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The Warriors were retired quickly through the first three innings. Just one hitter, Tyler Dempsey, reached base when he legged out an infield hit.
In the meantime, Steve Sismelich was impressive as the Warriors' starting pitcher. Steve held a hard hitting Frankfort Square team scoreless through three innings. He scattered just three hits and struck out four hitters.
The Warriors would not reach base again until the sixth inning. It was one of those nights when every well hit ball (and there weren't many) was hit at someone. Connor Bartle's line drive directly at the rightfielder in the fifth inning was one of those hard hit balls.
Frankfort Square scored four runs in the fourth inning on three hits and three walks. Hitters shortened their swings against the fastball and placed singles between the Warriors' infielders and outfielders.
Matt Olinski reached base to start the Warriors' sixth inning with a walk. Matt Carroll then beat out an infield hit before Jason Enguita singled to rightfield to score the only Warriors' run of the night. The Warriors left the bases loaded when the inning ended on a ground out to the third baseman.
Matt Olinski made his pitching debut for the Warriors in the bottom of the fifth inning. He retired the side in order. But, with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning, the batter drove a triple to deep leftfield to clear the bases. Frankfort Square's 7-1 lead ended up being the final score.
Rick Sisco reached base in the top of the seventh inning on a single to centerfield. This was only the fourth hit for the Warriors in the game. But, the game was called with Matt Olinski at the plate when lightning strikes came too close to the field. Given the minimum 20 minute waiting period and the fact that the field did not have lights, the approaching storm ended the game.
The Warriors suffered its first defeat of the season. However, this was the team's strongest opponent to date. There's an adjustment period for our hitters as they face stronger pitchers. The more we can play better opponents like Frankfort Square, the better. This will be one of the teams that will be participating in the upcoming Memorial Weekend Tournament.
