The Slammers spoiled the Redlegs undefeated start on
Sunday winning a close game at a final score of 8-6.
Kevin Campbell (2-0) struck out 5 Slammers through the
first 3 innings but was hung with 6 runs (2 earned)
before exiting early.
The Redlegs looked like they might strike first when Matt
Morrison led the game off with a single. He moved up to
2nd on a wild pitch and then on to third when Jackson
Millard put a ball on the ground to the right side of the
infield. But a ground out and fly out would leave
Morrison stranded at 3rd, the first of 10 runners the
Redlegs would leave on the base paths in the game.
Trailing 1-0, the Redlegs scored 2 in the top of the 3rd
to take the lead. Jared Bradley was hit by a pitch and
Matt Morrison singled before Jackson Millard brought both
runners home with a double. But the Slammers took the
lead right back in the bottom half. An untimely fielding
error extending an inning that saw 4 slammers cross the
plate to take a 5-2 lead. They played add on in the 4th
by scoring another run, which led to Matt Redman entering
the game for the Redlegs. Redman promptly retired three
straight batters, two of them by strikeout, to get out of
a jam and hold the deficit at 4 runs.
The Redlegs then got an offensive outburst that they
sorely needed, they scored 4 times in the top of the 6th
to tie the game at 6 apiece. Jacob Robinson started the
inning with a walk and Brandon Howard singled to put two
runners on. Brad Clark then singled to drive in Robinson
just before Kyle Arend launched a 3 run bomb over the
left field fence. Arend has already knocked 8 runs in
through 4 games this season, almost half of his 2014
total (20) which was tied for 2nd on the team. Justin
McCurdy later singled and Jared Bradley doubled, both
with 2 outs, but the Slammers were able to leave the
runners stranded to hold the game in a tie.
The Slammers reclaimed the lead immediately by scoring
twice in the bottom of the 6th. With an 8-6 lead they
brought in Nate Stevens to try and hold back the Redleg
offense and he delivered in a big way. Stevens tossed
the final three frames and recorded 9 strikeouts to
secure the win for the Slammers.
The Memorial Day Tournament is next on the docket for the
Redlegs. They enter the tournament as the #1 seed and
will play the Miami River Marlins on Saturday May 23rd at
1:00 at Howell Field. The Mad River Machine will play
the Wright Knights at 4:00 at Howell and the two winners
will square off in the championship on Sunday at
Centerville HS at 1:00.
Boxscore
| M Morrison | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J Millard | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B Howard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B Clark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K Arend | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M Hartman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J McCurdy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Bradley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Millard; Bradley
HR: Arend
| K Campbell | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| M Redman (L) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| B Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |