Warriors Roll On, 2-0

Ressurection Life took a little time to warm up in the cool winds last Thursday, but an 11-run explosion in the sixth inning left no doubt about the superior team on the night en route to a 16-7 drubbing over St. Andrew Blue.

The Warriors cranked out 21 hits, including 11 in sixth, and used up all four team homeruns with a very strong wind blowing left to right.

Eric Johnson continued his masterful opening to the season with a 3-4 game, including three runs scored, four rbi, a double and a homer in the first. Jason Merritt, Austin Colby, and Adam Hey all hit three-run homers as well. Adam's blast, a no-doubter through the wind to left, was his first career homerun and propelled him to Player of the Game honors.

Rez opened the game with a scoreless first, stranding a lead-off single from Jason. Blue went down without scoring, leaving a two-out triple on third base. Eric opened the scoring with a solo shot, high and deep into the wind to start the second inning. After an out, Jonathan Engbrecht roped a single up the middle. A pop-out to center by Austin Colby was the second out but the bats picked it up after that. Jamy hit a single and both runners jogged home as Adam launched his bomb to left-center.

Blue did answer with two runs of its own in the bottom half, using three hits and a walk. The third double play of the year between Andy Briggs and Eric ended the inning.

Chris Wold led off with a singl in the third, but that was all the action Rez saw, going down in order after that. Blue followed suit and the game officially had a slow start, 4-2 Rez and the action headed into the fourth.

Rez was able to muster one run, with a single from Jonathan and a two-out triple from Jamy Antoine. Blue came right back and pushed one across to make it 5-3 going into the fifth inning.

Things looked a little gloomy as the Warrior bats were still silent, but thankfully the Blue bats were just as inept and after another scoreless inning, the game moved into the explosive sixth inning.

Jeff Tenney got off the schnide with a single to open the frame. Eric followed suit and after a Jeff Johnson lineout, Jonathan brought home the first run with a single. With two on, Austin lofted one into the cross-stream and it dropped just beyond the right-field fence, hugging the fair pole and staking the Warriors to a 9-3 leade and some breathing room. Jamy singled but was forced out on an Adam groundout. Andy started things again with a single which Jason followed with a bomb through the wind to left-center to make it 12-3 Rez. With the bases fresh, Wold singled and moved to second on Chris Burr's first hit of the season. Tenney coaxed a walk to load them up for early hot-man Eric who roped one through the wind down the left-field line clearing the bases and pushing the lead to 15-3. Brother Jeff followed with a single that Eric was able to hustle around and score on, capping the scoring at 16.

Blue got on the run-scoring bandwagon, scoring four runs on four hits, a walk and two Warrior errors. With the flip-flop rule in effect because of time contraints, Blue batted again for its half of the seventh and didn't manage run, ending the game 16-7 Rez Life.

Wold, Jonathan, and Jamy all had three hits on the night while Jason and Andy added two apiece.

The victory makes Rez 2-0 on the season and drops St. Andrew Blue to 0-2. The Warriors have the late game this week, facing St. Andrew Red on field #2 at 8:50.