CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The Morell Chevies spotted the Charlottetown Expos an early 4-0 lead, but quickly erased that with a five-run third inning and cruised to an 11-5 victory in Kings County Baseball League action Wednesday in Morell.
Taylor Larkin went the distance, striking out nine Expos batter, while Brett Cheverie took the loss, with relief from Jordan Duffy.
Leading the way for the Chevies at the plate were Logan Gallant and Mike Ellsworth, each with two hits and two RBIs. Josh MacDonald added a two-run double.
For the Expos, Ben Ladner and Duffy collected a pair of hits.
The Chevies will travel to Stratford Friday for an 8 p.m. start against the Athletics.
Stratford come out on the wrong end of pitching duel Wednesday in Cardigan as Clippers hurler Sam Walsh tossed a complete-game, four-hit 1-0 shutout over the As.
Losing pitcher Jonathan Arsenault also surrendered just four hits and kept the Clippers off the board until Lucas MacAulay delivered a leadoff single for the Clippers in the bottom of the sixth inning.
A sacrifice bunt by Walsh advanced MacAulay to scoring position. After a fly-out followed by an intentional walk to Charles Maclellan, Ben Doucette delivered a hard hit game-winning single to right field to put the Clippers up 1-0.
Walsh retired the first two batters in the bottom of the seventh and after a two-out out single by Jonathan Arsenault, Walsh got a ground ball to end the game.
Walsh and Dean Carroll had the other Clipper hits.
Arsenault (2-3, double), Shawn MacDougall and Ryne MacIsaac tallied the Athletics hits.
