After taking a tough loss to the Sox on Thursday night,
the Redlegs rebounded with a couple of wins over the
Miami Valley Thunder on Sunday.
Matt Redman took the hill in game 1 and got out of two
early jams to keep the Thunder off the board, and the
offense got behind him right away. After the leadoff man
for the Thunder reached on an error, Redman induced a
ground out for the first out. Evan Koogler then singled
to put runners on the corners, but Redman ended the
inning by getting a grounder that resulted in 6-4-3
double play.
The Redleg offense got to work in the bottom half of the
first and gave Redman more than enough cushion for the
remainder of the game. Matt Morrison started things off
with a walk and would eventually move around to 3rd on a
throwing error and wild pitch. Jacob Robinson then
knocked Morrison in with a sacrifice fly for the first
run. With two outs, Brandon Howard walked, Brad Clark
singled, and both scored on a triple by Kyle Arend.
Arend would score as the throw coming into 3rd sailed
into the dugout, giving him the free pass home.
The Thunder loaded up the bases with one out in the 2nd,
but Redman recorded back to back punch outs to end the
threat. They scored their only run of the game in the
3rd when Koogler singled in a run. Redman got a little
help from Jacob Robinson at short to help limit the
damage in the 3rd. Ryan Callison tried to start a rally
when he ripped a line drive near short but Robinson was
able to snare it on a diving play in the hole for the
innings first out.
The Redlegs extended their lead by 4 in the 4th
highlighted by an RBI single from Jared Bradley and a 2
run single by Matt Morrison. James Robinson drove a run
in in the 5th to make it a 9-1 ball game. Jackson
Millard mashed his 3rd home run of the year in the 6th
and Mattice later doubled in the last Redleg run of the
game to make it 11-1.
Redman allowed a leadoff single in the 7th, but then
struck the next hitter out and forced a ground ball to
short that resulted in a game ending double play. Redman
lowered his ERA to a team best 1.76 in the game as he
allowed 7 hits and struck out 5 while allowing only 1
run. He is now 2-1 in the 2015 campaign.
Boxscore
| M Morrison | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| J Millard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| B Howard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B Clark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K Arend | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| M Mattice | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J Bradley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2B: Mattice
3B: Arend
HR: Millard