10-run fourth caps third straight win

Big Train 15, Express 3

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The Bethesda Big Train hung a ten spot on the scoreboard in the fourth inning Thursday night and cruised to a 15-3 victory over the Rockville Express in front of 519 fans. Bethesda took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning as Drew Carson (Southern Mississippi) and Bryan Thomas (Virginia Tech) launched balls to the scoreboard. Rockville got one back in the top of the third on a solo home run by RJ Brown (UC-Irvine). Bethesda extended its lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the third on consecutive singles by Greg Lemon (Salisbury), Rhett Teller (St. Leo), and Carson. Then the wheels fell off for Rockville as three Express errors and 6 Big Train hits plated 10 Bethesda runners in the bottom of the fourth. A run in the ninth completed the Big Train scoring. Rockville scored twice in the top of the ninth, but it was too little, too late. Big Train starting pitcher Kenny Moreland (Christopher Newport) picked up his second win of the young season, allowing just one run on three hits.

Rockville Express (4-7) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 -- 3 6 5
Bethesda Big Train (6-5) 0 3 1 10 0 0 0 1 - -- 15 15 2
WP: Moreland (2-1); LP: Tracy (0-2)
HR: Brown (RE)
2B: Carson (BBT); Thomas (BBT) Teller (BBT); Fay (BBT); Knoble (BBT)
Attendance: 519
Time: 2 hours, 44 minutes

Big Train Notes: Bryan Thomas (Virginia Tech) was 4-for-5 with 4 RBI Thursday night... Thursday was Slide Into a Good Book Night at Povich Field. Popular authors Fred Bowen, KidsPost's sports columnist, and Michelle Green, author of A Strong Right Arm, signed their books. Librarians were on hand to sign-up young readers for Montgomery County's summer reading program. Among the goodies given to those who sign-up is a free youth ticket to a Big Train game.