Hot MBC Wins Game Two of 4th of July Tourney

Same score, same results, different hero's, MBC wins again against the Capital City Halos.

MBC fell behind 1-0 early, tied it, fell behind 3-1, tied it and fell behind 4-3 before exploding in the fifth to put the game away.

Crafty John Peterson pitched five strong innings bending slightly but never giving in. His grit and determination kept MBC close the entire way. After MBC took the lead in the fifth Jake Hawken came in for a two inning close for the save.

Jake's arm also made a giant play early in the contest. With a their lead off man on first the Halos put on a hit and run. The batter hit a ground ball to third and the base runner kept on running to try to take third. Jake threw a laser beam strike to Keenan Heller to just nab the runner for a double play.

MBC score in the third when Nick Reeves led off with a single. Nick stole second and took third on a wild pitch. After two were out and he looked to be stranded, Mitchell Smith rocked a solid single to score him.

In the fourth a lead -off walk to Spencer Hogger was followed by a mammoth double by Tino Peliti. Tino then scored on David Becker's single.

In the sixth Coach Cougan pulled out his crystal ball to predict good things for the MBC team. After a walk to Keenan the Halos recorded two quick outs. While Spencer Hogger was at the plate Coach Cougan told Stuart Fairchild to "get ready, Spence is getting on and they are going to walk Tino". Sure enough the Halo pitcher plunked Spencer, and would not throw a ball near Tino bringing Stuart up with the bases loaded. Stuart then showed the Halos why he bats behind Tino by driving a ball all the way to the left-center fence to score all three runners.

Jake Hawken then made quick work of the remaining Halos with a two run lead. Jake struck out four in his two innings and brought home the win.