New Milford continues chapter 2 at home with a series against division rival Western Kansas.
Game 1: Weaver @ Kershaw
Weaver pitches 2 innings and takes an early exit due to injury. Mike Morin replaces him in the third and is greeted to a Peralta 2 out RBI single and Tulo 2 RBI double. 3-0 NM.
Blazers score 3 again in the 4th on a Carpenter RBI 3B, E1, and Peralta sac fly for a 6-0 NM advantage.
A Pollock 2 RBI single and Odor RBI single cut the Blazer lead to 6-3.
A Peralta RBI 3B in the 6th pad the Blazer lead, 7-3.
Top 9, Aaron Thompson can not handle a 4 run lead and lets 2 runners on to start the inning. A warmed up KRod comes on and gets the Buffaloes in order to preserve the Blazer 7-3 win.
WP Kershaw (6-2)
LP Morin (1-4)
S KRod (6)
Game 2: Kohler @ Iwakuma
Carpenter misses the cycle by a single with 2 HR and Raburn and Castro also go deep and Dietrich chips in with 4 RBI as Blazers win 19-6.
WP Iwakuma (4-1)
LP Kohler (2-4)
S Warren (2)
Game 3: Nuno @ Anderson
Buffs up 3-2 in the 6th when the wheels fall off of the N train (who had 8 K) as McCann, Maldanado and Carpenter HR in the frame for a 7-3 lead. A Choo HR in the 8th made it 8-3 and a Betts RBI single in the 8th followed by a McCann 2 RBI single lead the Blazers to an 11-3 win.
WP Anderson (5-2)
LP Nuno (0-2)
Game 4: Kennedy @ Quintana
A Dietrich 2 run bomb in the second stake New Milford to an early 2 run lead.
Top 4, Odor goes yard to cut the NM lead to 2-1.
Dietrich lines a 2 RBI 3B in the 5th to put New Milford up 4-1.
Top 9, KRod on to close it and it’s 1-2-3 good night for Western Kansas and New Milford completes the sweep 4-1.
WP Quintana (4-0)
LP Kennedy (0-3)
S KRod (7)
New Milford is 8-0 on the chapter and has won 12 straight. We are a ridiculous 20-2 at home and 28-8 overall winning 24 of the last 28 games.
New Milford bats 372/422/682 for the series and score 41 runs. (10.25 runs a game)
New Milford give up 12 ER in 36 IP for a 3.00 ERA