Tinley Park won the coin toss, but chose to be the away team in an usual move. The lead off hitter of the game singled, but was promptly picked off by Matt Carroll. The Bulldogs scored after its #3 hitter tripled and later scored on an infield error.
The Warriors tied the game in the bottom of the frame when Rick Sisco tripled to deep rightfield to score Matt LeVigne with two outs in the inning. The Warriors left two runners stranded in the inning.
Matt Carroll retired the Bulldogs quickly in the second inning. The Warriors took the lead in the bottom of the inning when Matt Carroll doubled down the rightfield line and later scored on a triple to deep leftfield by Steve Sismelich.
Tinley Park tied the game in the top of the third inning with two singles to centerfield and a walk. But, the Bulldogs left two runners stranded when Matt Carroll struck out the final batter of the inning.
The Warriors scored seven runs in the bottom of the inning with three extra base hits--doubles by Connor Bartle and Matt Olinksi and a two run homer by Tyler Dempsey. Steve Sismelich also drove in two runs with a single to rightfield in the inning. The Warriors would never trail again in this one.
Trent Sichelski pitched the final two innings of the game. Trent held the Bulldogs scoreless for the remainder of the game. He continues to throw strikes and his velocity is improving with each outing.
The Warriors scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning when Tyler Dempsey hit his second consecutive homerun with Rick Sisco on base. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Matt LeVigne hit a walk-off homerun to leftfield as the Warriors went ahead by 10 runs in the fifth inning. The mercy rule was applied for the third time in three pool play games.
