It’s easy to see why there is just one half game separating the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Brantford Red Sox in the Intercounty Baseball League standings.

There certainly wasn’t much to choose between the bitter IBL rivals on Sunday afternoon at Dominico Field at Christie Pits either, as the Leafs scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to score a wacky 7-6 win over the Red Sox.

The Mississauga Twins dealt the Toronto Maple Leafs Intercounty Baseball League pennant hopes a big blow on Saturday afternoon.

The Twins scored two runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to beat the Leafs 7-3 in Mississauga, as the Leafs slipped a game and half behind the first place Brantford Red Sox in the standings with just four games to play.

Things couldn’t get much tighter at the top of the Intercounty Baseball League standings.

Ryan Spataro homered, had two hits, scored three runs and drove in four more as the Barrie Baycats squandered a big early lead but held on for an 8-6 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday night in Barrie, as the IBL regular season winds down.

The win moved Barrie (19-10) into a tie for second place with Toronto (20-11), with both teams just a half-game behind the first place Brantford Red Sox (18-8) with just 10 days to go in the regular season.