Langley Blaze's Jonny Hozma hit a pair of home runs over the weekend in his team's 9-1 victory over Coquitlam. The victory was one of four wins for the Blaze, who have now won 12 straight games and lead the B.C. Premier Baseball League heading into the final week of the regular season.

Langley Blaze's Jonny Hozma hit a pair of home runs over the weekend in his team's 9-1 victory over Coquitlam. The victory was one of four wins for the Blaze, who have now won 12 straight games and lead the B.C. Premier Baseball League heading into the final week of the regular season.

White-hot Blaze continue winning ways

Langley Premier baseball team has gone 20-3 following 7-7 start to the season

Since a .500 start over the first third of the season, the Langley Blaze have been white-hot ever since.

The U18 baseball team was 7-7 over the first 14 games, but ever since then, they have rocketed up the standings thanks to a 20-3 run.

Four more wins over the weekend — 4-0 and 9-1 over the Coquitlam Reds on Saturday and 7-1 and 8-3 over the North Delta Blue Jays on Sunday, all of which came on the road — pushed the team’s winning streak to a dozen games as well as top spot in the B.C. Premier Baseball League with a record of 27-10.

The Langley pitching staff allowed just 11 hits in the four games.

Blaze 4 Reds 0

Nick Iverson threw a complete game four-hit shutout, striking out eight in the 4-0 victory to begin the weekend.

Yi-Fan Pan led the way with three hits and an RBI, while Jonny Homza, Austin Hardie and Yi-An Pan each had an RBI.

Blaze 9 Reds 1

Homza hit a pair of home runs and finished with four RBIs in the team’s 9-1 victory.

Daniel Berg, Hardie and Marshall Luiz drove in a run apiece.

On the mound, Aiden Mordecai just a pair of hits in the first inning, going six strong innings with eight strikeouts.

Blaze 7 Blue Jays 1

Langley’s pitching staff continued to limit the hits with Corey Jackson throwing a complete game one-hitter. He struck out seven but did walk six.

Dawson Gray and Hardie led the offence in the 7-1 win with two RBIs apiece while Berg and Yi-An Pan had one RBI each.

Blaze 8 Blue Jays 3

Langley fell behind briefly, 2-0 through the first four innings, but the Blaze offence got hot with eight runs over the final three innings in the 8-3 win.

Berg (three RBIs) and Rhys Cratty (two RBIs) led the offence, while Jake Kristensen, Yi-An Pan and Gray had an RBI each.

Kyle Ross threw a complete-game four-hitter with seven strikeouts.

The Blaze will look to continue their winning ways when they host the Victoria Mariners on July 13 in a doubleheader. Game times are 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

 

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