In one of the longest games in Chicagoland League history, the Warriors opened its season with an 18-6 win over Oak Lawn at Pacetti field on Wednesday night.
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The Warriors struck first with a run in the top of the 1st inning when Trent Sichelski singled to center and later scored on a base hit to leftfield by Tyler Dempsey. With the bases loaded, the Oak Lawn rightfielder made a nice catch on a line drive off the bat of Connor Bartle. The Warriors left three stranded in the inning.
Connor Bartle was sharp as the Warriors' starting pitcher. He allowed just one baserunner in his first two innings of work.
The Warriors' bats came alive in the second inning. After Matt LeVigne hammered a triple to deep leftfield, the Warriors rallied with five more hits in the inning to take a commanding 8-0 lead in the game.
Oak Lawn closed the gap by scoring five runs in the third inning on five hits. Steve Sismelich was effective in relief to close out the third inning, but ran into some trouble in the fourth inning. Tyler Dempsey entered the game with the bases loaded in the fourth inning and promptly got the first hitter he faced to line into a double play. Tyler retired the side in order in the fifth inning to record his first save.
Offensive highlights included Tyler Dempsey reaching base five times; Rick Sisco scoring four runs; Matt LeVigne reaching base four times, including a triple; and Trent Sichelski reaching base safely during his first four plate appearances in the lead off spot. Connor Bartle hit into some tough luck with two line drives caught by the rightfielder before he tripled and singled during his last two plate appearances.
WARRIORS: 18 runs, 17 hits, 0 errors, 12 left on base
OAK LAWN: 6 runs, 8 hits, 3 errors, 5 left on base
2011 Chicagoland Tournament Champions & 2011 Lombard Tournament Champions!
