Saints sweep doubleheader vs Sheridan

The St. Clair Saints got two strong outings from the mound on Saturday and swept a doubleheader from Sheridan, 10-1 and 10-0.

The Saints improve to 12-6. Sheridan falls to 3-13.

Game 1: St. Clair 10, Sheridan 1

Brady Knelsen set the tone. He threw five scoreless innings, allowing two hits with nine strikeouts and no walks, and improved to 5-0 on the season. Ethan Watkins finished it with two innings of relief.

St. Clair jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a wild pitch and back-to-back bases-loaded walks to Tanner Luker and Logan McCandless. The Saints broke it open with five runs in the third.

Nick McMillan added a solo home run in the fourth. Ryan Querbach went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored, and McCandless was 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Sheridan’s only run came in the sixth on an Aiden Cowper RBI single.

Game 2: St. Clair 10, Sheridan 0 (six innings)

Michael Grondin was even better in the nightcap. He went the distance in a six-inning one-hitter, walking three and striking out five, to improve to 2-1.

Erick Arosemena led the offence, going 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and two stolen bases. Mylo Wasilef drove in two runs, scored twice, walked three times and stole two bases.

The Saints were aggressive on the bases all game, stealing nine bases. They put it away with four runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth.

St. Clair drew 12 walks in each game.

Standings

The sweep keeps St. Clair in third place in the OCAA West at 12-6. The Saints are one game behind second-place Durham (13-5), which has lost two straight, and a half-game ahead of Lambton (11-6).

St. Clair has won three in a row and is 8-2 in its last 10. Fanshawe (17-1) leads the conference and has won 13 straight.

Sheridan has now lost 11 straight and sits sixth at 3-13.