The 2010 regular season came to a screeching halt as the Resurrection Life Warriors lost via 10-run rule against Redeemer last week, 13-3. The defeat gave Rez its worst ever record in the Eden Prairie Round Lake league, dropping the team to 11-6-1 on the season, good for 5th place.
While the team finished in just 5th place, it was only two games out of first as five teams finished within two games of each other. Wooddale Classic took the league title at 13-4-1, while Mercy Rules finished second at 13-5. Redeemer swept its final evening of games to finish in third, 13-5, while EPAG took fourth place, 12-6.
The Warriors were sluggish in the first inning and could never shake out of the rut. The team didn't score in the first or second innings, leaving singles from Eric Johnson, Logan Brincefield, and Aaron Beintema on the bases.
Redeemer took advantage of this and scored twice in the first and five times in the second to take a 7-0 lead. Dan Powers ripped an inside-the-park homerun in the second as a part of the big inning.
In the third inning, substitute Charlie Steingas lined a triple to center and jogged home on Austin Colby's double off the wall. Three flyouts sandwiched around a walk ended the inning with no more runs. Redeemer had another big inning with five runs to take a commanding 12-1 lead after three innings. Andy Briggs lofted a two-run homerun into the trees in left with two outs to spark the big inning.
Rez scored its final runs of league play with two runners coming across the plate in the fourth. With one out, Aaron doubled to left-center and scored on Jeff Johnson's laser-beam double. Bryan Christensen walked and Charlie singled to score Jeff. With two on and Austin and Eric Johnson coming up, things looked good. But, both men grounded out and the rally stalled.
Redeemer didn't score and Rez came up in the fifth with a chance to shrink the 12-3 deficit. The team managed two hits but no runs and Chris Burr quickly ended the game with a lead-off solo homer to center to finish the season, 13-3 Redeemer.
Aaron Beintema captured Player of the Game with two hits, including a double and a run scored.
The EP League will have its All-League teams announced in the coming week or so along with Resurrection Life's annual team awards. Stay tuned.
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