In a rematch of the 2018 championship, the Redlegs and Slammers met up for a 9 inning affair to open up the 2019 MVABL season.

Unfortunately, the Redlegs were still unable to solve Jeff Beal as they could only muster 8 hits and one run against the Slammers ace. Beal was able to strand 7 Redleg runners in his 8 inning outing.

The Redlegs got on the board in 6th inning when newcomer Bradley Malott notched his first career hit with a one- out single and later scored on a Slammers throwing error. Adam Parks then tried to spark a rally by working a lead- off walk in the top of the 9th with the Redlegs trailing 7-1. He did later score on a ground ball out by Jacob Robinson, but that would be the end of the comeback attempt.

Saige Micomonaco led the offense with a 2-3 effort, adding a double and stolen base. Matt Morrison added 2 hits and Matt Mattice tripled in the loss.

Redlegs pitchers Aaron Carmack and Michael Cookson started the season off on a strong note as each tossed 4 innings and allowed two earned runs each against the potent Slammer offense. Cookson racked up 7 strikeouts in relief in his Redlegs debut.

The Redlegs will look to get in the win column next week (4/14) in a matchup with the Dayton Cardinals at Gastineau Field at 4:00pm.

Boxscore

Player	AB	H	R	RBI	BB
M Morrison	4	2	0	0	0
J Robinson	4	0	0	1	0
K Arend	4	1	0	0	0
M Hartman	4	1	0	0	0
J Watson	3	0	0	0	0
S Micomonaco	3	2	0	0	0
J Robinson	3	0	0	0	0
M Mattice	3	1	0	0	0
B Malott	3	1	1	0	0
R Davis	3	0	0	0	0

2B: Hartman; Micomonaco
3B: Mattice

Player	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB
A Carmack (L)	4	5	2	2	2	4
M Cookson	4	4	5	2	7	4