On a cold night at Faulkner Park, a typical Faulkner game ensued, lots of hits, errors and runs....the team that kicked the final field goal would win this one. After both starters, Jim Mallette for the Mudd, and Adam Oattes for the Brewers easily got through the first inning with no damage, the Mudd jumped all over the Brewers with a 7 run 2nd inning. the inning was hi-lighted by a walk, a hit by pitch, 2 Brewer errors and 6 hits including a 2 RBI single by Mark Elliott, an RBI single by Brian Medeiros, and then a 3 RBI bases loaded clearing double by Reid Purdy. The Brewers then also got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd with an RBI double by Tony Carbonetti and then consecutive sac fly's by Chris Ivany and Jon Zywicki to make the score 7-3. Oattes then settled down and put down all 6 batters he faced in the 3rd and 4th, while the Brewer bats suddenly exploded with 9 runs in the 3rd and 4th. The Brewers put up 4 of these runs in the 3rd taking advantage of a number of Mudd errors and RBI singles from Craig Chaput and Scott Tunis and another sac fly from Ivany. The 5 runs the Brewers put up in the 4th were courtesy of RBI singles by Jason Krottner, Chaput, and Matt Battig, a sac fly from Zywicki again and an RBI double from Carbonetti again. This left the score at 12-7 for the Brewers thru 4 innings. The Mudd did not roll over though as they struck back with 2 runs in the 5th taking advantage of 4 Brewer errors. The Brwers then struck with 4 more runs of their own in the 5th taking advantage of some more Mudd errors and RBI doubles from Chaput and Tunis. The scoring mercifully ended in the top of the 7th off of reliever Battig as the Mudd scored 2 but could not score any more as the Brewers squeezed out a 16-11 win.
Player of the Game : Craig Chaput - 3/3, double, walk, 4 runs scored,
3 RBI.
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