In an opening day rematch, the Camden Redlegs squared off
against the Warren County Shockers on Sunday at Preble
Shawnee High School. The Redlegs hoped to get back on track
in this one after losing their two previous matchups, but
the Shockers had other ideas. The Shockers put the ball in
play early and often, racking up 17 hits which scored 10
runs and forced 4 errors on the Redlegs.
Ben Schlater started for the Shockers and surrendered the
lead in the 1st inning as Brandon Howard doubled in
Jacob Robinson, who had singled 2 batters before. But
Schlater cruised through the next 7 innings, giving up only
2 more hits and 1 run while striking out 7 of his 8 batters
on the day. The Redlegs got their 2nd run in the 8th inning
after Brandon Howard drew a walk and Steve Benthal doubled
to put runners on 2nd and 3rd. After a flyout, Campbell
walked to load the bases. Matt Redman then drove Howard in
on a fielder’s choice, but the Shockers alertly gunned down
Benthal trying to take home. The Redlegs went quietly in
the 9th as reliever Chris Smith got a strikeout and 2
groundouts to end the game with a 10-2 final score.
Boxscore
| K Slone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M Mattice | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B Kuhbander | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| B Howard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| S Benthal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G Lebouef | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| K Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M Redman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J Martintoni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Howard; Benthal