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TOO MANY WALKED IN THE PARK TUESDAY
Box Score
On Tuesday afternoon, the Maryland Redbirds earned their first victory of the season and handed the Big Train its first loss of the season, 6-3. The Redbirds got clutch hits in two big innings that ultimately doomed the Train and ended the win streak. The first rally came in the bottom of the fourth inning when Redbirds shortstop, Brian Schweers (Virginia Wesleyan) led off with a base hit off Big Train starting pitcher, Evan Frederickson (Virginia Tech). The Big Train starter walked the next three batters to force in one run. After striking out the next batter, the Redbirds catcher, Nachion Moore (Radford) smacked a line drive double into right-center field that cleared the bases and put the Redbirds up 4-0.
The Big Train answered with one run in the top of the fifth after shortstop Steven Leach (Jacksonville State), who went 3-4, RBI, and a run scored, started the inning off with a single and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by second baseman, Cory Lane (UNC-Charlotte). The rest of the Big Train scoring came in the sixth on an RBI double by right fielder Luke Adkins (Southern Mississippi) and an RBI single by Leach. But it wasn’t enough as the Redbirds extended their lead with two runs off relief pitcher Austin Hinkle (Coastal Carolina) in the sixth. After the game Manager Sal Colangelo spoke with the team. “I told them from day one that if they throw strikes that 90% of the time we will the ballgame, but the Redbirds played well and they cashed in on our mistakes. They deserved to win.” Combined, Big Train pitchers allowed eight walks and gave up five hits. Dan Oleynik (Salisbury) picked up the win for the Redbirds, allowing just two earned runs in six innings of work.
Bethesda Big Train (3-1) 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -- 3 8 1
Maryland Redbirds (1-3) 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 x -- 6 5 0
WP: Oleynik (1-0)
LP: Frederickson (0-1)
Save: Zaccaria (1)
2B: Moore (MR); Adkins (BBT)
Attendance: 52
Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes
Big Train Notes: The Big Train played as the visiting team as the game had been postponed from Monday because of wet field conditions at Bachman Park. The Big Train will look to start a new win streak Wednesday night when they host the Bombers from College Park at 7:30 p.m. at Povich Field. Righthander Robby Smithson (Lipscomb) will take the mound for the Big Train.
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