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Despite Rocky Start, Five O's Overcome Blue Sox 13-6
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Things did not start off well for Oconomowoc in the top of the 1st when they squared up with the Brookfield Blue Sox at home in LOL action. After retiring the first two batters, Paul Archambault reached on an error for Brookfield which was followed by four walks and three hits. When all was said and done, Brookfield sent 11 batters to the plate and Oconomowoc was down 6-0 before even coming to bat. If Oconomowoc was affected, you wouldn't know it. Newcomer Matt Huffaker led off the bottom of the 1st with a single to left, which would be the first of his four hits on the day. Luke Nelson followed with a double and Jeff Rhoads then followed with a triple. A past ball on the first pitch scored Rhoads from third and Oconomowoc had three of the runs back before making an out. They added one more in the bottom of the 1st to put the score at 6-4. The story of the day for Oconomowoc on the mound was Chris Fischer who came in to relieve starter Serg Medina with two outs in the top of the first. Fischer, making his Five O's debut, went on to throw 3 2/3 scoreless innings, keeping Oconomowoc in the game and allowing them to battle back and eventually earning the win. Oconomowoc got one more run back in the bottom of the third to make the score 6-5 after a lead off walk to Mike Mitchell who scored on a double to left by Mike Bolson. In the bottom of the 4th, Oconomowoc took the lead with four more runs and never looked back. Matt led off with a single followed by a double by Luke Nelson. Back-to-back-to-back singles by Jeff Rhoads, Derek Nelson and Mike Mitchell tacked on two more runs and Steve Rhoads drove in the final run of the inning with a sac fly. The Five O's added three insurance runs in the 5th and one more in the 7th to put the final at 13-6.
On the mound for Oconomowoc, Serg Medina went 2/3 of an inning giving up 6 runs (0 earned) on 2 hits while walking 4 and striking out 1. Chris Fischer got the win going 3 2/3 innings allowing 0 runs while scattering 4 hits with 5 walks and 1 strike out. Mike Bolson came in and threw 2 2/3 solid innings allowing 0 runs on 3 hits while walking 1 and striking out 3. Luke Nelson closed out the game for Oconomowoc going 2 innings giving up 0 runs on 1 hit while talking 2 striking out 1 and hitting 1 batter. Johnny Arnold took the loss for Brookfield.
At the plate Oconomowoc was led by Matt Huffaker and Luke Nelson. Matt made his Five O's debut a memorable one going 4 for 6 with a double and 3 runs scored. Luke was 4 for 5 with 3 doubles and 3 RBIs. Jeff Rhoads and Mike Mitchell had 3 hits each.
The win puts Oconomowoc at 3-0 in the LOL West. After their first Tri County game was rained out, they will now open the Tri County season on Wednesday against Kewaskum (at Watertown) before returning to LOL action for a double header weekend at Sussex (2-1) on Saturday at 2:00 pm and at Hartland (1-3) on Sunday at 1:00 pm.
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| Brookfield | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 10 | 2 | | Five Os | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | | 13 | 19 | 2 |
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Season Stats
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