After a quiet beginning, Camden exploded in the bottom of
the 3rd by putting 9 runs on the board. Matt Mattice
reached on an error to start things off and that was
followed by back-to-back doubles by Matt Morrison and
Jacob Robinson. Kyle Arend then knocked two runs in with
a single. That’s when the rain began to fall but thanks
to some quick field work from the Redlegs ground crew,
the field held up and play was resumed roughly 30 minutes
later. The Redlegs picked up right where they left off.
Micomonaco and James Robinson each notched RBI singles to
round out the innings scoring, leaving Camden on top at a
score of 9-0.
Before the rain delay, Redlegs ace Aaron Carmack was
rolling through the Royals lineup. He allowed only one
baserunner in the first 3 frames and that was due to a
fielding error. However, the long break did Carmack no
favors, and the Royals came out swinging in the 4th.
Luke Campbell was called on to finish out the 4th inning,
and he promptly struck out the first batter he faced to
end any remaining threat. When it was all said and done,
the Royals produced 10 runs, taking a one run lead after
3 ½ innings.
The lead was short lived. The Redlegs scored 4 more
times in the bottom of the 4th thanks to RBI singles from
Jacob Robinson, Nick Davis, and James Robinson. Mike
Hartman added a sacrifice fly RBI.
The Boys and Blue just wouldn’t go away. They chipped
away at the lead in the top of the 5th, scoring twice
more to bring the game to a 13-12 score. But the Redlegs
finally put things away in the bottom of the 5th. Adam
Parks worked a one out walk, stole 2nd, and scored on a
single by Brad Malott. Malott would later score on a
wild pitch. Jacob Robinson would later single, steal
2nd, and come around to score thanks to a Royals
defensive miscue. Nick Davis added a sacrifice fly RBI
in the 6th to give the Redlegs a 17-10 lead.
Kevin Campbell was called upon once again to close out
the game for Camden and he didn’t disappoint. KC tossed
two scoreless frames to finish off the game without any
drama.
The double header sweep places the Redlegs at 3-1 and
they will look to continue the streak going into a
Saturday double header tilt with the Dayton Cardinals.
Boxscore
| M Morrison | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| K Arend | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J Watson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S Micomonaco | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| N Davis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J Gross | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| A Parks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B Malott | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2B: Morrison; Robinson; Mattice
| A Carmack | 3.67 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| L Campbell (W) | 1.33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| K Campbell | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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