A split in two games on June 7, put the Warriors in a tie for first with Life Church. Rez Life defeated Eden Prairie Assembly of God in the first game 18-14 but fell to the mighty bats of Living Word 26-18 in the nightcap. The offense played well in both games, having three innings of seven or more runs scored.
In game one, the squad knocked out 25 hits with 7 doubles and 3 homeruns. Eric Johnson had four hits to lead the charge with Jon Engbrecht and Austin Colby adding three each. Every player had at least one hit and seven different players had an RBI.
Jeff Johnson captures his first Player of the Game honor with a 2-3 performance that included a two-run double and a two-run dinger. His dinger came in the last inning and both of his hits were with runners in scoring position. He also made a fantastic defensive play at first, spearing a liner with no outs and two runners on, and then hustling to first to double a guy up.
The Warriors were the visiting team and went down 1, 2, 3 in the first. EPAG banged out three hits and took advantage of an error to score two runs and take a 2-0 lead into the second.
Rez Life got on the board in the top of the second as the first four players stroked hits and scored. Jamy Antoine provided the big blow with a three-run homer to cap the inning's scoring. Chris Burr singled to start and scored on Lee Valle's double. Lee moved to third when Eric ripped his first hit of the game and both trotted home as Jamy launched one to deep right-center. Jon later doubled but was stranded on second.
EPAG hit the ball well again and answered with two runs to tie it at 4 after two innings. The Warriors jumped back on top with two runs in the third to make it 6-4. AJ Larson singled and went to third on Austin's double. Brendan Finn singled to score both runners.
EPAG clawed back with three singles in the bottom half to make it 6-5 after three. The Warriors looked to add to that tight cushion and came through with five big runs. Eric singled and moved to second on Nick Larson's hit. Jeff stroked his double to deep center scoring both runners. Jon singled for his second knock which put runners on the corners for Matt Shuster. The third baseman made a nice play on Shuster's grounder and Jon was forced at second. With two outs, Matt Hanson popped an RBI single to left-center to score Jeff. AJ followed with another single and Austin lined a two-RBI single to left to complete the scoring.
The home team rose to the challenge in the bottom half and scored three runs to make it 11-8 after four innings. The Warriors were vulnerable as they went down scoreless in the top of the fifth, leaving Eric on second after his double. EPAG had a chance to tie or take the lead in the bottom of the fifth with time winding down.
The opponents managed two runs to make it a tight-knit contest, 11-10, going into the sixth. Rez Life regrouped and came out breathing smoke. Nick singled and jogged home as POG Jeff dropped a big fly to right-center to give an immediate added cushion. Jon ripped his second double and went to third when Shuster singled. Hanson hit into a fielder's choice which scored Jon and made it 14-10 with one out. AJ reached on anther fielder's choice and brought Austin up with two outs. Austin carved one down the right-field line and sprinted home for an inside-the-park homerun. Finn doubled and scored on Chris' single to make it 17-10. Chris went to second on the throw home and scored on Lee's single to cap the scoring at 18.
EPAG was a little stunned but pushed two runs across in the bottom of the sixth and added two more in the top of the seventh after the flip-flop rule to end the game 18-14 Rez Life.
The bats continued to swing well in the nightcap of the doubleheader, but Living Word had too much in its lineup for the Warriors to match. Rez Life smacked out 21 hits and drew two walks in five innings, but Living Word had 28 hits and consistently smoked the ball up and down its lineup.
The Warriors opened the game with a seven-run top of the first. With one out Austin singled and went to third on a double from Finn. Chris doubled to plate both runners and open the scoring. After the second out, Eric continued his hot hitting with an RBI single. Jamy reached on a wild throw from the shortstop to keep the inning alive and Nick made that error hurt as he cleared the bases with a triple to make it 5-0. Jeff followed with a double to score Nick and came home on Jon's single.
Living Word scored three runs in the bottom half, using a mammoth homerun to accomplish that. The homerun may have rattled Rez Life as the team went down quickly in the second without scoring. Living Word took advantage of that and scored eight runs in the bottom of the second and just lined the ball all over the field.
Rez only managed one run in the top of the third as Chris singled and moved to second on an error. Eric singled to load the bases and Jamy drew a walk to plate Chris. The bases were left loaded as two consecutive flyouts ended the inning.
Living Word tried to end the game and added five more runs in the bottom half to make it 16-8 going into the fourth. The Warriors needed a big boost in the inning and found it right away. Jon doubled and Shuster walked. After the first out, AJ singled to load the bases for Austin. Austin delivered, blasting an opposite-field grandslam which jump-started the offense and cut the deficit to just four, 16-12. Finn singled and Chris followed suit to put two runners on for Lee. Lee lined an RBI single to score Finn. After the second out, Jamy knocked out the second homer of the inning, this one a three-run shot to center to tie the game at 16. The team added two more hits but a deep flyout ended the inning.
Living Word wasn't shaken by the offensive outburst and calmly ripped shots all over the field and scored ten runs to make it 26-16 after four innings. The Warriors managed two runs in the last inning using three hits from Shuster, AJ and Austin. The game was over due to time limit after five innings, 26-18 Living Word.
Rez Life gets two more shots at Living Word and plans on making the most of them. Chris Burr earns Player of the Game after going 3-3 with 3 runs, 2 RBI and a double.
The Warriors tried to stay atop the standings versus Immanuel the following week. Read on to learn more.
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