The Warriors played a nearly perfect game to beat Flossmoor by a score of 16-4 at Centennial #7 on Sunday afternoon.
Pitchers Grant Lewis, Mike Rafferty and Jack Lebert were ineligible to throw on Sunday due to limitations in innings with the OYA playoffs taking place the day before. Two other experienced Warriors' pitchers, Matt Dahlgren and Matt Taylor, will not be participating in the July Travel team portion of this season.
But, Matthias Dietz got things off to a good start with three strong innings as the Warriors' starting pitcher. Dan Victoria then held Flossmoor scoreless in the fourth inning on just five pitches. And, Sam Marc earned a save with three innings of work in this one.
The defense was strong and featured Ryan Novak--who made several assists from the shortstop position. Sam Marc also turned a double play from shortstop on a line drive.
The offense put the game out of reach early. Most of the hitters were making solid contact, but Mike Rafferty hit the ball especially hard this afternoon. Mike hit a foul ball so far down the leftfield line that the ball was lost in the woods near the lake. He followed that up with a double that hit the leftfield fence on a fly.
The Warriors will battle Hickory Hills in an added Sunday Metro League game on Thursday night at Doogan Field.
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