The Resurrection Life Warriors took the season series from Wooddale Mercy Rules with a 13-7 victory last night in game #17 on the season. The Warriors led from the get-go and added runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings to keep the pressure on Mercy Rules. The victory gives Rez an 11-5-1 record with one game remaining while Wooddale fell to 11-5 before its nightcap.
Missed opportunities was the name of the game for both teams as both teams had bases loaded twice in the first four innings and never really managed to get the big hit. Rez struck first with three quick runs on three hits to start the game. Austin Colby stroked a lead-off double off the wall in right-center and moved to third on Eric Johnson's single. Jeff Tenney then hit a rod about 16 feet off the ground that carried over the fence for an impressive three-run homer.
Wooddale came right back with two runs using three walks, a single and a sac fly. The Warriors had just nine guys until the sixth batter at which point the team was able to switch back to its normal defense and pitching rotation which helped spark the squad.
Rez went down in order in the second and Wooddale had its only hit erased on an inning-ending double-play. Leading 3-2 going into the third, Rez again went down in order, making eight consecutive outs at this point. Wooddale was unable to take advantage of the slow bats leaving runners on first and third with just one out and not scoring.
Heading into the fourth, Eric broke the consecutive outs streak with an opposite-field double. A walk from Tenney put two on and Lee Valle came through with a single. With the bases full, Aaron Beintema singled to score Eric and after a lineout from Bryan Christensen, substitute Andy Briggs hit a sacrifice fly to score Tenney and give the Warriors a 5-2 edge. A flyout ended the inning with more runners left on base.
Mercy Rules came back to score one in the bottom half, using a single, walk and error. Rules had the bases loaded with no outs but managed only the one run on a sac fly. A couple of nice plays from Eric and Tenney in the infield kept more runs from scoring.
Rez flexed some power bats in the fifth, hitting two homeruns to score three more times. Logan Brincefield singled and came home on Austin's 12th homerun of the season. After back-to-back outs, Tenney wisely used another homerun, this one a deep fly over the protective net in left-center.
Trailing 8-3, Wooddale charged back with two runs with two outs, but a nice stab from Tenney at third base ended the inning with two runners on.
Rez Life held an 8-5 edge going into the final two innings and didn't let up pushing runners home in both frames. In the sixth, a single from Bryan and a double from Logan scored the lone run. Wooddale answered with a run of its own, using an error and two singles to make it 9-6 going into the final frame.
Rez finally got the big hit with runners on in the seventh en route to scoring four insurance runs. Adam Hey singled to start the frame and went to second on an errant throw. After one out, Tenney was intentionally walked and Lee knocked out his third single of the game to load the bases. Aaron stroked his second rbi-single of the night and after the second out, Andy came through in a big way driving a ball to deep right-center, clearing the bases and giving Rez a nice 13-6 lead.
Wooddale couldn't muster a serious threat, plating just one run in the bottom half on four singles.
Jeff Tenney captured his fifth Player of the Game honor on the season with his 11th and 12th homeruns.
Next week marks the final game of the regular season for the Warriors as the team finishes under the lights against Redeemer at 8:50 on field #2.
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