Rangers Lose Game 2 at AIA

  The Rangers offensive woes continued into game two of their double header on Sunday, losing to the Springfield Indians 8-4.

      The Rangers got on the board first on an RBI single from Jonmarc Lippincott that plated Jared Bradley, who singled earlier in the first inning. The Indians answered with two runs of their own. Joey Herren tripled off the right field fence, scoring Danny Colella with the first run. Phil Beach followed up with an RBI single to left. Herren added a sacrifice fly in the third to give the Tribe a 3-1 lead. The Rangers added one run back in the fourth as Clint Wolf tripled and scored on a groundout by Lippincott.

      The Indians scored three times in the bottom of the fourth and twice in the bottom of the sixth. Brad Clark’s sac fly in the sixth put the score at 8-3 in favor of the Tribe. The Rangers picked up their final run in the eighth inning. Bradley singled and Wolf singled. Lippincott’s grounder to third scored Bradley with the fourth and final run of the game.

  Reis Pearson took the loss, snapping a three-game winning streak. Matt Hood pitched three scoreless innings of relief.

      Notable offensive notes: Jonmarc Lippincott 1-for-3 3RBI; Clint Wolf 3-for-4 2B, 3B, 2 runs, SB; Jared Bradley 2-for-4 2 runs; James Robinson 2-for-4.

      Notable defensive notes: Catcher Shane Fallen threw out five base stealers on the day.