The Redlegs (3-2) and Mariners (2-5) met up for their first
round matchup in the 2014 Memorial Day Tournament on
Saturday. The Redlegs racked up 16 hits and scored 11 runs
over the 9 inning game on their way to an 11-7 victory.
The offense started slow for the Redlegs as they couldn’t
get anything going off of Mariners starter Chris Flaherty.
Flaherty cruised through the first 4 innings and didn’t give
up any runs until the 5th. Jared Bradley singled with one
out in the 5th and Jackson Millard followed up with a single
of his own to put two runners on. After a fielder’s choice
to move the runners into scoring position, Jacob Robinson
was able to reach on an error and both runs scored as a
result. Trailing 3-2 going into the 6th, the Redlegs took
the lead. They pushed 3 runs across in the 6th highlighted
by an RBI double from Zach Carroll and an RBI single by
Jackson Millard.
The Mariners scored 2 more in the bottom half however to tie
things up at 5. But the Redlegs fired right back in the
7th. Jacob Robinson singled to start the inning and moved
to third on a double from Brandon Howard. Brad Clark then
doubled both runs in to increase the lead to 7-5. The
Redlegs increased the lead by scoring twice in each in the
8th and 9th innings. In the 8th, Jared Bradley doubled with
no outs and scored when Millard smacked his 3rd single of
the day. Millard would later score when Jacob Robinson was
able to reach on another error. In the 9th, Jared Bradley
brought 2 runs home with a double, his 4th hit and 2nd
double on the day. He drove in Zach Carroll who singled,
and Matt Mattice who doubled.
Zach Carroll tossed the complete game for the victory,
giving up only 3 earned runs and striking out 6 through the
game. He struck out the side in the 5th. He got a little
help defensively from Jared Bradley in the 4th when he
gunned down a runner at the plate attempting to score from
2nd on a single. In the 8th, Jacob Robinson took extra
bases away from Matt Piskor who lined a ball into the gap in
right center. Robinson was able to track it down and make
the diving catch to keep a runner at 1st.
The Redlegs will take on the winner for the Miami Valley
Machine and the Dayton Rangers on Sunday at 12:00 at Xenia
High School.
Boxscore
| J Millard | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B Howard | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B Clark | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Z Carroll | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Bradley | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2B: Howard; Clark 2; Carroll; Mattice; Bradley 2