Justin Stephenson’s fifth inning home run brought the crowd to its feet, but the Ancaster Cardinals couldn’t close the deal in a 2-1 loss to Ontario champions the Windsor South Canadians.Matthew Grabstas was thrown out at home attempting to score on a fielder’s choice ground out by Justin Mignardi, and Windsor hung on for the win to improve to 2-1. Ancaster drops to 1-2 at the Canadian Little League Championships with the loss.
Cardinals starting pitcher Mark Szostak took the loss despite giving up only one hit, a solo home run, and one run.
Szostak was also robbed of a third inning home run when his deep fly ball to left field was caught over the wall by Windsor’s Russell Green.
Cardinals head coach Dave Whalen remains confident in his team’s hitting abilities, despite scoring just one run in each of their last two games.
“They’re just not feeding off each other’s positive at-bats,” said Whalen. “We just have to hang in there and keep fighting.”
Whalen planned to give his team the day off today, prior to the Cardinals 6 p.m. match-up with the Praries representative, Calgary Rocky Mountain.
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