The Warriors slaughtered the Tinley Park Bobcats by a score of 17-5 in five innings on Father's Day.
The Warriors scored first with a run in the first inning after Jason Waner walked and then scored on Paco Lauciello's base hit to leftfield. Sam Marc singled, but the Warriors left two runners stranded to end the inning.
Lance Cardinal was the starting pitcher for the Warriors. He pitched a flawless first inning--catching a pop up to retire the lead off man before striking out the next two batters. Lance improved his pitching record to 5-1 after this performance.
The Warriors scored three times in the second inning on just one hit. Tinley Park made two errors in the infield and also hit a batter during the inning. Dennis Bresingham made the Bobcats pay with a line drive into centerfield to score Jim Robley. The Bobcats scored a run in the bottom of the frame to make the score 4-1 in favor of the Warriors after two innings of play.
The Warriors blew the game wide open with 13 runs in the top of the third inning. There was just one walk during this inning! Paco Lauciello got things started with a single to leftfield. Ryan Knightly and Sam Marc singled before Tim Prendergast doubled down the leftfield line. Jim Robley singled. Dennis Bresingham lined another base hit into centerfield to drive two runs home. Jack Lebert singled and Paco Lauciello then hit a ground rule double over the leftfield fence (his second hit of the inning). With two strikes, Ryan Knightly crushed a three run homer to deep left-centerfield--his second of the year! Sam Marc singled again in the inning, but was left stranded as the inning finally came to a close. The Warriors led 17-1.
Jack Lebert pitched the next two innings for the Warriors. He allowed four runs of which two of the runs were earned. Jack struck out five hitters during his two innings of work.
Sam Marc pitched the fifth inning for the Warriors and retired the side in order. Sam was the 10th pitcher on the team to see action during official Chicagoland Metro League play. The Warriors did not score again in this game, although Dennis Bresingham lined his third consecutive single into centerfield in the top of the fifth inning.
The mercy rule was applied as the Warriors held a 12 run lead after five inning of play.
WARRIORS: 17 runs, 15 hits, 1 error, 7 left on base
TINLEY PARK: 5 runs, 4 hits, 6 errors, 5 left on base
Time of Game: 1 hour, 52 minutes
Photos courtesy of Ann Bresingham:
The Warriors congratulate Ryan Knightly on his second homer of the year:
Ryan Knightly is presented with his home run ball:
