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BRANTFORD – Benjamin Bostick scored on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth to give the Brantford Red Sox a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Tuesday night.
Brantford trailed 4-3 with three outs remaining and tied the game when Chris Dennis drove in Brandon Dailey with an RBI single. Dan Jagdeo's flyout on a 2-0 pitch was deep enough to score Bostick for the winning run. Jagdeo added a two-run blast in the Red Sox's three-run sixth that tied the game.
Dennis went 3-for-5 and also scored once, Andris Rizquez singled twice and scored, and Nic Burdett went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Tanner Guindon (1-2) picked up the win, walking one and striking out one in a hitless ninth. Red Sox starter Dalton Harvey allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits over four innings with two walks and five strikeouts.
Dan Marra singled twice and doubled for the Leafs. Justin Marra singled, doubled and scored, and Zac Orchard had an RBI.
Trevor Caughey (2-1) took the loss, giving up two runs (one earned) on two hits in 1.2 innings. He walked one. Pedro De Los Santos started and went seven innings, giving up three runs on nine hits with three walks and nine strikeouts.