The Brock University baseball team (8-1 overall) improved their OUA record to 3-0 after defeating the Laurier Golden Hawks 11-9 and shutting out the McMaster Marauders by the score of 10-0 Sunday.

Versus Laurier, the Badgers took an early 8-0 lead after two innings and held on for the 11-9 victory.

Leading the Badgers was the sophomore duo of Ben Kirby (Burlington, Ont.) and Jordan Grant (Mississauga, Ont.). Kirby went 3-for-4 with an RBI double and stolen base while Grant belted a two-run homer and drove in three runs.   

Junior Ricky Ferri (St. Catharines, Ont.) extended his hit streak to six games going 2-for-5 with two RBI. Newcomer Phil Steer (Toronto, Ont.) and senior Chris Anderi (Tecumseh, Ont.) were both 2-for-5. Steer swiped three more bases while Anderi added an RBI and stolen base.

Rounding out the Brock offense were James Roffey (Guelph, Ont.) (1-for-4, RBI), Nick Anton (Brampton, Ont.) (1-for-2, 2RBI) and Wil Nicholson (Burlington, Ont.) (1-for-5, double).

On the hill, southpaw Johnny Hutton (Ancaster, Ont.) got the start going 2 1/3 innings allowing five runs on four hits while registering four strikeouts and walking five. Freshman Jeff Baggaley (Whitby, Ont.) made his OUA debut and picked up the victory after allowing three runs on two hits over two innings of work.  Phil Owen (Richmond Hill, Ont.) came in relief in the 6th and threw 1 2/3 innings allowing no runs on one hit.

Brock then went to senior starter Justin Ayles (Brampton, Ont.), who closed out the contest throwing two shutout innings for his fifth career save. With the save, Ayles moves into a tie for 6th all-time in the Brock record books with Devin Cooper and Steve Vautour.

In the night game against McMaster, southpaw starter Daniel Veres (Burlington, Ont.) made some history as he became just the fourth pitcher in school history to record a no-hitter joining Fabio Del Rio, Drew Arnold and Mark Nicholson. The Badgers last no-hitter was Sept 15th, 2003 when Nicholson defeated Western 7-0.

Veres went five complete innings striking out six and walking one for the no-hitter. 

At the plate, Grant led the way going 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBI, finishing with a six RBI day. Nicholson belted a solo homerun to left while Ferri extended his streak to seven games going 1-for-2 with an RBI. Roffey rounded out the Badgers offense going 1-for-3 with an RBI double.

The Badgers next action is Wednesday, September 11th at 7pm when they host the Waterloo Warriors in their OUA homeopener at George Taylor Field.