David Sexton ran things on the
field on an overcast, moderately comfortable Sunday that saw his Reds stomp a mud hole in the Blue while he walked the
puddle dry. Sexton pitched a complete game that included a shutout going into the 8th inning. Two runs got on
the board for Cupboard in that inning thanks to a run scored by Mickey Brown on Buzzy Favazza's RBI single and Kevin Sears'
RBI single that scored Favazza for Cupboard.
Sexton gave up only seven hits on the day and recorded five
Ks on the day to include an effective 5th inning where he struck out the side. Sexton further helped himself at the
plate by going 2 for 4 with a ribbie and three runs scored. He found some help from John DiGiacomo who went 4 for 6
on the day with two RBIs and three runs scored. They were further helped by Jerry Weaver's 3 runs on a 1 for 4 day and
Mike Tollison's three RBIs on a 2 for 3 day at the plate.
Sears took the mound for the Blue in his first start in
several years and first mound appearance in over a year. Sears, also, gave up only seven hits. The bad part was
that he had nine runs score on him through some base on balls and errors. In the 6th inning, Paul Baioni came on to
relieve and quickly gave up five runs which pretty much put the game out of reach. He was spelled in the eighth inning
by Johnny Houghton's HDL pitching debut where four runs scored on only one hit. After shaking off the jitters, Houghton
should have a better showing in his next outing.
Sears and Baioni had very little help on offense but rookie
Bill Hill remained steady going 2 for 4 with a stolen base and Todd Gilreath was 2 for 3 on the day with a triple.
Sexton demands the win and Sears suffers a brutal loss.
This weekend the Reds host the Gold.
