Perry, Pitre swing hot bats for Mariners

Western outscores Kensington in mosquito AA play

Ty Perry and Cole Pitre both went 3-for-3 to lead the Western Mariners’ offence.

Pitre’s summary also included a double in the Mariners’ 11-6 victory over the host Kensington Crusaders in a P.E.I. Mosquito AA Baseball League game on Tuesday. Ethan Matheson (2-2, walk) also had a big night at the plate for the Mariners.

Tristan MacLeod (2-2, walk), Matthew MacDonald (2-3, home run) and Nolan Gallant (2-4, triple) were Kensington’s top hitters. Mike Doucette earned the pitching win, and Quinn Harrington was the pitcher of record for Kensington. The two biggest cornerstones of the emerging Edmonton Oilers franchise are now locked up for the long haul.

Six weeks after extending Connor McDavid for eight years and US$100 million, the Oilers signed 21-year-old Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year contract of his own with a sizable annual cap hit of $8.5 million. Paired primarily with McDavid, Draisaitl posted a career-best 77 points last season - eighth-best in the NHL.

He added another 16 points during the first Edmonton’s playoff run in more than a decade - separated, eventually, from the precocious Oilers captain.

“I’m really excited to be back for eight years,” Draisaitl told the Oilers website after the signing was announced. “I never really thought about going anywhere else.

“We have something really special. We have a great group of guys. It’s something I wanted to be a part of as long as possible.”