# 2018 Intercounty Baseball League season

2018 Intercounty Baseball League season was the 100th season of the Intercounty Baseball League (IBL). It started on May 6 and ended on September 6.
The Barrie Baycats won their fifth consecutive IBL title, and sixth title overall.

## Teams

* Barrie Baycats
* Brantford Red Sox#
* Burlington Herd
* Guelph Royals#
* Hamilton Cardinals
* Kitchener Panthers#
* London Majors
* Toronto Maple Leafs
The teams with # will celebrate the 100th anniversary since the League formed.

## Standing

* All teams qualify for the playoff.
* The game between Barrie and Toronto was cancelled.
| | GP | W | L | pct | GB |
| Barrie Baycats (C) | 35 | 27 | 8 | .771 | - |
| Kitchener Panthers | 36 | 24 | 12 | .667 | 3.5 |
| London Majors | 36 | 20 | 16 | .556 | 7.5 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 35 | 16 | 19 | .457 | 11 |
| Guelph Royals | 36 | 16 | 20 | .444 | 11.5 |
| Hamilton Cardinals | 36 | 15 | 21 | .417 | 12.5 |
| Brantford Red Sox | 36 | 13 | 23 | .361 | 14.5 |
| Burlington Herd | 36 | 12 | 24 | .333 | 15.5 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy | Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy | Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy |
| 1 | Barrie Baycats | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Burlington Herd | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Burlington Herd | 0 | 1 | Barrie Baycats | 4 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Hamilton Cardinals | 0 | | | |
| 3 | London Majors | 1 | 6 | Hamilton Cardinals | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Hamilton Cardinals | 3 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Hamilton Cardinals | 3 | | | | 1 | Barrie Baycats | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Kitchener Panthers | 2 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Kitchener Panthers | 2 |
| 5 | Guelph Royals | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Guelph Royals | 2 | 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Kitchener Panthers | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Kitchener Panthers | 3 | 2 | Kitchener Panthers | 4 | | | |
| 7 | Brantford Red Sox | 0 | | | | | | |

## Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy: Barrie Baycats (7-0) vs Kitchener Panthers (7-0)
### Game 1

August 28, 2018 7:38pm EDT at Coates Stadium in Barrie End time: 10:53pm, Duration: 3h15min :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Kitchener Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Barrie Baycats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| WP: Mike Schnurr (2-0) LP: Chris Nagorski (0-1) Sv: Miguel Lahera (1) |||||||||||||||
Kitchener leads the series 1-0

### Game 2

August 30, 2018 7:33pm EDT at Jack Couch Stadium in Kitchener End time: 10:52pm, Duration: 3h19min :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Barrie Baycats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Kitchener Panthers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| WP: Emilis Guerrero (1-0) LP: Jonder Martinez (1-1) Sv: Chris Nagorski (2) Home runs: BAR: Jordan Castaldo (1) KIT: Mike Gordner (3) |||||||||||||
Barrie ties the series 1-1

### Game 3

September 1, 2018 7:10pm EDT at Coates Stadium in Barrie End time: 9:46pm, Duration: 2h36min :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kitchener Panthers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Barrie Baycats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Adam Hawes (1-0) LP: Matt Vickers (0-1) Home runs: KIT: none BAR: none |||||||||||||
Barrie leads the series 2-1

### Game 4

September 2, 2018 7:03pm EDT at Jack Couch Stadium in Kitchener End time: 9:51pm, Duration: 2h48min :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Barrie Baycats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Kitchener Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| WP: Mike Schnurr (3-0) LP: Chris Nagorski (0-2) Home runs: BAR: Jordan Castaldo (2) KIT: Mike Andrulis (1) ||||||||||||||
Kitchener ties the series 2-2

### Game 5

September 4, 2018 7:35pm EDT at Coates Stadium in Barrie End time: 10:01pm, Duration: 2h26min :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kitchener Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Barrie Baycats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | x | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| WP: Matthew St. Kitts (3-0) LP: Jonder Martinez (1-2) Sv: Emilis Guerrero (1) Home runs: KIT: none BAR: none |||||||||||||
Barrie leads the series 3-2

### Game 6

September 6, 2018 7:31pm EDT at Jack Couch Stadium in Kitchener End time: 10:23pm, Duration: 2h52min :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Barrie Baycats | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Kitchener Panthers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Santos Arias (3-0) LP: Mike Schnurr (3-1) Sv: Adam Hawes (1) Home runs: BAR: Starlin Rodriguez (1), Kyle DeGrace (1), Glenn Jackson (1) KIT: none Attendance: 1900 |||||||||||||
Barrie wins the series 4-2

## Stats

* Regular season
** Battling
*** Average: .403 (48 hits-119 at bats, Jordan Castaldo, BAR)
*** Hit: 49 (both Grant Arnold, HAM and Justin Gideon, BUR)
*** Home run: 12 (both Sean Reilly, GUE and Cleveland Brownlee, LDN)
*** Double: 14 (Jordan Castaldo, BAR)
*** Triple: 4 (Vaughn Bryan, BUR)
*** Run: 40 (Jordan Castaldo, BAR)
*** RBI: 46 (Cleveland Brownlee, LDN)
** Pitching
*** ERA: 0.38 (47 IP-3 ER, Frank Garces, BAR)
*** Win: 8 (both 2 lose, Starlin Peralta, LDN and Emilis Guerrero, BAR)
*** Strikeout: 112 (Edwin Javier, GUE)
*** Save: 8 (Miguel Lahera, KIT)
*** IP: 85.2 (Yunior Yambatis, GUE)
** Fielding
*** Put out: 272 (Nic Burdett, BRA)
*** Assist: 106 (Yorbis Borroto, KIT)
*** Percentage: 1.000 (160 players tied)
* Playoff
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*** Average: .444 (4 hits-9 at bats, [] and [] both [])
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## Awards

* Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy
* John Bell Memorial Trophy
* Brian Kerr Memorial Trophy