London Majors 12, Toronto Maple Leafs 9

In London, Pete Babcock belted a grand slam with two out in the sixth inning to power the London Majors to a 12-9 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Intercounty Baseball League playoffs on Tuesday. London leads the series 2-0.

Babcock finished the game with four hits and four runs while Brian Blackburn hit a two-run single in the eighth inning and Kevin Virtue added a pair of singles and scored two runs in the win.

Mike Mitro (1-2) allowed an unearned run and two hits in 1 2/3 innings of relief after starter Jeremy Middleton gave up seven runs in 5 1/3 innings. Virtue picked up his second save by holding Toronto to one unearned run and one hit across two innings.

Rob Robinson (0-1) surrendered eight runs - six earned - and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Rob Butler was four-for-six and scored two runs while Rich Butler clubbed a two-run homer in the loss.

                    1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9    R  H  E
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 0 0 5  2 0 0  1 1 0 -  9 15  5
LONDON MAJORS       1 0 0  1 3 5  0 2 x - 12 14  3

Guelph Royals 15, Brantford Red Sox 2

In Brantford, Kyle Leon hit a three-run homer and then a grand slam in a 12-run sixth inning that gave the Guelph Royals a 15-2 win over the Brantford Red Sox and a 2-0 lead in their semi-final playoff series.

Jamie Pogue and Sean Reilly each added solo homers in the win.

Brian Dikdan allowed one run and seven hits in six innings to push his post-season record to 3-0.

Tony Bacci (1-1) gave up five runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings and Eric Wolfe was four-for-five and scored two runs for Brantford, who host Game 3 on Wednesday.

                    1 2 3  4 5  6 7 8 9    R  H  E
BRANTFORD RED SOX   0 0 0  1 0  0 0 1 0 -  2 11  3
GUELPH ROYALS       0 1 1  0 1 12 0 0 x - 15 13  0

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