The Warriors beat Jackie Robinson West (JRW) by a score of 17-1 in five innings on Sunday afternoon.
The Warriors jumped out with four runs in the first inning. Sam Marc grounded sharply to the second baseman for his first RBI of the game. Sam eventually drove in four runs in the contest to move his season total to twelve (now ranked 2nd on the team). Tim Prendergast hit a sacrifice fly to score Ryan Knightly in the inning. The Warriors led 4-0 and would never trail in this one.
Lance Cardinal held JRW scoreless in the first inning. The first two hitters of the game hit long fly balls for outs before the final hitter of the inning grounded out to Ryan Tannebaum at second base.
The Warriors scored six runs in the second inning as the JRW pitchers could not find the strike zone. Ryan Tannebaum singled to leftfield to score Jim Robley. Ryan Knightly hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield. And, Sam Marc singled to rightfield for two more RBI. Lance Cardinal struck out two hitters in the bottom of the second inning and did not allow a run. The Warriors led 10-0 after two innings of play.
The Warriors broke the game wide open with a seven run third inning. Once again, the JRW pitchers were wild and walked five Warriors in the inning. Some timely hitting (Sam Marc and Robbie Maxfield) contributed to the big inning. JRW scored its only run of the game in the bottom of the third inning to make the score 17-1 in favor of the Warriors.
The Warriors did not score in the next two innings. Ryan Tannebaum was impressive in relief. He allowed one hit and struck out four hitters in his two innings of work.
With three of our catchers missing for this game, Jack Lebert did an excellent job filling in at the position.
The Chicagoland Metro League's mercy rule is 12 runs after five innings of play. With the score 17-1 after five innings, the game ended.
WARRIORS: 17 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base
JRW: 1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 6 left on base
