Brantford Red Sox 14, Hamilton Cardinals 12

In Brantford, T.J. Shimizu had three singles and drove in two runs, including the game-winner in the sixth inning, to help the Brantford Red Sox to a 14-12 win over the Hamilton Cardinals in the Intercounty Baseball League on Friday.

Raul Borjas added a pair of singles and drove in two runs and Omari Briscoe had three hits and an RBI.

Elliot Love (2-0) allowed four runs and three hits in five innings for the win and Mark Ferguson worked 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief for his second save.

Matt Lareau (0-4) gave up 11 runs - one unearned - and 13 hits in four innings.

P.J. MacDonald had a pair of singles and scored two runs and Matt Fortuna contributed two singles, drove in a pair of runs and scored twice.

                     1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9    R  H  E
HAMILTON CARDINALS   1 0 1  1 1 0  8 0 0 - 12  8  3
BRANTFORD RED SOX    6 1 1  3 0 2  0 1 x - 14 17  1