After a tough 21-6 loss to the Rangers, the Redlegs
rounded out a forgettable opening day weekend by losing
20-12 to the Mad River Machine.
Early on it looked like the Redlegs might have been on
the wrong side of another run rule as the Machine offense
put 11 runs on the board through the first 3 innings.
But 2 runs in the 2nd, 1 run in each the 3rd and 4th, and
then a 7 run 5th brought the Redlegs even with the
Machine at 11. Jackson Millard, Kyle Arend, and Kyle
Weldon each had a pair of RBI and Matt Mattice plated 1
in the biggest inning of the young Redlegs season.
Millard brought another run home in the top of the 6th to
give the Redlegs a 12 to 11 lead.
That lead vanished immediately. The Machine responded
with a 5 run 6th and a 4 run 7th to take comfortable
lead. The Redlegs went quietly through the final 3
frames, recording only 3 hits down the stretch. They
will look to get back on track in their next match up
against the Royals on April 17th in Monroe at 1:00pm.
Boxscore
| J Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J Millard | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| K Arend | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| B Howard | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| K Weldon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| B Clark | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J Robinson | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| M Mattice | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| M Morrison | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Redman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K Campbell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| G Pfeiffer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Arend; Weldon; Robinson; Campbell
| M Mattice (L) | 2 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| K Weldon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| E Williams (L) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| M Redman | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| K Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |