The Redlegs continue to play good baseball as they knocked
off another tough opponent on Tuesday night at Action Sports
Center to improve their win streak to 6. Just two days
after defeating the top seeded Machine, they took down the
4th seed Fairborn A’s 18-12.
The game was very close through the first 5 innings as
neither team could build up any momentum and grab a secure
lead. The Redlegs drew first blood in the top of the 1st
inning when Jackson Millard drew a one out walk and moved to
3rd when Jacob Robinson doubled. Brandon Howard then
knocked Millard in with a single. The A’s tallied one in
the bottom half to square things back up, only to have the
Redlegs score twice more in the 2nd. Justin McCurdy started
the 2nd off with a single and moved to 3rd on a double by
Zach Carroll. Jared Bradley then hit a groundball to 2nd to
bring McCurdy home. Matt Redman then hit a hard groundball
to short, but the A’s shortstop was able to handle it and
deliver a perfect toss to the plate to get Carroll and spoil
an extra run for the Redlegs. But Redman then stole 2nd
base and scored when Matt Morrison singled him in.
The A’s cut down the lead to 3-2 by scoring again in the
bottom of the 2nd, but then took the lead in the bottom of
the 3rd as they scored two more runs to make it a 4-3 game.
The Redlegs then put together a 4 run inning in the 5th that
looked like it might finally put the A’s away. Jacob
Robinson started the inning with a walk followed by a
Brandon Howard double. Kyle Arend then singled both runners
home. Matt Mattice then singled and stole 2nd before
McCurdy cleared the bases with another hit which gave the
Redlegs the 7-4 lead. But the A’s just wouldn’t go away,
they scored 2 more runs in the bottom of the 5th to cut the
lead back down to 1 run. Andy Evans kept the A's potent
offense down through his 5 innings of work as he allowed
just 4 earned runs while striking out 6.
That’s when the floodgates opened. The Redlegs put together
a 10 run 6th that saw 15 batters step up to the plate.
Highlights included an RBI double by Matt Mattice, a 2 run
double from Zach Carroll, and a 2 run single by Jacob
Robinson. This put the game away for good despite the A’s
tacking on 6 runs near the end to at least make things
interesting, but the Redlegs were able to hold on to the 18-
12 win.
Boxscore
| M Morrison | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| J Millard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| J Robinson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| B Howard | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| K Arend | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J McCurdy | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Z Carroll | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J Bradley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M Redman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| K Breeden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2B: Morrison; Robinson; Howard; Arend; Mattice; Carroll 2
| A Evans (W) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Z Carroll | 1.33 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| K Campbell | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |