Tag: London Majors

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Jakob Newton was just looking to hit a fly ball. He did much more than that – and took the wind right out of Toronto’s sails. The London lead-off man smashed a go-ahead, three-run homer over the Labatt Park centre field fence in the second inning and the Majors never looked back in a 6-3 […]

The London Majors had no answer for a resurgent Justin Marra. The Toronto catcher went 4-for-4 with four runs batted in – including a go-ahead three-run double in the second inning – to lead the Maple Leafs to a 9-6 victory and tie the Intercounty Baseball League championship series 1-1 Thursday night at Christie Pits. […]