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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