TRAIN ROLLS PAST ORIOLES BACK INTO FIRST PLACE
Box Score

A standing-room-only crowd, a perfect night for baseball, and first place on the line. The Big Train bats came through, hanging a six spot on the scoreboard in the first inning and romping to a 15-5 win over Youse's Orioles on Saturday night at Povich Field. Corey Lane (UNC-Charlotte) singled to start the bottom of the first, but Daniel Cropper (UNC-Wilmington), last week's CRSL Pitcher of the Week, struck out the next two Bethesda batters. Then the fun began. Preston Pehrson (Texas) ripped a double to score Lane. Luke Adkins (Southern Mississippi) walked. Steven Leach (Jacksonville State) singled to load the bases. Adam Plummer (Pitt-Johnstown) singled home Pehrson and Adkins, and Josh Dietz (Bowling Green) hit a towering home run over the right field fence. Advantage Bethesda, 6-0.



Big Train starting pitcher Evan Frederickson (Virginia Tech) pitched four scoreless innings with seven strikeouts before giving up a three run home run to Vincent Difazio (Alabama) in the fifth. Frederickson turned the ball and a 9-3 lead to reliever Robby Smithson (Lipscomb) who pitched two and two-thirds innings of scoreless ball before allowing two runs. The Big Train hung another six spot on the board in the sixth thanks in part to two Orioles errors. Alex Pepe (Florida Atlantic) got the last four outs to nail down the victory. Lane and Leach each had three hits; Plummer and Dietz each had three RBIs. Every Big Train starter scored.


Youse's Orioles (13-8) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 -- 5 8 1
Bethesda Big Train (14-8) 6 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 x -- 15 16 0


WP: Frederickson (2-1)
LP: Cropper (1-1)
HR: Dietz (BBT), Difazio (YMO), Long (BBT)
3B: Lane (BBT)
2B: Pehrson (BBT), McClanahan (YMO), Adkins (two) (BBT), Leach (BBT)
Attendance: 848
Time: Two hours and 45 minutes


Big Train Notes: Saturday night's crowd of 848 was the season's high... the Big Train raffle came just a long-arm shy of $500 at $491... The three Montgomery County-based CRSL teams all won on Saturday... Saturday night was Orioles Bird Night, with the Bird returning to Povich Field for the eighth straight year. Chick-fil-A was in the house. Our sponsor Hopkins & Porter Construction presented a $5,000 check to Montgomery County Habitat for Humanity.