Selects vs. Kings
Monday, May 27, 2013
The Selects struck early and held on for a 5-3 win over the Kings Monday night, improving to 3-0 on the season. In the top of the first inning, Kevin Ryrie stroked a leadoff single and the Kings misplayed Shayne Riepert's sacrifice bunt, leaving runners at second and third with nobody out. After Mike Brown was walked to load the bases, Chad Fink was hit by a pitch, cashing Ryrie. Dan Clark followed with a fielder's choice that scored Riepert and Brown came in to count when the throw to first was wide on the attempted double play, giving the Selects an early 3-0 lead.
The Kings cut the lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the first, when Zack Wagner reached on an error and came in to score on a Matt McLaren single. After stranding three runners in scoring position over the next two frames, the Selects increased their lead to 4-1 in the top of the fourth. Ryrie notched another leadoff single and scored on a rip to right off the bat of Riepert.
For a while, that looked like more than enough support for Selects' starter Chad Fink, who had allowed just one hit through four innings while striking out eight. The Kings got to him in the bottom of the fifth, however, scoring twice to chase Fink from the game. Despite walking a pair to load the bases, Riepert closed the door with a strikeout and an inning-ending grounder to short. Ryrie yet again led off with a single in the top of the sixth and came in to count with an insurance run on Fink's two-out RBI single, giving the Selects a 5-3 lead they would not relinquish.
Ryrie paced the offense, going 3-4 and scoring three runs, while Fink had a 2-3 night and notched two RBIs to give him a team-leading seven through just three games. In his KFL debut, Mike Boshart went 1-3 with a triple and provided solid defense in left field. The Selects are back at it next week against a pair of division rivals, the also undefeated Diamond Jaxx (2-0) on Tuesday night and the Bulldogs (1-2) on Wednesday.
MVP: Kevin Ryrie, C