Brockville LL Braves thumped by Kingston

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KBA Alumni Produce Offence For Bunnies

KBA alumni Ross Graham and Josh Leavitt, now wearing the Brockville Bunnies’ uniform, contributed runs in last weekend’s games against New Hampshire and Lachine, QC.

Graham’s rbi came in Sunday’s 4-3 victory over New Hampshire Storm to clinch the Norfolk, NY American Legion Tournament pennant. Leavitt hit a left field homerun out of Brockville’s Fulford Park in an 11-10 extra inning loss to Lachine on Saturday.

Colts Undefeated in Little League District Playoffs

The KBA Greater Kingston Little League Colts opened the Major Little League District 7 playoffs on Monday, July 13 with a resounding 10-0 mercy-shortened, four-inning victory over the Brockville Braves.

Colts ace Dexter Coughtrey earned the win with a one hit, 10 K performance. The Colts offence was led by Aaron Luchuk, Coughtrey's battery-mate, who hit two inside the park homeruns in one inning while Tom McCabe also rounded the bases on his own in-the-park homerun. Ethan Hunt and Coughtrey contributed triples to the hit parade.



Last night in Brockville, the Colts continued their Little League quest with an 11-1 rout over Glengarry. The mercy shortened game was called after four innings with pitcher Tom McCabe earning the win. Colts' Connor Burns hit a homerun.

The Colts face Cornwall on Thursday night in a clash of undefeated teams at a site yet to be determined. The winner of that contest will play Sunday for the District 7 title and a berth in the
Provincial Championship on July 31.

This Date In Kingston Baseball History

We set the way back machine for July 15, 1997...

Ponies Win First Game Of Season
After 29 consecutive losses, the Kingston Ponies defeated the Northumberland Whiskey Jacks 10-5 in the first game of a doubleheader in Canada-NY State league action at Megaffin Park. The Ponies sent 10 batters to the plate in the 2nd inning, scoring 8 runs on four Whiskey Jack errors.

Ponies starting pitcher Josh Hargreaves struck out four in 4 1/3 innings, hit a first inning homerun and stole home to lead the Ponies to victory. Darryl Barker drove in four runs while lead-off hitter Mark Bishop delivered two rbi. Dan Thompson closed out the game and was mobbed by his jubilant teammates on Megaffin’s mound.

Ponies Corralled In Tourney Semi-Final

A baseball team with one of the best monikers, the Rose City Thorns, proved to be the prickle under the Kingston Ponies’ saddle in the semi-final of the NCBL tournament on the weekend.
The Limestone City nine entered the championship round with an impressive 3-0 record but met their match in the Niagara District Baseball Association defending champions to end their weekend with a 3-2 loss.

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Rookie starter Matt Wing took the loss, allowing only five hits while striking out four Thorns. All three of Welland’s (aka Rose City) runs were unearned. Jed Vallier put the locals on the board in the first inning with a two run double only to have the Rose City nine even the score in the third frame. The Thorns broke the 2-2 deadlock in the sixth inning and held on for the victory. Ponies’ Chris Garrison contributed two hits.

After a 7 hour rain delay on Saturday, the Ponies opened the 10th Annual Tournament with their ace, Brett Gibson, who went the distance, allowing seven hits to record the 3-2 victory over the Nepean Brewers. The Limestone City offence only mustered four hits( Scott Ewart, Kurtis Miller, Ryan Kerstens and Jed Vallier) but managed to outscore the host nine.

In game two of the day, 18 year old rookie Kyle Kelsey notched his fourth victory of the season for the Ponies, a nifty five hit, complete game 10-4 victory over the Ottawa-Nepean Canadians. Kerstens, Burlington and Ewart each contributed a pair of hits with Ewart walking twice and scoring four runs.

On Sunday morning, rookie AJ Burlington took the mound against New Lowell and went six innings to earn the 7-4 win, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out six Simcoe County batters. The Ponies had fifteen hits, with rookie Jeff Lake having a day at the plate with 3 hits for 3 at-bats. Chris Garrison, Ryan Kerstens and Craig Coupland had two hits each while James Hornby walloped a three bagger.

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This Date In Kingston Baseball History

We set the way back machine to July 12, 1888...

On the Glorious 12th, the St. Lawrence Base Ball Club, a founding member of the professional Eastern International Baseball League and with an amateur pitcher on the mound, defeated the Park Nine in a challenge match for $75 by a score of 13-2 at the Cricket Field.

Braves Pull Out Victory With Clutch Hitting

The Kingston Braves continued their winning streak with another come from behind 5-4 victory over the Bunnies of Brockville at Megaffin Park on Tuesday, July 7.

Kingston’s Mike Dewitt, in a repeat clutch performance in the bottom of the ninth inning, drove in Colin Greenwood for the game winning run. Dewitt’s heroics marked his second game winning rbi against the Bunnies in as many games versus their eastern rival.

Braves’ starting pitcher, southpaw Matt Thompson, baffled the Bunnies batters by holding them hitless through 4 innings before reliever Cory Thompson recorded the win with 3.1 shutout innings.

The Braves lead the Eastern Ontario Baseball Midget Division 1 with a 12-2 record and next see action July 15 at Rotary Park in Belleville vs the Quinte Royals.

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Guelph Maple Leafs Base Ball Club

We set the way back machine to July 10, 1875 for yet another "greatest game ever played ..."

Kingston Defeats Canadian Champion Maple Leafs of Guelph
On July 10, 1875, the Kingston St. Lawrence Base Ball Club played the Guelph Maple Leafs, the
defending“World”Amateur Champions and Dominion of Canada Champions, in what was called the greatest game ever played in the Limestone City.

Guelph scored a pair of runs in the 3rd inning and held Kingston scoreless through eight innings. Down to their final out in the ninth inning, the St. Lawrence Club tied the game and Kingston scored the winning run in the 12th inning to defeat Guelph 3-2.

The President and financial backer of the Guelph team was George Sleeman, the Silver Creek brewmaster, who is is in the center of the photo above.

Braves Lead EOBA Pack As Pair of Pitchers Combine For No Hitter

The Kingston Braves swept a pair of doubleheaders on the weekend of June 27 to move into 1st place in the Eastern Ontario Baseball Association Midget Division 1.

Combined No Hitter
In Pickering, the pitching tandem of Matt Thompson and Russell Robinson-Grant combined on a no hit, 11-0 mercy shortened game. Starter Thompson went five frames with Robinson-Grant putting the finishing touches on the gem. The Kingston nine won the other game 5-4 with Travis LaFrance earning the win.

Brothers Belt GWRBI
On Sunday in the friendly confines of Megaffin Park, the Braves took a pair from the Bunnies of Brockville. The Dewitt brothers took matters into their own hands as Mike drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to win 6-5. Taking sibling rivalry to new heights on the diamond in the second game, Tom drove in two runs with a single in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the contest. Both brothers delivered their blows with two outs. Cory Thompson earned both wins in relief.

Bunnies’ reliever David Forbes was tagged with a blown save and John Coleman took the loss in game one. Forbes contributed 2 rbi and 2 doubles while Pat Froom had three hits for Brockville.

Game two saw the Bunnies ahead 5-4 with two outs in the 7th frame when reliever Froom surrendered the Dewitt gwrbi wallop.

On Sunday, July 5 the Braves hosted Oshawa and trounced the visitors in a pair of mercy shortened games to up their record to 11-2.

This Date In Kingston Baseball History

We set the way back machine for July 9, 1888 for Eastern International League action...

St. Lawrence Club Whitewashes Belleville
On July 9, one of the finest displays of baseball ever seen in the Limestone City in 1888 took place between the first place Belleville club (13 wins, 10 losses) and the second place St. Lawrence Brown Stockings (12 wins, 12 losses).

Twirling for Kingston was young Gloster, who, according to the Toronto Globe was “more puzzling than ever” as he held Belleville to six hits and kept the visitors off the score sheet in an 8-0 victory.

The St. Lawrence Club pounded Belleville’s recently signed prize pitcher Keefe for twelve hits, scoring deuces in the third and sixth inning, three markers in the seventh inning and a single run in the eighth frame to record.

KBA Colts Corralled In Tournament Final

The Greater Kingston Little League Colts, playing in the Brockville Invitational Tournament on the July 4th weekend, bolted from the starting line and were in the running until the home stretch when they were corralled by Orleans 6-0 in the championship game.

The KBA Colts galloped past Upper Canada and the Cornwall River Rats by identical scores of 10-4 and left the host Brockville nine at the gate, defeating them 20-5 before edging Montreal by a nose in the semi-final by a score of 3-2. Orleans handed Kingston their first loss, 8-0 earlier in the tournament.

The Colts roster includes Kenny Allan, Connor Burns, Logan Chartrand, Matthew Chow, Kyle Coligan, Alex Faroldi, Ethan Hunt, Sean Jeffries, Aaron Luchuk, Tom McCabe, Tyler Morensen, Paul Nuvoloni, Luke Webb and Dexter Coughtrey.