Photo by Art Ward

HAMILTON – The Hamilton Cardinals built an early lead and then hung on to beat the London Majors 5-4 Tuesday night at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium.

David Vanderby's two-run double paced the offence. Laine Renaud, Jake Chiaravalle and Jake Foden had the other RBIs, while Connor Bowie had a hit and scored twice.

Zackary Gonzalez (4-4) pitched six innings for the win, allowing two runs on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

Josh Freeman locked down his first save, giving up two runs on three hits with a walk and six strikeouts in three innings of relief. All of the damage came in the ninth inning as London mounted a comeback, but Freeman got Keith Kandel to strike out swinging with a runner on second to preserve the victory.

Hamilton improved to 13-17.

RJ Fuhr went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the loss, as London dropped to 17-12. Chris McQueen had two hits, an RBI and a run, while Evan Britt drove in a run. Cleveland Brownlee extended his hit streak to 11 games with a solo home run in the second.

Starlin Peralta (6-2) took the loss, giving up four runs on six hits over five innings. He walked four and struck out eight.