CLICK HERE for team and player statistics for the 2010 season.The Warriors season came to a close on Saturday night after the team lost to Bolingbrook by a score of 14-1 on Saturday night. Things didn't look promising for the Warriors before this game even started. Earlier in the day, Bolingbrook topped Western Spring by a run--which meant that the Warriors had to beat Bolingbrook by at least 9 runs in order to advance in this tournament. Unfortunately, the Warriors ended up losing the game by 13 runs.
This game was reminiscent of the game against Western Springs on Thursday night. In both of these games, the Warriors played a tight game in the early innings before the opponent's offense exploded in an inning that would not end. On Thursday night, the Warriors went through three pitchers in the fifth inning while Western Springs brought 19 hitters to the plate--scoring 15 runs in one inning! Tonight, Bolingbrook scored 12 runs in the fourth inning on 9 hits. These two games were very uncharacteric of a Warriors' team that prides itself on pitching and defense over the past few seasons.
The Warriors had just five hits in the game. Tim Prendergast had two doubles--one of which hit the top of the leftfield wall and missed being a homerun by two feet. Bolingbrook selected Tim as the game's MVP for this performance.
The Warriors played this Bolingbrook team twice last year--beating them both times during the Homer tournament. The last win over Bolingbrook involved a dramatic comeback to win the Homer Tournament championship game. Bolingbrook was able to get some revenge tonight.
Obviously, it's disappointing to have the season end in this manner. In the end, only one team walks away from the final game of its season with a win. The Warriors have experienced winning tournaments before--and the successes have far exceeded any failures over a long period of time.
