win away from another championship

The London Majors haven’t won two straight playoff titles in 74 years. Now, they stand just one win away from back-to-back bliss. Lead-off man Jakob Newton and elder statesman Cleveland Brownlee each drove in a pair in a seven-run, sixth-inning explosion to dump Toronto 8-3 in Game 5 of the Intercounty Baseball League’s championship series […]

All tied up: London Majors need bats, injured star back for key Game 5

The London Majors want to put the ejections and controversy in the rear-view mirror before Tuesday’s pivotal Game 5 of the Intercounty Baseball League final at Labatt Park. Some clutch hitting would help. “We needed to capitalize,” London manager Roop Chanderdat said after losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 Sunday at Christie Pits to […]

IBL FINALS: Controversial call costs London dearly in Game 4

The London Majors didn’t leave Toronto a happy bunch. Manager Roop Chanderdat and right fielder Starling Joseph were ejected after a controversial strikeout call in the sixth inning and the offence wasted a standout performance by starter Owen Boon in a 2-1 Game 4 loss Sunday night at Christie Pits. The best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League […]