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Blaze pitchers nearly unhittable

91Ô­´´ pitchers combine to allow just five hits over two games, both shutout victories
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Jayden Knight and the 91Ô­´´ Blaze have won six of their past seven games as the BC Premier Baseball League regular season draws to a close. Miranda Gathercole 91Ô­´´ Times file photo

Back-to-back shutouts helped the 91Ô­´´ Blaze take a big step towards securing second place, if not better.

The Blaze entered Monday’s doubleheader a half-game behind their opponent, the Victoria Mariners, for second spot but 91Ô­´´ now holds a 1.5 game advantage with three games to play in the BC Premier Baseball League regular season.

91Ô­´´ won 4-0 in game one and followed that up with a 10-0 victory at McLeod Athletic Park and the team has now won six of their past seven games after .

Danny Berg was masterful in the opener, allowing just three hits over the seven innings for the victory. He also had an RBI.

91Ô­´´ was leading 1-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning when Ethan Gray belted a bases-clearing triple, scoring Cole Cantelon, Michael Stovman and Rhys Cratty.

Game two saw 91Ô­´´ strike quickly and often, with three runs in both the first and second innings and then another four in the third in what became a 10-0 rout.

Kyle Prather allowed just two hits in the five innings while Berg drove in another three runs.

Gus Wilson, Stovman, Daniel Martin, Dawson Gray and Jayden Knight had an RBI apiece.

91Ô­´´ is back in action on July 10 when they host the first-place North Shore Twins (29-9) in a doubleheader at McLeod Athletic Park with games at 1 and 3 p.m.

They close the regular season on July 11 when they visit Mackie Park to face the North Delta Blue Jays.

91Ô­´´ will host a best-of-three BCPBL quarter-final series on July 15 and 16.





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