Warriors 15, Rebels 7

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The Warriors beat the New Lenox Rebels by a score of 15-7 in seven innings at Humphrey #2 on Sunday morning.

New Lenox jumped on top with a run in the top of the first after the lead off man walked and later scored. The Warriors came back with two runs in the bottom of the frame after the first three hitters (Jason Waner, Jack Lebert and Paco Lauciello) reached base on singles to the outfield.

New Lenox scored twice in the top of the second inning to regain the lead. But, the Warriors scored nine runs in the bottom of the second inning to take an 11-3 lead. With the bases loaded and one out, Ryan Tannebaum singled to score Lance Cardinal. Paco Lauciello and Tim Prendergast also had RBI singles in this big inning. The Warriors would never again trail in this one.

Ryan Novak entered the game in relief in the top of the third inning. He pitched three masterful innings--holding New Lenox to just one run in his three innings of work. The Warriors scored a run in the bottom of the fifth inning when Ryan Knightly lined a double into the left-centerfield gap and later scored on Sam Marc's single to rightfield. Sam is now ranked second on the team with 12 RBI for the season. The Warriors held a 12-4 lead as the game moved into the sixth inning.

New Lenox battled back with three runs in the sixth inning on five hits. A few balls that looked playable landed untouched in the outfield. Fortunately, Dennis Bresingham made a nice play in rightfield by making the catch and then firing accurately into home to hold the tagging runner on third base. New Lenox now trailed by five runs.

The Warriors also scored three runs in the sixth inning--the inning of the bunt. After Tim Carroll started the inning off with a single to rightfield, Ryan Tannebaum laid down a bunt single down the third base line. Then, Dennis Bresingham placed a perfect bunt down the third base line for a hit. Jason Waner lined a single into leftfield to score two runs. Jack Lebert then laid down a successful sacrifice bunt to move the runners into scoring position before Paco Lauciello hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Dennis Bresingham. This may have been the first time in Warriors' history that the team executed consecutive sacrifice plays! Ryan Knightly then singled to centerfield, but Jason Waner was thrown out at home plate to end the inning.

Jason Waner held New Lenox scoreless in the seventh inning.

WARRIORS: 15 runs, 14 hits, 0 errors, 6 left on base
NEW LENOX: 7 runs, 11 hits, 1 error, 8 left on base