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The Canadien Champion, Tuesday, May 18, 2004-25 sleblanci@haltonsearch.com Sr. Sox sweep doubleheader versus Chiefs By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Back at home and back in the wmn column. Thai was the story for the Senior Red Sox Saturday aftemnoon at Brian Best. Officially begining its home sehedule after a complete weekend washout postponed the 2004 kickoff, Milton handily won both halves of ils double-header with thse Dundas Chiefs. An 84) whitewash and 11-4 mout respectively evened the Sox' record to 2-2. *We hit the bail, that was the difference," said manager George Moore, refemrng to offensively mediocre road trips carlier in the week tIsat both resulted in defeat. 'There was a lot of encouraging signs today. Our defense was slrong and we got some good pitch- mng as welI." Adam Finkbemner worked seven shutout innings to highlight garne one - collecting six strikeouts along tIse way and not letting -' a single opponent past second base. His leammates commnilled just one error and jumped ahead early on Dundas. Newcomer Chris Coughlin's three-run opened things up ini the fourth, and the Chiefs were pretty much toast from that point on. Equally steady during a complete-gamne effort later in the after- noon, Ian Zettle fanned eight batters and worked his way out of a few mmni jams 10 cap thse sweep. Again, Mlion's defense faltered just once to keep Dundas at - bay. 1 . Offensively, Jef Sommner drove in three rns, while Todd Devlin and Mati McCandless scored three limes each. A fifth-run surge in the eighth essentially squashed any hope for a visitors' comeback. New catcher impressive in debut Newly-acquired catcher Sean Bush of McMaster University provided another source of encouragement Saturday. Brought in 10 complemnent veteran Ryan Davison, Bush threw out two runners in hîs ftî-st appearance ai Brian Best. Much lik(e behind the plate, Milton has depth at just about evety M x n it -u n position this summuer - marking a stark contrast 10 recent years A. when short lmneups were commonplace. Moore was quick 10, point out that his beefed up ranks present him with a very reai chailenge of fmnding time for ail two-dozen or at r o kie ca niesolae o do some shufflmng for a while, but the guys are Msasssaua IcDoge &aM pick AdUm Simma (Ift) really pushmng each other righl now," he said. pounde on Mark Pawlowskl ftsrIakng a stick fror The Red Sox were back on the road last night, looking for a lit- the foIIow OHL hosfuI durlng the MiltonIcsHwks' tIc pay-back for their season-opening defeat 10, Oakville. Saturday prospect camp et »Milo Spoib Centre. For furthe aftemnoon they retum 10 Brian Best t10 take on Erindaie. Game detils of the camp, e»e page 26. ime, as aîways, is 1:30 p.m. Milon's juniors had their home opener postponed Sunday Photo by G AHAM AINEbecause Erindaie couldn'î field a teamn. They traveled 10 Brampton PhtsbJRA A AN lasi nîght and are back aI Brian Best Sunday at I p.m. 10 complete a home-and-home series with the Braves. y- -LW