Rangers Records Fall in 19-6 Win

  Making up for an earlier 19-6 loss to the Outlaws in May, the Rangers turned the tables on the same team Sunday night and defeated the short-handed Outlaws by the same score 19-6.

  Infielder Jonmarc Lippincott and first baseman Joe Staten each broke Dayton Rangers records in the game. As the leadoff batter, Staten reached base in all six plate appearances (hit, HBP, 2 walks, ROE, FC) and scored a team-record six runs. Lippincott went 6-for-6 on the day including a triple and two doubles. No batter in Rangers history has had more than five hits in a game. Lippincott also scored four times and drove in five.

The Rangers sent Jacob Robinson to the hill to try and pick up his first win since Opening Day. Jacob fell behind early giving up a leadoff walk and back-to-back-to-back singles. Three fielding miscues, a walk, and a hit later, the Outlaws sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs in the bottom of the first to take a 6-3 lead. Robinson calmed down and only surrendered one more hit through seven innings of work. Jake finished with seven strikeouts. Jared Bradley and Jeremy Lippincott pitched the last two innings sneaking out of trouble to keep the Outlaws from scoring.

Clint Wolf and Brent Collinsworth each added four hits to the stat sheet. Collinsworth, after starting the season mired in a 1-for-17 slump, volunteered to take himself out of the lineup after ten games. The catcher has found new life in his approach and has gone 13-for-25 with four doubles since the benching.

NOTES: The Rangers finished with a season-high 26 hits. Brad Clark and Jeremy Lippincott were the other multi-hit performers. Jeremy added two doubles and three RBIs. The 1-5 hitters finished 15-for-26 on the day with 14 runs scored. Thirteen Rangers players had hits. The Rangers improved to 5-0 on the season when scoring first.