The Langley Junior Blaze had a near-perfect weekend, winning three of four games in U16 B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League action.
The Blaze swept the White Rock Junior Tritons 8-1 and 5-4 on Saturday at South Surrey Athletic Park. And after opening with a 6-1 win on Sunday at Mundy Park against the host Coquitlam Redlegs, Langley lost game two 2-1.
The results leave Langley with a 28-9 record, which is good for second-place in the standings, three and half games behind North Shore (30-6) with seven games left to play.
Langley 8 White Rock 1
The teams traded runs in the first inning and the score stayed 1-1 until the fifth when the Blaze struck for six runs en route to an 8-1 win.
Danny Hollins did the bulk of the damage with four RBIs, including a bases-clearing triple.
Kevin Sengara, Dakota Currie and Brendan Holstrom had one RBI apiece.
Holstrom also had a pair of doubles.
On the mound, Parker Logan threw a complete four-hitter.
Langley 5 White Rock 4
The second game required some late-inning magic from the Blaze as they scored twice in the top of the seventh for the come-from-behind 5-4 win.
Nick Laflamme and Sengara each drove in two runs while Dayton Wilson had the other RBI.
Thomas Sloan came on in the sixth inning to pick up the win.
Langley 6 Coquitlam 1
The Blaze turned a one-run game into a 6-1 victory with a four-run sixth inning.
Shayne Clark, Dominic Baptista and Hollins each had one RBI.
Tony Pharand allowed one unearned run over five and two-thirds innings. He also struck out 10.
Coquitlam 2 Langley 1
The Blaze were one out away from a 4-for-4 weekend before the Redlegs scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to escape with a 2-1 victory.
Currie had the lone Langley RBI and Hollins was tagged with the loss.
Next up for Langley is a road game at the Abbotsford Junior Cardinals on July 23 and then a home game at McLeod Park on July 24 against Coquitlam.
