Rez Dominates, 17-0

The Warriors from Resurrection Life put on a commanding performance last night, defeating over-matched St. Andrew Blue 17-0 in just five innings. The team banged out 21 hits, including eight for extra bases, and reached base 23 times.

Austin Colby, Eric Johnson and Chris Burr all had three hits on the night while Chris Wold, Andy Briggs, Jonathan Engbrecht, Jason Merritt and Jeff Johnson had two apeice. Jeff Tenney and Adam Hey each added one hit.

Jeff Johnson earned his first Player of the Game of the season with his perfect 2-2 performance, including a double, homerun and walk. He drove home two runs while scoring three.

The Warriors were shut out in the first and fourth innings, scoring all 17 runs between the second, third and fifth frames. To start the game, Austin and Wold recorded hard-hit outs. Andy and Eric had back-to-back singles but were stranded after a deep flyout.

Blue did nothing at the plate all game. The team coaxed just one walk, in the third, and just one hit, in the fourth. The hit was erased by a double-play so Wold faced just 16 batters in five innings.

The second inning proved to be the biggest of the night for Rez, as the team scored seven runs on eight hits with four doubles. Burr started with a single and scored on Adam's double to left. Jonathan singled to plate Adam and after a lineout, Jeff Johnson walked to put two on for Austin. Austin roped a double to deep left to score Jonathan to make it 3-0. Wold followed with a double of his own scoring both Austin and Jeff. Andy singled to put runners on the corners for Eric who knocked out an rbi-single. Tenney hit into a forceout for the second out and Burr followed with his second hit of the inning, a double to score Andy.

After Blue went down in order in the bottom half, Rez came back with six more runs in the third to make it 13-0 after three full frames. Jonathan and Jason hit back-to-back singles to start the inning. Jeff stroked a double to open the scoring and Austin followed with a two-rbi single. Wold singled to score Austin, who had advanced to second on the throw home on the previous play. After a lineout, Eric mashed a two-run homer for the team's first homer in 10 innings. The next two batters got out to end the half inning.

Rez only sent three batters to the plate in the fourth so both teams were scoreless. In the fifth, Rez added four more runs to win the game via 10-run mercy rule after five innings.

Jeff Johnson started the inning with a no-doubter solo shot to deep left. After an Austin single and Andy reaching base via error, Tenney destroyed one to center for a three-run bomb to finish the Warriors scoring in fine fashion.

The Warrior defense was slick all game and the final frame was no different, keeping Blue off the bases. Rez is now 8-0, just one game away from the halfway point. Next week, the team faces St. Andrew Red, who Rez dismantled 24-0 in just two and half innings in the first meeting. The game is on field #4 at 6:50.