The Redlegs won an important matchup with the Royals on
Sunday, helping to solidify their 3rd position in the
MVABL standings. The Royals went into the game trailing
the Redlegs by one game for 3rd place.
The visiting Redlegs scored early and often in this one,
jumping out to a 7-1 lead after just two innings. In the
1st, Matt Morrison started the game with a single and
swiped 2nd base. After moving to 3rd on a groundout, he
scored on a sacrifice fly by Kyle Arend.
Camden then put 6 more on the board in the 2nd. Mike
Hartman and Joey Watson singled consecutively to begin
the inning which put runners on the corners and Watson
quickly stole 2nd base, one of 3 bases he robbed in the
contest. Matt Mattice then knocked in a run with a
sacrifice fly. Adam Parks then singled to again put
runners on the corners, but Parks quickly took 2nd to
again put both runners in scoring position. Matt
Morrison then walked, which set up a bases clearing
triple by Jacob Robinson. Kyle Arend then smoked a
double to score Robinson.
A scary moment for the Redlegs then occurred in the
bottom of the 2nd. After a lead off Royal single, the
next batter hit a slow roller to 3rd base that sent gold
glove third baseman Mike Hartman charging. As he was in
the process of bare handing it, Mike went down clutching
his knee. The injury appears to be serious and we
believe that Mike’s season is likely over, but we hope to
see him back at the hot corner in 2020.
Camden regrouped quickly. The next batter hit a grounder
to James Robinson at 2nd base who was able to start a 4-
6-3 double play. The next batter hit a hard grounder to
the right side, but Joey Watson made a cat like sliding
grab to stop it and popped up and beat the runner in a
footrace to 1st to end the inning.
After leaving the bases loaded in the 3rd, the Redlegs
got right back at it in the 4th. Jacob Robinson started
the inning with a single and moved to 3rd on a double by
Kyle Arend that clanged off the top of the left field
fence. A single by Saige Micomonaco then scored goth
runs. Kevin Campbell then walked before Joey Watson hit
a run scoring single. James Robinson walked, followed by
a sacrifice fly by Adam Parks. Matt Morrison then
singled, followed by a walk to Jacob Robinson as the
Redlegs successfully batted around. Kyle Arend then hit
his 2nd double of the inning, clearing the bases while
increasing his RBI total to 5 on the day. Saige
Micomonaco then doubled to score Arend which finished off
the inning’s scoring.
On the other side of the ball, Redlegs starter Michael
Cookson was turning in quite the game of his own against
his former club. The game ended up going 4 ½ innings due
to an approaching storm, but both clubs agreed to call it
final as the score stood at 15-2. Cookson therefore
turned in the complete game, tossing all 4 innings while
striking out 7 Royals hitters and allowing only 2 runs.
Now winners of 5 straight games, Camden will put their
streak on the line against the Mad River Machine on
Sunday 7/28/19 at Madison High School in a double header
beginning at 1:00pm. The Machine bested the Redlegs back
on June 2nd by a score of 1-0.
Boxscore
| M Morrison | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| K Arend | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| S Micomonaco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J Watson | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M Mattice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A Parks | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K Campbell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| A Carmack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Micomonaco
3B: Robinson