Rangers out-slug Milton in the Saturday of a home-and-home series to eventually win this one 14-6, or on aggregate, 22-13. The Rangers used a season-high 18 hits over Milton's 11.
The high-scoring affair was led by these hot Ranger bats. The team managed to get at least one hit from every position in the order.1B Brad Crone 4-6 with 4 RBI, 3B Ryan Panas 3-6 with a double and 4 RBI, and two hits from each of DH AJ Iafrate, RF Adam Raithby, SS Mike Ferracuti, C Kyle Bowers. CF Alex Thrower picked up a pair of RBIs while RF Rob Borden, and 2B Pat Thompson each had batted in a run.
The Rangers sent six pitchers to the hill in this one, none of whom pitched in the first lag the previous night. Adam McBride started for two innings of two hit ball, Tyler Whealy followed surrendering a solo home run, Andrew Perryman (1-0) picked up the win in relief getting three outs while surrendering two runs on three hits. Brendan Lyons made his 2018 debut pitching two innings, getting touched for two runs, one earned, while striking out four Red Sox. Mike Asta followed with a clean inning recording a strikeout. Kyle Breitner pitched the 8th and 9th giving up a run on two hits and picked up four strikeouts.
The Rangers close out the rain-shortened month of May with a 6-0 record and sit atop the COBA Major AAA League. The team will return to action Friday, June 1st at home at Connorvale Park against the Burlington Brants. This game will be of special interest as it was announced earlier this week by Baseball Ontario that the Etobicoke Rangers will face the Burlington Brants in game one of the Ontario Senior Eliminations Tournament in Windsor this upcoming August long weekend. It is the first time the two teams will face each other in 2018 leading up to the big tournament.