Bats Awake After 24 Outs Without a Run

After a week of rest, The Warriors finally woke their bats up in the third inning of the contest versus Wooddale on May 10. A week after being shut-out, Rez Life still hadn't pushed a run across until a sacrifice fly in the top of the third inning got the team on the board. In the final three innings, the Warriors added eight more runs en route to a 9-1 victory over Wooddale.

Dr. Jamy Antoine capture his first Player of the Game honors with an outstanding two triple and five RBI performance.

The defense was excellent for all seven innings making just one error in 27 chances. It was perhaps the best the defense has played in the past two years.

The offense was slow to start, leaving five runners on in the first two innings. Wooddale's bats proved to be even more futile as the team went down easily in the first two innings.

In the top of the third, Jordan Schumack lined a triple with one out to get things going. AJ Larson then floated a fly ball out to left-center to plate Jordan with two outs. Elated by finally scoring, the defense made quick work of Wooddale and brought up the offense for the fourth inning.

Brendan Finn singled to start things and after a forceout and a flyout, Lee Valle singled to put runners at first and second. Dr. Jamy then stepped up and drilled a deep ball to center, scoring both runners and giving him his first triple of the game.

Leading 3-0, the defense held off a threat from Wooddale and kept the three-run advantage.

In the top of the fifth, the offense added two more runs to push its lead to 5-0. Matt Shuster started the fifth with his fifth consecutive hit to open the season. He was forced out at second on the next pitch but Jon Engbrecht singled to add another runner. After the second forceout of the inning, Jordan kept things going by reaching on an error to load the bases. AJ poked a single to the oufield scoring a run and Austin Colby plated another run with his hot shot to third base.

Jordan threw another scoreless inning in the bottom half and the offense came up looking to put the game away in the top of the sixth. Chris Burr and Nick Larson led off with back-to-back singles and Lee hit a tough grounder up the middle that was bobbled and then tossed to second to try and get Nick. Initially the umpire ruled him out, but reversed the call and awarded Nick the base. With the bases loaded, the good Doctor stepped up and lined his second triple of the night to right-center, clearing the bases. A wild throw by the shortstop on Jeff Johnson's RBI grounder scored Jamy. Because of miscommunication with the umpire, the inning ended after just two outs, but no major damage was done to the outcome.

After the five-run scoring barrage, the Rez Life defense quickly went through Wooddale's sixth inning and because of time constraints, Wooddale just stayed batting for its half of the seventh. The team managed to scrape together one run on three hits in the seventh, but that was the end of it as Rez Life took the game by a commanding 9-1 margin.

The victory makes the team 2-1 on the year as they face Pax Christi at 5:50 on field 3 this Thursday. Look for the bats to continue their upward trend.