Blizzard bats boom on road in Alberni
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Wednesday is colloquially known as hump day, so the Comox Valley Blizzard celebrated on April 30 by crossing The Hump to Port Alberni and beating the Central Island Cutters 8-2.
Blizzard head coach Chris Kenny said his Bantam AAA baseball squad was fired up to play their first road game in over a month, and it showed.
Josh Croft’s new bat was the talk of the dugout as he went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and five runs batted in. In the top half of the first, Croft laced a single into centre to bring home Ashton Martin and put the Blizz ahead 1-0.
In the second inning the visitors erupted for five runs on five hits, a walk and an error.
Clayton Isherwood led off with a double followed by Adam Riley’s single and a free pass to Ryan Fairgray. Martin stroked one down the left field line to score two. With runners on first and second, Croft took Cutters’ pitcher Joey Sabo downtown with a three-run shot to right centre to make it 6-0.
In the fourth, Croft was at it again as a double to the fence brought Martin home from second to run the score to 7-1. Marcus Drewry manufactured the Blizzard’s final run after drawing a walk and stealing a pair of bags. He scored on a Dillon Robson infield ground ball to make it 8-2.
On the mound, Isherwood was having a day himself as he struck out 12 over six innings to run his season record to 2-1.
– Black Press
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