The Redlegs and Knights squared off for the final time of
the 2017 regular season back on Sunday, August 6th. Both
games would turn out to be hard fought battles, but when
the dust settled the Redlegs would walk away with another
split double header and a loss in game 2, which has been
a common theme in the 2nd half of this season.
Kyle Arend got the scoring started for the Redlegs when
he doubled in Matt Mattice in the bottom of the 1st
inning, Mattice had earlier walked. Joey Watson then
delivered a 2 out single to score Arend and give the
Redlegs an early 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the 2nd, Jared Bradley single with 2
outs, moved up to 2nd on a throwing error and then was
driven in with a single by Matt Morrison.
The Knights then finally put a dent in, yet another,
brilliant starting performance by Aaron Carmack in the
4th. Connor Barrow did the damage with a 2-run double.
The Redlegs answered immediately in the bottom of the 4th
scoring twice more highlighted by a sacrifice fly by
Jared Bradley. Brandon Howard then extended the Redleg
lead to 6-2 with an RBI double in the bottom of the 5th.
Matt Redman took over on the hill and turned in a quiet
6th and the Redlegs went down in order in the bottom
half, giving the Knights one last chance to rally. As
has happened to Carmack so many times this season, the
Redleg defense couldn’t hold on to his win, committing a
couple of costly errors that resulted in 4 Knight runs
and a tie ball game.
Carmack’s bad luck, however, would lead to a blessing for
Mike Hartman. After Matt Mattice singled with 1 out in
the bottom of the 7th, the Knights elected to
intentionally walk Kyle Arend. This brought Hartman to
the plate with his 20-game hit streak on the line.
Hartman blasted a walk off RBI double into the right
center gap and at the same time set the Redleg single
season hit streak record at 21. The RBI was also Mike’s
50th since joining the Redlegs in 2015.
Boxscore
| J Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M Mattice | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K Arend | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M Hartman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| J Watson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B Howard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N Davis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Bradley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M Morrison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2B: Mattice; Arend; Hartman; Howard
| A Carmack | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| M Redman (W) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |