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The Warriors failed to score in the first inning despite getting two hits in the inning. After the Panthers' lead off hitter drew a walk, he was caught stealing as Jason Enguita fired the ball to Steve Sismelich for the out. Jason played an outstanding game--throwing out two runners on steal attempts and fielding two high foul fly balls behind the plate. Matt Carroll then retired the next two hitters to end the inning.
Matt LeVigne led off the top of the second inning with a double to deep leftfield. This was Matt's third double of the season. He reached third base with one out, but the Warriors once again failed to score in the inning.
The Panthers lead off hitter in the second inning once again reached base, but was promptly picked off by Matt Carroll. The next hitter doubled to leftfield. But, Matt retired the next three hitters to hold Oswego scoreless in the inning.
The Warriors finally scored a run in the third inning as a result of two Oswego errors. Then, the Panthers took the lead in the bottom of the third inning on three hits and a walk. Owego led 3-1 after three complete innings of play.
The Warriors scored a run in the top of the fourth to close the gap to one run. After the first two hitters of the inning were retired, Matt LeVigne legged out an infield hit. Connor Bartle singled to centerfield. And, Jim Robley singled to center to score Matt.
Connor Bartle pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the Warriors and did not allow a hit. Connor picked up his sixth win of the season as the Warriors scored three runs to take the lead in the top of the fifth--and would never trail again in this game.
Zac Zavod singled to start the fifth inning. Rick Sisco then singled to rightfield. Matt Carroll laid down a perfect bunt down the third base line for another hit. Tyler Dempsey lined a single to leftfield to score Matt. The Warriors now led 5-3.
After the Panthers failed to score in the bottom of the frame, the Warriors broke the game wide open with 10 runs in the top of the sixth inning. Steve Sismelich singled to leftfield on a ball that took a wild hop over the shortstop's glove to drive home two of the runs. Steve now appears on the leaderboard with 16 RBI for the season...not bad for a lead off hitter! Jason Enguita also drove in two runs with a base hit to center. Jason is now ranked second on the team with 26 RBI. His batting average has improved to .500--also ranked second on the squad. Connor Bartle also drove in two runs in the inning. Connor now appears on the leaderboard with 16 RBI for the season.
Zac Zavod was unhittable in the bottom of the sixth inning. He struck out two hitters before the final batter of the game tapped a ground out to the shortstop. The game was called after six innings due to the slaughter rule.
