Martin - 15  vs  Bowie - 4

Game Summary
The freshmen Warriors beat the Bowie Volunteers to bring their district record to 6 – 0.  What was a tied game through the 4th inning and close for 6 innings ended up being a thrashing by the Warriors.  The starting pitcher for the Vols took care of the Warriors in order in the top of the 1^st.  The Vols first batter hit a double to left field followed by a single from the second batter and a walk by the third batter to load the bases.  The fourth batter was trying to lay down a bunt to score the runner from third when the runner crept down the third base line a little too far and the batter failed to connect, Warrior catcher, Daniel Garcia took the pitch and ran down the runner unassisted for the first out of the inning.  Warrior pitcher, Chris Michael was able to strike out the next two batters to get out of the inning without a Volunteer crossing the plate.  During the 2^nd Dylan Rucker hit a single and Kyle Blackwell was walked.  With two outs Hunter Reinhardt took a walk loading the bases for Trevor Slocum who hit a gapper to left center for a double and three Warrior runs.  Tanner Hapeman hit a single to score Slocum to make the score 4 – 0 Warriors after the top of the 2^nd.  The Volunteers answered with four runs of their own.  The Warriors were once again shut down in the 3^rd with the only one hit, a single by Chase Jensen.  The Vols had a runner on 2^nd and two outs when the Warrior first baseman, Stewart Person robbed the Vols of their go ahead run when he laid out for a fly ball that was a foot off the ground and headed to right field for the third out keeping the Vols scoreless in the inning.  In the 5^th inning Blackwell hit a double to right and Person walked.  Reinhardt hit a sac fly to right scoring Blackwell.  Slocum hit a triple to bring Person home and Hapeman reached on an error which scored Slocum.  By now Warrior pitcher, Michael had definitely found his groove and the three batters he faced in the 5^th all hit infield ground balls, two to Person at first and one back to the mound which Micheal handled easily.  The 6^th inning saw the Warriors adding a run with a walk by Reinhardt and singles from Blackwell, Person and Slocum for a score of 8 – 4 Warriors heading to the bottom of the 6^th.  The first Volunteer that Michael faced in the 6^th hit a line drive to first baseman, Person who made the play look easy and Michael struck out the next two batters to make it the 3^rd consecutive inning of three up, three down.  Then the Warriors blow the doors off with Hapeman hitting a double and Garcia, Eric Jeske and Rucker all taking walks.  Both Blackwell and Jensen reached on fielder’s choice and Person hit a single.  Reinhardt made it to first due to a Vols error, Hapeman hit a triple, his third hit for the night and second during the inning and Garcia was hit by a pitch.  The Warriors were able to add 7 runs during the 7^th.  Ian Johnston closed out the game for the Warriors and like Michael was able to sit the Volunteers down in order.  Chris Michael gets the win which makes his record 5 – 0.  Garcia takes the on base percentage honors getting on base 5 times, 2 walks, 2 hit by pitch and 1 fielder’s choice.

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