After the back and forth game 1, game 2 turned out to be
quite a bit different. This game featured a great
pitching duel between the Rangers Ryan Kemp and Redlegs
newcomer Tyler Henry. Henry, making his MVABL debut,
went 5 strong innings allowing only 3 hits, 1 earned run,
and struck out 4 Rangers batters in the win. Kemp tossed
5 innings as well, striking out 6 Redlegs batters and
allowed only 1 baserunner after the 1st inning. That 1st
inning though is when the Redlegs were able to do enough
damage to come away with the win.
Jonmarc Lippinoctt experienced a little deja vu in the
top of the 1st when he shot another hard liner into right
center field, only for Jacob Robinson to track it down
with another diving catch.
Robinson then started the game with a single into right
field that made its way to the fence, which led to Jake
cruising into 3rd. Mattice then drove Robinson in and
reached safely at 1st due to a Rangers fielding error.
Mattice scored on a double by Kyle Arend and next Mike
Hartman scored Arend on a base hit. James Robinson then
finished off the strong start for the Redlegs by roping a
double to score Hartman.
The Rangers put 2 on the board in the 3rd with the help
of 2 errors on the Redlegs. Ben Schooler recorded a
sacrifice fly in the inning.
In the top of the 5th, Cooper Nolte doubled with one out
and stole 3rd base to put a much needed run in scoring
position for the Rangers. With the infield drawn in, the
next batter hit a grounder to Matt Morrison at shortstop.
With the runner trying to score on the play, Morrison
made a picture perfect pick and throw to nail the runner
and save a run.
Matt Mattice took over on the hill for the Redlegs in the
top of the 6th and put up 2 strong innings of work to
nail down his first career save. Mattice allowed no hits
in the outing.
Kyle Arend added some cushion for the Redlegs in the
bottom of the 6th by blasting his first home run of the
season, which put Camden up by the final score of 5-2.
With the double-header sweep, the Redlegs improve to 8-3
on the season and now stand alone in first place. Next,
they will take on the South Dayton Slammers under the
lights at Athletes in Action in Xenia. The game will be
on Thursday 6/15 at 7:00pm.
Boxscore
| J Robinson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K Arend | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Gross | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Redman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I Marquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Bradley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Arend; Robinson
HR: Arend
| T Henry (W) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| M Mattice (S) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |