Estey: Doyle goes, deep, deep, deep for Oakville in loss

May 12, 2026

Rangers, Cardinals register Opening Day wins in COBA Major League action … Doyle hit three HRs in a losing cause for Oakville

Adam Doyle hit three homers for the Oakville A’s in a loss to the Erindale Cardinals.

By Dan Estey

Canadian Baseball Network

The COBA Major Baseball League kicked off its 2026 season on chilly Friday night with a pair of contests. The Ontario Elimination Tournament finalist Etobicoke Rangers opened with a walk-off 8-7 win over the Brampton Royals while the Erindale Cardinals took a slug fest 18-16 over the Oakville A’s at Oakville Park.

At Connorvale Park, Tanner Young-Schultz played hero on this evening as it was his two-run double in the bottom of the eighth that gave the Rangers the slight margin of victory. Brampton had grabbed the lead early scoring in the first on an RBI single from Aidan Murphy. They would hold that lead until the third inning when Etobicoke would scored three runs on a pair of Brampton errors to claim a 3-1 lead.

Brampton would knotted the game 3-3 in the fourth with a pair of runs on RBI singles from Caleb Chramow and Jayden Jeminson. The Rangers would reclaim the lead in the fifth on a single run on an RBI ground out from David Boatto. That lead would disappeared in the top of the seventh inning as Brampton scored two on a fielders choice and an error to reclaim a 5-4 lead.

The Rangers tied the game 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh inning as scored a run on another Brampton fielding error. Brampton would score two runs in the top of the eighth on a wild pitch and an RBI single from Logan Janes. The Rangers used a pair of walks and a single to plate one run, setting up Young-Schultz for his heroics and game winning double.

At Oakville Park, the Erindale Cardinals used a late two-point conversation in collecting the win over the Oakville A’s in a long back and forth affair. The A’s would struck first scoring two runs in the bottom of the first on a solo homer from Adam Doyle and an RBI single from Nick Jaeggin. They extended that lead to 5-0 on Doyle’s second solo HR in the second and a two-run single from veteran Marc Walton in the third.

Erindale would ate into that lead in the fourth on a single, an RBI ground out and an error cutting the lead to 5-3. They took the lead 6-5 in the fifth with three more runs on an error, a single and a bases loaded walk. Oakville reclaimed the lead scoring nine runs with two outs highlighted by Doyle’s third HR of the evening to right centre..

Not phased, Erindale would go to work in the sixth plating six runs, and cutting the lead to 14-12. Oakville would get RBI singles from Nick Jaeggin and Vic Christensen in the bottom of the sixth extending the lead to 16=12. The Cardinals took the lead for good in the seventh plating another six runs for an 18-16 lead. Oakville got a couple of runners on in the bottom of the seventh but Easton Kirkpatrick kept the A’s off the board earning the win.