Rangers Earn First Miami Division Win

The Rangers used just enough defense and just enough hitting to knock off the Warren County Shockers 9-3 on Saturday night, May 15 at AIA.

The Rangers scored in the bottom of the first as Clint Wolf connected on an inside-out swing that hit off the right field foul pole for a solo home run. The Rangers made it 3-0 in the second as Jelani Arnold’s sac fly scored Jonmarc Lippincott, and Jake Kingsolver came around on a bobbled throw. Two more Rangers runs plated in the fourth as Jason Sarver picked up his first career hit and RBI with an infield single that scored Jonmarc. Jelani Arnold came around to score on an errant throw.

   The Shockers got on the board in the fifth as the first two hitters reached on infield errors. Chris Kuhn and Ryan Diehl would drive those runners in to cut the Rangers lead to 5-2. The Rangers got one run back in the bottom of the fifth as Clint Wolf doubled for the second at-bat in a row to score Steve Marshall. The Rangers got two runs in the sixth on a pair of dropped fly balls and an infield throwing error, sandwiched in between an RBI groundout by Lippincott. A passed ball plated a Shockers’ run in the seventh to make it a 8-3 ballgame., The Rangers’ final tally came in the bottom of the eighth as Lippincott’s infield single scored Ben Schooler.

Jonathan Silverman picked up his second win of the season pitching 8 innings, allowing 3 unearned runs while striking out six.

Offensive highlights: Clint Wolf 3-for-4, HR, 2 doubles, 2RBI; Jonmarc Lippincott 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2RBI, BB; Jason Sarver 2-for-3, RBI; Jelani Arnold 1-for-2, double, sac, RBI.

Historical Notes: Jonmarc recorded his 300^th run scored in the league on Jelani’s sac fly in the second inning. Jonmarc is 9 RBI shy of 300 RBIs in the league. James is 1 RBI shy of 100 for his career. Jelani is 6 runs shy of 100 runs scored in the league. Jake Kingsolver needs two more official at-bats for 500 career ABs.