As the rain continued to fall at Athletes in Action, the Redlegs headed back onto
the field to take on the Springfield Indians in game 2 of a split double header.
Things seemed to be going in the right direction early, as the Redlegs were able to
score 12 times in the first 3 innings. Jacob Robinson led off the game with a
triple to right, and scored on a groundball from Kevin Schaeffer. Schaeffer scored
on a double by Brandon Howard, who later scored on a bases loaded walk by Steve
Benthal. In the second Matt Mattice led off with a single, and made his way around
the bases to score on multiple passed balls. After walks to Schaeffer and Clark,
Brandon Howard brought Schaeffer in on a fielders choice and Clark scored on a
passed ball. The next four batters walked to bring in another run giving the
Redlegs a 7-1 lead. In the third Robinson doubled, Schaeffer walked, and both were
brought in on a double by Brad Clark. Howard then reached on an error and Guntle
singled to load the bases for the Redlegs. Benthal then walked in a run, and
Bradley brought 2 runs in when reaching on an error. This brought the score to 12-
1, but things were soon to change for the worse.
The Indians then scored 16 unanswered runs, highlighted by a 9 run 5th inning to
come from behind and win the game at a final tally of 17-12.
Offensive Highlights: Jacob Robinson 2-5, 2B, 3B, 2R. Brandon Howard 1-3, 2RBI,
2B, 2R. Brad Clark 1-4, 2RBI, R.