The Machine got their revenge in game two as they would
use a big 6th inning to run away with a commanding
victory.
Scoring was hard to come by in the early going as Redlegs
Rookie Luke Campbell went toe-to-toe with Machine ace
Andrew Madlinger. Campbell got some help from the
Redlegs gold glove 3rd basemen Mike Hartman in the 3rd
inning as Mike recorded all three outs in the inning,
including a dazzling diving snag in which he fired a seed
to 2nd base to nail the advancing runner by a hair for
the final out of the frame.
Brandon Howard then got the Redlegs on the board by
smacking his 1st home run of the season, sending a shot
to center field that bounced off the top and over the
fence.
The Machine then took a lead that they would not
relinquish in the 4th, highlighted by back-to-back
doubles by Kevin Reynolds and Eric Reardon. The wheels
fell off entirely in the 6th as the Machine piled up 9
runs, Paul Wilson homered in the inning.
Trailing 14-1 in their final at bat, the Redlegs tried to
make things respectable. Mike Hartman and Joey Watson
each singled to start the inning, then Saige Micomonaco
blasted his team leading 4th home run of the season to
bring the score to 14-4. The comeback bid was short
lived though, as three of the next four batters struck
out.
These two squads will meet up again on Thursday night
(July 5th) for their final regular season meeting.
Boxscore
| M Morrison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K Arend | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J Watson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S Micomonaco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| A Parks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Howard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M Redman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Robinson
HR: Micomonaco; Howard
| L Campbell (L) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J Watson | 1.33 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| M Morrison | 0.67 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |