If anyone needed a win, a big play or just something that went his way, it was Tom Monte. Monte provided the lone RBI in the first great pitching duel of the season. Rob Rubenstien, Jake Rainwater and Joe Olarra stymed Abe Kim's squad, pitching a shutout to win 1-0.
Monte composed his squad of three aces in Rubenstein, Rainwater and Olarra with Max Rubin as the 5th player on the team.
The league leader in wins, Kim, rounded out his staff with lefties Raphi Reichman, Dylan Kessler and the crafty righty, Tony Olarra. Abe also selected Omar Cham.
Kim pitched a scoreless first which was followed by Rubenstein, who continued his scoreless inning streak, now at 6 innings. Reichman and Rainwater matched zeros in the second to keep the game scoreless.
Finally in the third inning with Rubenstein on base, J. Olarra smacked a booming double off T. Olarra to the alley in left center. With second and third, Monte roped a single to right field that plated the first and only run of the game. The rest of the game would be dominated by pitching.
Rubenstein ran into some trouble in the 4th but got T. Olarra to pop out with the bases loaded as Rubenstein made a running one handed catch. Both teams managed little offense as hitters struggled with the new field location of Johnson Park. Rubenstein just missed a home run, after whacking a ball to left-center that fell inches short of being a home run.
T. Olarra again had the bases loaded in the seventh but Rubenstein blew a fastball by him. Olarra had a chance to redeem himself when he came up as the game winning run in the ninth. But it would not be his day as J. Olarra took care of him on 3 pitches to pick up the save.
Rainwater picked up his first win pitching 3 perfect innings while striking out 5. Rubenstein continued his dominance on the mound with 3 scoreless innings to increase his scoreless inning streak to 8.
Monte: 1
Kim: 0
Box Score
W: Jake Rainwater (1-0)
L: Tony Olarra (0-1)
S: Joe Olarra (1)
HR: None
RBI: Monte 1(3)
4 years ago
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