Raiders, start your engines! Sputter sputter. That's how we started today. We spotted the Warriors four runs in the first on a series of bloopers and bleeders, and answered with: 0 runs. It looked like it was going to be a long, hot day.
But after holding off the opposition in the second and third, we erupted for three in the third and five in the fourth to take our first lead at 9-5. Mike Smith had a booming double in the third and Chris Hernandez had a very sweet slicing opposite field triple in the fourth. In the mean time we stepped up the defense. Todd Evans made a great stop on an Anthony Paschal liner and threw out the speedster in the fourth.
Mike Mooney was the Game MVP. He made a running catch and a diving catch in the fifth to keep the Warriors from catching up. He also was 3-3 with two doubles and shared the game RBI lead with Gino Ilacqua and Jim Dietrich, the last two batters in the lineup. It's a good sign when the bottom of the order produces runs. Of note, Dietrich had two RBIs ON A GROUNDOUT in the third.
The Warriors never quit and had a five run sixth to get within a run, but the bottom of the order came through again in the seventh with a five spot. Hernandez shut the door with three shutout innings at the end of the game (including a swinging strikeout) and the outcome was not in doubt. Evans helped by turning an 11U-3 double play in the eighth.
Jay Sankey, Evans, Mooney, and Smith had three hits and most of the others had two and everyone had at least a single hit.
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