Two Run Triple by Jesse Duncan in 5th Keys Rally

Team Rainey bounced back after their loss to the defending champions, the Farm Tavern of Madison, Wisconsin, with a 6-2 win over the Texaco Pirates of the Bahamas. Pitcher Bricklen Anderson tossed a 9-strikeout 2 hitter for Rainey. The Bahamas squad struck first, scoring two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Rainey rallied in the top of the fifth, scoring three times to take the lead, one that they would not surrender enroute to the 6-2 win.

Rod Rainey got things started in the fifth when he reached on an error. Chris Hunt followed with a double, sending pinch runner Walushka to third. A ground ball fielders’s choice by Joel Manfredi brought home the first run, with Hunt advancing to third. With runners at the corners and two outs After the second out was recorded, Mr. Clutch, Jesse Duncan tripled home the tying and go-ahead runs.

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Team Rainey plays again this morning, Thursday, August 14th against Circle Tap of Denmark, Wisconsin. Rainey is currently 2-1, and will need to win three games on Thursday to stay alive in the double elimination event. Should they win their first two games, they would face local rival, the So Cal Bombers at 10pm Central time tonight.

So Cal Bombers 7, Midland Explorers 0. Bombers now 2-0 at the ISC World Tournament at Kimberly, Wisconsin.

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Darren Box keyed a 5 run second for the Bombers with a home run. Robbie O’Brien drove in two runs in the win for the Bombers, with veteran Marty Grant picking up the win. Peeples and Mata also pitched in the contest.

The Bombers will play one of the tournament favorites next, Patsy’s of New York. Patsy’s recently won the ASA Major National Tournament at Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Team Rainey won their opener at the ISC World Tournament Sunday, a 2-1 victory over the Kegel Black Knights of Fargo, North Dakota. Pitcher Sebastian Gervasutti was dominant in the game, striking out 18 batters. Rainey won the game in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the seventh inning. With the score tied, Chris Hunt doubled, and came home to score the game winner on a pinch hit single by Josh Tisdale.

The game was reminiscent of the opener that Team Rainey played in the 2006 ISC World Tournament — in which they beat the same Kegal Black Knights. In that game, it was Sebastian Gervasutti picking up the win, and Chris Hunt homering to power the offense.

Rainey’s win earned them the honors of playing the defending ISC World Tournament Champions, The Farm Tavern of Madison, Wisconsin in their next game, at 7 pm on Tuesday night.

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