The Waterloo Warriors had a roller coaster of an opening weekend in OUA baseball action splitting their double header games with Toronto and Western scoring 38 run while allowing 47 over the four games.  Third baseman, Michael Clouthier (Guelph) had himself a weekend going 7-for-16 from the plate, good for a batting average of .438 while adding 10 RBI's and 6 runs scored and was named the Waterloo athlete of the week and OUA Peak Performer.

In their season opening game against Toronto at Jack Couch Park, Ryne Weppler (Walkerton) got off to a rough start allowing seven runs in the first two innings but the Warrior bats salvaged the game for the starting pitcher scoring 13 runs over three innings to put the Warriors up 13-7.  Reliever Jonathan Gbedemah (Guelph) would get roughed up in the top of the eighth allowing four Varsity Blue runs but the Warriors would hold on for the 13-11 win.

Kyle Thalheimer (Richmond Hill) and Haydon Friesen (Altona) had strong games at the play with three hits each while Clouthier, Kyle Balzereit (Brantford), Alexandre Lojko (Barrie), and Mike Gatchene (Kitchener) each had two.  Weppler was given the win and rookie closer Austin Coles (Ancaster) picked up his first save of the season. 

Waterloo's pitching got beat up once again in the second game, but this time the Warrior bats went cold as they dropped the game 14-1.  Brandon Semus (Windsor) was credited with the loss allowing nine runs over four and a third innings of work.  Varsity Blues pitcher David Pham was solid over his five innings of work allowing just three hits.

The Warriors were back at it on Sunday in London against the always stingy Western Mustangs and came away with the 13-10 win in game one.  Clouthier's towering grand slam in the eighth capped of a six run inning and Scott Robbins (Oakville) closed it off in the ninth to give Waterloo their second win of the weekend.  Clouthier finished with five RBI's while Balzereit and Donald Smith (Waterloo ) each had two.  Mike Gatchene (Kitchener) went 2-for-3 with a walk and three run's scored in the contest. 

Waterloo's final game of the weekend proved to be a marathon as the Mustangs and Warriors went back and forth all game long with several multiple run innings coming from both sides. 

The Mustangs opened up a 6-0 lead before Waterloo responded with nine runs in the middle innings as the two hot-hitting teams went into extra's tied at 9-apiece.

The Warriors put up two runs in their top half of the 10^th but Western came back with three runs capped off by a walk-off single by Adrian Monk to give Western the win 12-11.

Cody Engel (Waterloo ) was a beast at the plate for the black and gold with four hits, three runs and one RBI while Clouthier and Chris Bombino (Guelph) each had two runs scored as well. 

The Warriors will be back at the diamond on Saturday as they host the Laurier Golden Hawks at Jack Couch Park (12pm/4pm) before heading to Kingston on Sunday to battle the Queen's Gaels.