Martin vs Arlington

Game Summary
Dylan Rucker pitched a complete game for the Warriors against the cross-town rivals, the Arlington Colts. Bases were loaded quickly with a single by Eric Jeske, a double by Ryan Walker and a walk issued to Trey Thompson. Trevor Slocum hit a sac fly to right field to score Jeske which was the only Warrior run for the next six innings. The Colts did not score although they had a single in the bottom of the first. Alec Shurack had a single in the top of the second and Jeske drew a walk but both were left on board. The Colts first batter of the second inning reached on an error and later scored when another Colt hit a double. Arlington also left two stranded during the second.

Offensively through the seventh the Warriors had singles from Slocum, Kyle Chatham, Rucker and Jeske but failed to get a running across home plate.

Luckily the defense was playing just as hard. The third inning saw the first two Colts strike out followed by a walk and a ground out. In the fourth Arlington went down in order with two ground outs and a strike out. The first Cold batter of the fifth inning hit a single followed by a bunt for a hit. The third batter hit a hard line drive at Rucker on the mound who caught the ball and doubled off the runner at second base to get the Warriors out of the inning. The sixth inning was once more 1-2-3 with a fly ball to Thompson in right field, a pop up to second baseman, Jordan Hasler and the third batter hit to Walker at shortstop who connected with Tyler Wilhelm at first to end the inning. With no score in the top of the seventh for the Warriors it was tied 1 – 1 going into the bottom of the seventh. The first Arlington batter got on due to an error, the next two batters struck out and the fourth batter in the bottom of the inning hit a single. With two Colts on base and two outs Rucker struck out the next guy swinging.

This took the game into extra innings and the Warriors did not waste any time making Arlington pay. Rucker took his second walk of the night followed by a double to the fence by Slocum. Hassler drew a walk which loaded up the bases. The hurler for the Colts baulked scoring the go ahead run for the Warriors but they weren’t finished yet. Trey Kensing stepped in and hit a 2 RBI single followed by a walk by Travis Yost. Jeske also hit a 2 RBI single. Walker drew a walk which took us back to where we started at the top of the inning with Rucker stepping into the batters box. This time Rucker hit a 2 run double which brought the total damage to 8 – 1 Warriors after 7 ½ innings. The Colt’s try to mount a come back but fell well short. During the inning they had 3 walks and 1 single but Rucker also struck out 3 limiting them to just one run to make the final 8 – 2 Warriors.

Box Scores

Pitchers: Rucker (W)
                   
Catcher: Chatham, Kensing 

Extra Hits: 2 B: Walker, Slocum, Rucker  

Multiple Hits: 3 Hits: Jeske, 2 Hits: Slocum, Rucker