{"id":17294,"date":"2017-05-17T11:44:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17294"},"modified":"2017-05-17T11:44:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:44:08","slug":"sac-baseball-clinches-second-in-cisaa-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/sac-baseball-clinches-second-in-cisaa-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"SAC baseball clinches second in CISAA playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A battle for top seed in the Canadian Independent School Athletic Association\u2019s varsity baseball league came down to a tiebreaker Monday afternoon.<br \/>\nBoth the St. Andrew\u2019s Saints and St. Michael\u2019s College Blues entered the game on SAC\u2019s diamond with matching 2 \u2013 0 records, with the winner taking the number one seed position into next week\u2019s league championship.<br \/>\nBy far the two heavyweights of the West division, it was the defense and work on the mound that ruled the play through the first three innings, with the Saints jumping out to a 2 \u2013 0 lead.<br \/>\nThe Blues rallied back in the top of the fourth to take a 3 \u2013 2 lead of their own, before three doubles in a row in the Saint\u2019s half regained the lead for the home squad. An error at the plate gave the Saints a 5 \u2013 3 lead after four.<br \/>\nRuns were traded back and forth in the fifth, with each team holding the lead in their half of the inning. St. Mike\u2019s went up again after two straight walks with the bases loaded, before the Saints cashed in two of their own with a pair of heavy hits to send the game to the sixth and final inning up 7 \u2013 6.<br \/>\nIt was a wild pitch that tied the game once again, while the Saints failed to muster up any more offense to leave the diamond in a 7 \u2013 7 tie.<br \/>\nBoth teams put up astonishing numbers throughout the season, though St. Mike\u2019s outscored SAC in total runs 44 \u2013 36 and take first in the West.<br \/>\nThe Saints clinched a playoff spot last week in an 11 \u2013 1 drubbing of the Crescent School Coyotes, and earlier in May toppled the Country Day School Cyclones 18 \u2013 3.<br \/>\nUpper Canada College finished first in the East with a perfect 3 \u2013 0 record.<br \/>\nPlayoff action will go next Wednesday at the SAC diamond.<br \/>\nFor schedules, visit www.cisaa.ca.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 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