KITCHENER - In a heated race for a playoff spot, a pair of wins is just what the doctor ordered.

The Panthers finally got the monkey off their backs with the team's first win over the Barrie Baycats this season.

Pedro De Los Santos had his second straight eight inning outing, giving up one run off six hits, fanning nine in a 7-1 Kitchener win Sunday afternoon.

Ryan Burnside had two home runs, while Blake Jacklin also homered in a game that lasted just two hours and 15 minutes.

Raul Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 13 games. The reigning IBL Player of the Month also drove in two runs. Spenser Ross also kept his on-base streak going, nabbing a single to push the streak to 23 straight appearances.

The win pushes Kitchener to 13-25 on the year, while Barrie falls to 25-14. The loss also clinched the IBL pennant for the Welland Jackfish, who will have top seed heading into the IBL playoffs.

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PANTHERS 4, RED SOX 3 (SATURDAY)

On Saturday, Yunior Ibarra had his third home run of the season in a close victory at Arnold Anderson Stadium.

Jose Vasquez went 6.1 innings, giving up three runs on 11 hits. He struck out five. Yankiel Mauris went the rest of the way, giving up two hits for his first IBL save and inching closer to qualifying for the playoffs.

He has eclipsed 10 innings of work, and just needs to appear in two more games to be playoff eligible.

Ibarra, Jacklin and Burnside all had a pair of hits.

Jeremias Sucre was tagged with the loss for Brantford. He gave up four runs (three earned) on 10 hits in 6.1 innings of work. He had two strikeouts.

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Kitchener is three games up on Brantford, and two and a half games behind seventh place Toronto.

Kitchener battles Brantford Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Jack Couch Park. A win, and Kitchener is in.

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