The Slammers offense would not be held down for another
game though as they pounded out 13 runs on 13 hits in
game 2. The Redlegs plated 7 of their own, but never
held the lead in the nightcap.
After the Slammers put an early 3 runs on the board in
the top of the 1st, Matt Mattice singled in the bottom
half and was driven in by Joey Watson. The Redlegs then
tied it up at 3 in the 2nd. After a run was allowed to
score on a Slammers error, Jacob Robinson hit a sacrifice
fly to get the tying run across.
The Slammers then dropped a 4 spot on the Redlegs in the
3rd, highlighted by a 2 run blast off the bat of Todd
Barhorst. Now trailing 7-3, the Redlegs chipped away in
the bottom of the 3rd. Joey Watson and Mike Hartman hit
back-to-back doubles to get one run closer, cutting the
lead to 7-4.
However, the Slammers took the run back in the 4th, 3
more in the 5th, followed by their final 2 runs in the
6th. Trailing 13-4, the Redlegs did try to rally but
would still come up well short. In the 6th Adam Parks
singled followed by a walk to Jared Bradley. Jacob
Robinson then singled in a run. Next, Matt Mattice
slashed a hard grounder to 1st that the Slammers were
able to turn a nice double play on, forcing Mattice out
at 1st and getting Bradley at 3rd. Arend then doubled to
score the final run of the frame. Adam Parks notched his
2nd hit of the game when he singled in Nick Davis in the
7th.
The Mad River Machine took advantage of the Redlegs and
Slammers beating up on each other and leapfrogged both
teams to take first place after a double-header sweep of
the Miami Valley Expos. The Slammers and Redlegs remain
0.5 games back of the MVABL lead.
Next up for the Redlegs will be the Wright Knights in a
9-inning affair at Madison High School on July 2nd at
1:00PM.
Boxscore
| J Robinson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| K Arend | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J Watson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| M Hartman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N Davis | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| M Morrison | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J Gross | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M Redman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| A Parks | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2B: Arend 2; Watson 2; Hartman
| A Parks (L) | 2.67 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| M Mattice | 3.33 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| M Hartman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |