Solid Victory Ups Rez to 7-0

It wasn't flashy but it was convincing, Resurrection Life started its second trip through the league schedule with a 15-6 victory over Pax Christi. The team played six innings before time halted the contest and reached base 24 times, drawing seven walks while banging out 17 hits.

All nine players in attendance had hits with Jason Merritt leading the way with three. Austin Colby, Jamy Antoine, Chris Burr, Eric Johnson, Jeff Tenney, and Player of the Game Andy Briggs all had two hits while Jeff Johnson and Adam Hey each added one.

Andy earned his first POG of the year with a perfect 2-2 game, scored twice, drove home four and drew two walks. Solid game for Andy. Jeff Johnson only had one hit, but he drew one walk, scored three times and drove home four also in a very solid game.

As is the norm, the Warriors batted first but quickly had two outs with no one on. A classic quote was heard from the bench after lead-off hitter Austin rolled one to first for an easy out to start the game,
"Somebody broke our Austin!" Good stuff. Austin suffered through his first 0-3 stretch in 78 games before breaking out with doubles in his final two at bats.

Burr singled with two outs to start the engine and moved to second on Eric's single. Tenney plated Burr with a single and Jason had the first of his three infield singles to load the bases. Andy patiently drew a walk to score Eric and Jeff Johnson came through with the big blow, a bases-clearing double to deep right-center to make it 5-0. Adam stayed hot, blooping a single over third base to score Jeff and give the Warriors a 6-0 lead, all with two outs.

Pax had two hits in the bottom half but left runners at second and third with just one out. Rez added a pair of runs in the top of the second using three hits, two walks and a sacrifice fly. Burr and Eric singled to start the inning. With one out, Jason reached on an infield single to load them up for Andy who drew another walk to score Burr. Jeff Johnson floated a sac fly to score Eric for the second run. Adam walked to load the bases for Austin who popped out to end the threat.

Pax responded with four big runs in the bottom half, making it 8-4 going into the third inning. Pax had four singles, drew one walk and took advantage of an error for its big inning. Rez went down quickly in the third, stranding a lead-off single from Jamy.

Pax added another one in the bottom portion of the inning to make it a tight 8-5 game going into the fourth. Andy singled with one out in the fourth but was forced out at second on a grounder. With two outs, Adam drew his second walk and Austin broke out of his slump with a liner to center for a run-scoring double.

Pax went down in order in the bottom half and Rez opened the lead for good in the fifth with six runs on five hits and two walks. Burr walked to start the frame and after one out, Tenney and Jason singled to load the bags. Andy roped a two-run single and Jeff Johnson walked to load the bases for Adam. Adam just missed a big fly, flying out to the wall in left for the second out, plating Jason in the process. Austin found his stroke again and roped one to deep right-center for an easy two-run double. Jamy followed with a double of his own to cap the night's scoring for Rez.

Down 15-5, Pax needed one run to keep the game going. Pax got that run using two singles and one error. The Warriors got one more at bat but didn't do anything as three balls in the air ended the hitting for Rez on the night.

Pax lined out twice and grounded out in the bottom of the sixth to end the game due to time.

The victory puts Rez at 7-0 and still leading the league. Wooddale kept pace, winning its game to stay just one game behind at 6-1. This coming week, the Warriors play St. Andrew Blue on field 1 at 5:50.