Welcome to our team site:

The Brampton Battlecats Baseball Club compete in the Central Ontario Major Baseball
League (COMBL) at the Senior Elite Level;  

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The Cats lost all 3 games in the Rick Wiseman Tournament by one run in each game. The team showed well in their losses to the teams from the Windsor area as the four finalists in the tournment play in the Sunparlor League.. Brampton's next game is Wednesday July 1/09 vs Milton at 9th line, Erindale Cardinal's Park, 7:30pm start. Congratulations to the Tecumseh Thunder for winning the 2009 Rick Wiseman Tournament. 

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Scores:       

May 8/09                            Milton 7 - Brampton 6

May 13/09                    Brampton 7 - Burlington 4

May 18/09 1st game       Oakville 3 - Brampton 2                                                                       

May 18/09 2nd Game      Oakvile 5 - Brampton 4

May 22/09                    Brampton 10 - Dundas 0

 May 23/09 Game 1   St. Catharines 6 - Brampton 4

                     Game 2   Brampton 5 - St. Catharines 1

May 25/09                    Erindale 10 - Brampton 4

June 8/09                      Erindale 11 - Brampton 7

June 12/09                   Brampton 9 - Glanbrook 8

June 13/09 Game 1    Brampton 6 - Dundas 2

     "        "     Game 2    Brampton 4 - Dundas 3

June 21/09                    Dundas 5 - Brampton 4 

June 24/09                Burlington 6 - Brampton 4

July 1/09                    Brampton 6 - Milton 5      

NEXT GAME(s): 

Wednesday July 3/09 vs Etobicoke at Connervale Park 7:45pm start    

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Congratulations to The Glanbrook Grizzlies for winning the Tillsonburg Tournament going 4 - 0. and to Dundas for taking the Strathroy Tourney. 

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Practise; Tuesdays at Fred Kee Park 6:00pm until dusk  

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Congratulations go out to veteran Battlecat, Mathew Piccioni and lovely bride, Judy on their recent Marriage. The happy couple couldn't have picked a lovelier day than last Saturday with temperatures in the high 70's ! 

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Windsor's Bernie Soulliere inducted into Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. See the "my site news" section for more information.  Also congrats go to Mark Walters for his nomination to the St. Catharines Hall of Fame in the builders category.

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The Battlecats wish to thank our sponsors for their generous donations;

C.W. Henderson Distribution

Geo-Foundation Contractors

TnAs Pub Grub  249 Queen St. E., Brampton, Ontario

Spot 1 Bar and Grill

Agway Metals Ltd.

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 The Battlecats are completely self funded and rely on the generousity of our sponsors for our finances. Anyone or any Company wishing to be part of the team by helping out with our expenses are asked to please call Blake  (number listed below). The team is greatful
for all donations.
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President; Blake Frost

(905) 453-2481  bramptonbraves@hotmail.com

Coach: John Schwalm    jschwalm@rogers.com                                                                                    

Coach: Scott Stephenson

Coach: Steve Kretz

Bus. Mgr. Ron Lutz 

On Sunday June 21/09 Brampton travelled to Dundas for their final regular season game against the Chiefs and came away with a 5 - 4 loss. After taking the first 3 games from the Chiefs the Cats faced a fietsy crew who had beaten the league leading Erindale team a few days earlier. The game seesawed with Dundas holding 4 - 2 lead until Victor Speciale belted a 2 run homer to left field to tie the score. The game stayed that way until the bottom of the ninth when rookie Steve Hough loaded the bases and with two out hit the next Dundas batter to bring in the winning run. The Cats, wanting to give their pitchers some work, since the previous days doubleheader was postponed by the rain, used Mike Burke, Jaineel Purohit and Steve Hough. Burke continued his excellent pitching throwing 3 scoreless innings. Purohit went the next three allowing only two runs and Hough the final three. Brampton travels to Burlington on Wednesday June  24/09 for a rematch with the Brants, game time 7:30pm. The coming weekend sees the Cats attending the Rick Wiseman Tournament in Windsor with a 5:45pm game vs the Essex Combines at Woodslee Park.

After advancing to the semi finals and losing in the 12th inning to the Thornhill Reds in the Tillsonburg Tournament held on Jube 5 & 6th 2009, the Battlecats Travelled to Erindale on Monday June 8/09 to face the league leading Cardinals. Rookie Steve Hough struggled with his control and the Cardinals took advantage managing to score 10 runs in 2 - 2/3 innings before Steve was lifted for long reliever Joey Nonis. Joey pitched brilliantly holding the powerful Cardinals to 1 run on 2 hits over his 5 - 1/3 innings of relief. The Cats, to their credit, scored 7 runs in a valiant attempt to come back. Rookie Brad Trepanier hit a single and two doubles. Jaineel Purohit was on base 4 times scoring on 3. Brad Oliver belted 2 singles and scored. The Cats now await The Glanbrook Grizzlies, the eventual winners of the Tillsonburg Tournament, for a game on Friday June 12/09 7:30pm start and the Dundas Chiefs for a doubleheader on Saturday June 13/09 12:00pm start. All the games will be at the FCCC diamond on the grounds at McLaughlin and Queen Sts. in Brampton.

The Battlecats travelled to Oakville for a Doubleheader with the A's and came up just short in both games. In the first game rookie Steve Hough pitched four innings not allowing a run. Reliever Chris McCanna gave up a game tying home run and then the A's scored the winner in the bottom of the seventh to win 3 - 2. In game two Joe Nonis and A.J. Schwalm held the A's to 2 runs while Brampton had scored 4. In the bottom of the seventh sloppy play allowed two runners to get on base and the A's managed to plate 3 to defeat the Cats 5 - 4. Victor Speciale had a single, 2 doubles and 3 RBI's to lift his average to a stellar .500. Ryan Knight scored once, hit a single and a triple and stole a base. The Cats travel to Dundas on Friday May 22/09 for match with The Dundas Chiefs and then play a doubleheader on Saturday May 23/09 vs the St. Catharines Metros at Erindale Cardinals Park 12:00pm start time. The doubleheader will be the Battlecats home games but due to the unavailability of diamonds in Brampton the games have to be played at the Ninth Line park.

After a disappointing loss in their home opener the Battlecats roared back with a 7 - 4 victory over the Burlington Brants on Wednesday May 13/09. A towering 3 run homerun by rookie Mike Gareri set the tone for the game. Mike Benyo continued his hot streak scoring 2 runs and belting a double. Allan Mazierski went 2 for 4 with a single, double and an RBI. Matt Piccioni also went 2 for 4 with 2 singles and an RBI. Mike Burke threw 4 innings of scoreless ball and got the win. Justin Deleskie tossed the final 4 innings for the save. The Cats next action is on Monday May 18/09 when they travel to Oakville for a doubleheader starting at 4:00pm.