The Warriors beat Archer Manor on Monday night in a pitchers' duel to win its second game in the Hickory Hills Tournament. This was a very well played game by both clubs.
Matthias Dietz pitched four innings and allowed just one hit as the Warriors' starting pitcher. Archer Manor recognized Matthias with the MVP award for his outstanding performance in this game. Mike Rafferty pitched the final three innings of the game. He retired Archer Manor's clean-up hitter with the tying run on second base to close the game!
Archer Manor's starting pitcher also threw a no-hitter through four innings of play. The Warriors scored first with a run in the sixth inning on a line drive off Ronny Drabeck's bat that bounced against the rightfield wall--scoring Grant Lewis who singled earlier in the inning.
The Warriors added two big insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning. Danny Poulos singled sharply to rightfield. With Danny Poulos on third base and Dan Victoria on first base, Archer Manor threw down to second on the steal attempt. The throw sailed into centerfield which allowed both Danny Poulos and Dan Victoria to score on the overthrow! The Warriors led 3-0 as the game moved into the bottom of the seventh inning.
Archer Manor scored a run and had two runners in scoring position before the game ended on a tapper back to pitcher Mike Rafferty by Archer Manor's clean-up hitter.
The Warriors are now 2-0 in the Hickory Hills Tournament and look forward to playing Worth on Thursday night in the final game of pool play.
2011 Chicagoland Tournament Champions & 2011 Lombard Tournament Champions!
