The Brantford Red Sox have blasted the lacklustre Hamilton Thunderbirds yet again in their opening Intercounty Baseball League best-of-seven series.

Following a 13-2 win over the Thunderbirds in Hamilton on Sunday, the Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the series with a dominating 11-2 win at Arnold Anderson Stadium on Tuesday.

All the elements came together Tuesday night as the Sox put their bats, bullpen and field to work with convincing success, but field manager Adam Clarke said they wouldn’t take the T-Birds for granted until the series was over.

“We’re not getting ahead of ourselves,” Clarke said. “We come out every game ready to play.”

The Thunderbirds had a desirable start to the game when Graeme Carey slammed a home run over left field to tally the first run of the game in the second inning.

While it was a good start, it wasn’t nearly enough, as the visitors didn’t score again until the ninth and the Sox answered the call with four runs of their own in the second.

Sox Tyler Patzalek, Josh McCurdy (2) and Chris Emanuele batted runners in during the bottom of the second to take a 4-1 lead, but the home team didn’t let up, scoring through Jason Gotwalt and Tyler Burnell in the third.

They went on to benefit from a significant infield collapse in the fifth and sixth innings, adding a further five runs when wild pitches and errors allowed Sox base runners to make it to the home plate.

While Red Sox starting pitcher Mike Meyers had a stellar performance, throwing 12 strikeouts in seven innings, the Thunderbirds suffered terrible woes in the bullpen, rotating through five pitchers and recording just one strikeout between them.

Field manager Clarke wasn’t thinking about the poor performance from the opposition though, rather relishing in the momentum his team captured at the end of the regular season and carried into the opening round of the playoffs.

“Right now we’re playing great baseball,” he said. “We’ve had opportunities to get everyone in, which is what we need.

“With a team like us, if you give us extra outs like that, we’re going to take advantage of it.”

The Red Sox next game is on the road to the Thunderbirds this Wednesday. They return home to Arnold Anderson Stadium Friday, in Game 4, at 8 p.m.

Pitching stats

Red Sox

Mike Meyers (seven innings) – 12 strikeouts, one ERA, three walks, one hit against.

John Ogiltree (one inning) –Two hit batters, two wild pitches.

Jordy Alexander (one inning) – One ERA, two hits against, two strikeouts.

Thunderbirds

Mike Gottschalk (three innings) – Three walks, seven hits against, six ERA.

Doug Chrysler (2.1 innings) – Three hits against, three walks.

Jordan Windisch (.2 innings) – One hit against.

Mike Fortuna (one inning).

Nino Fasula (one inning) – One walk, one strikeout.

Batting stats

Red Sox

Josh McCurdy – Single, two RBIs, stolen base.

Chris Emanuele – Double, RBI, stolen base.

Lee Delfino – Double.

Joe Colameco – Stolen base, two singles.

Tyler Patzalek – Two singles, RBI.

Jason Gotwalt – Two doubles, single, RBI, stolen base.

Tyler Burnell – Double, RBI.

Thunderbirds

Graeme Carey – Home run, double, single.

James Lekas – Double.

Daniel Jagdeo – RBI.