This game was not as close as it appears. Late runs by the Tigers made a comfortable win close. The Dawgs got off to a hot start putting up 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st. Eric Hughes lead off with a grounder to 3rd and reached on error then stole second. Scott Duncan hit a one out single up the middle scoring Eric from second. Matt Hills reached on an error by the 1st basemane putting runners at 2nd and 3rd. Eric Schweiger stroked a single to left plating 2 runs. After one, Austin 3, Travis 0. Travis got their only run off of starter Scott Duncan when 3rd baseman Thurman knocked one over the wall in left.
The score remained 3-1 until the bottom of the 5th. Matt Hills stepped to the plate with one out and did his thing! Blaaammm, there she goes. Homerun deep left. That makes 3 for Matt. Eric Schweiger then drew a walk and stole second. Luke got Eric home with a infield single. That made the socre Bulldogs 5, Tigers 1. Tayler Rammrath came in to pitch the 6th in relief. The teams traded runs in the 6th inning. The Tigers rally in the seventh came up short as Clint got the last 2 outs of the game.
Offensive highlights:
· LF Claton Wall and RF Eric Schweiger both went 2 for 3, Matt Hills
homerun.
· RF Eric Schweiger 3 RBI's
Pitching highlights:
· Scott Duncan5 innings, 5K, 4H, 0BB 1ER
· Tayler Rammrath 1 - 1/3innings, 2K, 4H, 0BB 4ER
· Clint VanTilborg 2/3 innings, 1K, 0H, 0BB, 0ER
Score by inning:
| 0 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| Travis | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
Austin |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
4 |
Submitted by; Donald Russell