BIG TRAIN BEAT EXPRESS MONDAY 16-5

Box Score

It wasn't your typical low scoring summer college wooden bat league game at Knights Field on Monday afternoon. The Bethesda Big Train scored three runs in the top of the first inning and trailed 4-3 by inning's end. But the Big Train kept scoring and cruised to a 16-5 win over the Express with nine unearned runs courtesy of five Express errors. Every Big Train starter scored and all but one had a hit. Matt Long (Santa Clara) and Luke Adkins (Southern Mississippi) led the hit parade with three apiece. Starting pitcher Jimmy Saris (Georgetown) gave up a three run home run to Derek Mechling (Duquesne) in the first, but then settled in to complete six innings and leave with a 9-5 advantage. Brian Anderson (San Francisco) pitched three scoreless innings in relief. Mechling was 3-for-4 with a walk and four RBIs for Rockville.


Bethesda Big Train (16-9) 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 -- 16 15 0
Rockville Express (13-11) 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -- 5 12 5


WP: Saris (3-1)
LP: Smith (1-2)
HR: Mechling (RE)
3B: Pehrson (BBT)
2B: Cleckler (BBT), Dietz (BBT), Orloff (RE)
Attendance: 101
Time: 2 hours 44 minutes