ETOBICOKE, ON: Game three of the 2016 OCAA Men’s Baseball Championship tournament had the Fanshawe Falcons facing the Durham Lords in the first elimination game. 

The tension in the park was high as the teams took the field with the chance of being sent home. At bat first, the Lords were up for the challenge, however; the Falcons kept the score tied at 0-0 for the first two innings.

Pitching for the Falcons, Tyler Rymel, threw perfectly, striking out Tristan Willcocks of the Lords to start off the third inning. 

Scoreless into the bottom of the third, Lords pitcher, Alec Brown, was up against the fighting Falcons. Off of a wild pitch, Zev Weisdorf, scored the first run of the game putting Fanshawe up 1-0. Another 2 runs were scored sending the Falcons into the fourth inning with a 3-0 lead. 

Bottom of the sixth the Falcons increased their lead, scoring three more runs for an impressive 8-0 lead. The Lords managed to score two runs making the final score 8-2, sending the Falcons into tomorrow’s semi-finals. 

Player of the game went to Brodie Harkness from Durham and Tyler Rymel from Fanshawe.

The next game will have the Humber Hawks playing the St. Clair Saints at 7:30 p.m. at Connorvale Park.