INDIANS
WIN ON ROAD
After two recent
games which were cancelled on Sunday and
Monday evenings, the Alvinston Indians
finally got back to work on Wednesday
evening in Glanworth. The Indians sent Jeff
Lyons to the mound, and he received lots of
offensive support on route to a victory for
both himself and the Alvinston Indians.
The game was
scoreless through two innings, but Alvinston
finally counted in the top of the third
inning, when they manufactured 5 runs. Joe
Triest walked, Jamie Shields singled, and
Jeff Lyons walked to load the bases. Aaron
Stocking reached base via a fielder's
choice, but J. Triest was putout at home
plate. With one out, Eric Hyatt singled to
score Shields and Lyons. Ryan Chapman then
followed, and clubbed a triple into the gap,
scoring both Stocking and Hyatt. Brad
Cooper then hit a sacrifice fly to score
Chapman, and the fifth run of the inning.
The Indians added 2 more runs in the fourth
inning. Joe Triest walked again, and
Shields singled again, putting runners on
first and second with no one out. A
groundout by Jeff Lyons advanced the runners
to second and third, and a 2 run RBI single
by Stocking plated both J. Triest and
Shields, for a 7-0 lead.
The Gators would
respond with a run of their own in the
bottom of the fourth, and in the fifth, the
Indians failed to get the offence clicking.
It was however in the sixth inning, when the
Indians put an exclamation point on the
game, ensuring their victory. J. Lyons and
Stocking both reached base via a walk, and
Hyatt collected his third, fourth, and fifth
RBI's on the evening, when he smacked a
towering three run home run. Chapman then
walked, and Cooper singled for the Indians
to start another rally, and Steve Lyons
reached base on an infield single to load
the bases. Andy Triest reached base via a
fielder's choice, but was able to score
Chapman to collect an RBI. J. Triest then
followed with a sharp, line-drive, RBI
single to plate S. Lyons, and Shields stung
another single, his third of the evening, to
plate A. Triest, for the thirteenth run of
the evening for the Indians. Glanworth was
able to score one in the bottom fo
the sixth, when Kyle Kreiger crushed a 3-0
offering over the centre field fence, for a
solo homerun.
The Indians
pounded out 13 hits, and reached base via
the free pass on 8 occasions. Shields was
3/5 for the Indians, Hyatt was 2/4, S. Lyons
was 2/4, Chapman was 2/3, and Cooper was
1/2. Hyatt's five RBI's were a career high
for the veteran Indians outfielder. J.
Lyons was the winning pitcher in the game,
tossing 6 innings, with 2 earned runs, 6
walks, and 2 hits allowed in the contest.
The final score
was Alvinston 13, Glanworth 2. Alvinston
will host the Springfield Brewers tomorrow
evening at 8:00pm on home turf, where they
hope to improve upon their 11-2 record on
the season.