Rangers Take Advantage of Panthers D, 13-3

  The Dayton Rangers took advantage of a porous Panthers defense and smacked six doubles en route to a 13-3 victory on Sunday, June 8.

Jacob Robinson continued his dominance of the Dayton Panthers, improving his record against the Panthers to 3-0 lifetime. Jake improved to 3-1 on the season with 8 2/3 innings pitched, allowing four hits and striking out 8.

The Rangers jumped out early in the bottom of the first with 3 unearned runs. Clint Wolf reached on a fielding error, stole second, and came around to score on Brad Clark’s two-out double. Jeremy Lippincott’s check-swing single plated Clark for the second run. Reis Pearson, who reached as a result of a right kneecap beaning, scored on a wild pitch. The Panthers’ Chris Hall scored on a fielder’s choice in the third to cut the Rangers lead to 3-1.

The Rangers scored 10 runs in the fifth through seventh innings with the help of 7 fielding miscues by the Panthers infield. The fifth inning started off with a tomahawk-chop double to right field off the bat of Jacob Robinson, who promptly scored on Jonmarc Lippincott’s double to right-center. Reis Pearson and Joe Staten also had RBI doubles in the frame. RBIs from Jonmarc Lippincott and Aaron Armstrong padded the Rangers lead to 10-1 after six. The Panthers got two runs back in the top of the seventh with the help of leadoff doubles by Doc Hayes and Taylor Hause. James Robinson and Shane Fallen singled amongst four throwing errors to contribute to the final three runs of the game.

Offensive highlights: Jacob Robinson 2-4, 2 doubles; Joe Staten 2-4 double, RBI; Jonmarc Lippincott 1-3, double, 2RBI, 2BB; Brad Clark 1-5, double, 2 runs, 2RBI.

Historical note: Jake’s scoreless inning streak against the Panthers stopped at 18. Jake is 11 strikeouts away from 5^th place on the all-time MVABL leaderboard. Jeremy Lippincott is 1 RBI shy of 100 for his career.