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Athletics heat up for stretch run

Okanagan has won seven of its last eight B.C. Premier Baseball League games
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The Athletics took three of four games from the hometown White Rock Tritons. -Image: Douglas Farrow/Contributor

With some sold results over the last two weekends, the Okanagan Athletics have bolstered their B.C. Premier Baseball League playoff hopes for 2017.

The A91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s are coming off three wins over the hometown White Rock Tritons and have now won seven of their last eight games.

Evan Bailey91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s club (15-23) is currently in a battle with the Coquitlam Reds and Victoria Eagles for the eighth and final playoff spot.

In White Rock, Keaton Mandryk threw a six-hit shutout Saturday as the A91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s opened the series with a 6-0 win. Dylan Faulkner had two hits, two stolen bases and scored twice in the victory.

In Game 2, the A91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s prevailed 4-3. Jackson Borne yielded just five hits in 6 2/3 innings for his fourth win, while Adam Sarafinchin picked up the save. Luigi Russo had two of the A91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s five hits.

In Sunday91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s opener, the Tritons scored three runs in the seventh for 7-6 victory. Jackson Borne had three hits and scored twice in the loss.

Okanagan closed the series with an 8-2 win. Starter Carter Morris threw a complete game eight hitter for the win. Colton Schaper-Kotter, Marcus Strother and Jaden Parsons each had two hits apiece.

The A91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s return to action Monday, July 3 for two games against the Blue Jays in North Delta, a make-up doubleheader for a rainout in April.



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