Ari Kaufman was the Rockland starter and went 5.1 innings, allowing four runs. Phillippe Aumont surrendered five runs in his seven innings of work for the Champions.

The first score of the game came in the top of the inning as Tyson Gillies singled home Steve Nyisztor for the Champions. Ottawa added another run in the next inning as Daniel Grauer reached on an error, moved to third on a single by Matt Helms, and scored on a sac fly by Ryan Brockett.

Rockland got their first run in the bottom of the inning. Mike Montville singled and stole second to get into scoring position. Daniel Arribas then hit an RBI single to bring the Boulders within one.

In the fourth inning Marcus Nidiffer led off with a walk. Montville singled again and both runners moved into scoring position on an error by Aumont. Nidiffer and Montville each scored on fielder’s choices to give Rockland a 3-2 lead.

Jared McDonald tacked on a fourth run with an RBI single to score Mike Fransoso, but the Champions battled back. Nyisztor doubled to lead off and Gillies singled to put runners on the corners. Gustavo Pierre grounded out to bring home the first run and Grauer doubled to tie the game.

All-Star Joe Maloney homered in the seventh inning to increase his league lead and give Rockland a 5-4 lead. Jon Velasquez came on in the ninth to close the tight game out but an error by Maloney in left field allowed Pierre to score the tying run.

The game went into the tenth and Mikael Mogues crushed a walk-off homer off of Garrett Cortright to right field giving the Boulders the win and sole possession of the CanAm lead. Cortright (1-1) took the loss while Matt Kostalos (4-2) was the winning pitcher. Tomorrow’s game will be at 7 p.m.