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The Warriors handed the Cicero Knights its first loss in Chicagoland Metro play in over two years with an 18-4 victory in seven innings at Centennial #4 on Father's Day. The Knights were undefeated in Metro League play in 2009. Prior to this game, the Knights had not yet lost in 2010 and are the Memorial Weekend tournament champions.
Ryan Novak
was the Warriors' starting pitcher. He pitched three impressive innings--holding the hard hitting Knights to just one run. Ryan pitched out of a jam in the bottom of the third inning after the Knights loaded the bases with no outs. Cicero scored just one run before Novak struck out the final three hitters of the inning!
The Warriors came out hitting in this one. C.J. Brucki led off the game with a triple to deep centerfield. He leads the team with 4 triples on the season. Paco Lauciello drove C.J. home with a base hit to centerfield. Lance Cardinal brought Paco home with a line single to leftfield. Ryan Novak singled sharply to leftfield to score Lance. Ryan Novak had three hits in this game to improve his batting average to .500 and his on-base percentage to .617--he now ranks third on the squad in both of these categories.
The Warriors extended its lead to 7-0 in the second inning. Jim Robley lined a two-strike curve ball into centerfield for a base hit and later scored when C.J. Brucki grounded to second base. Jason Waner placed a perfectly executed bunt down the third base line for a hit and scored on Paco Lauciello's double to deep rightfield. Paco had three runs batted in during the game and now leads the team with 26 RBI for the season. Jason scored three times in the game and leads the Warriors with 25 runs scored for the year.
The Warriors scored a run in the third inning and another run in the fourth inning--both times as a result of infield errors by the Knights. The Warriors scored four runs in the fifth inning after Jack Lebert doubled to leftfield to score Tim Prendergast and Ryan Novak. The Warriors led 13-1 after five inning of play.
Tim Prendergast was nearly unhittable in his three innings of work in middle relief. Tim did not allow a run while striking out 7 hitters and walking none. He leads the staff with an impressive 1.85 earned run average. And, his WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) is an incredible 0.97--the lowest in Warriors' history. Currently, Grant Lewis holds the all-time Warriors record in this category with a 1.41 WHIP during the 2008 season.
The Warriors scored five more runs in the sixth inning. Tim Prendergast hit a towering double to the leftfield fence to score two runs in the inning.
The Knights scored three runs in the seventh inning to make the final score 18-4 in favor of the Warriors.
CICERO KNIGHTS: 4 runs, 6 hits, 7 errors, 9 left on base
WARRIORS: 18 runs, 14 hits, 0 errors, 6 left on base
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