The Cicero Rattlers took on the Sports Zone 15u White team on Saturday afternoon in the Sports Center arena.
This was a rematch of a close game the two teams played a month ago. In that contest, the Rattlers regained their lead in the closing seconds thanks to a walk off single by Ethan Matthews.
The Rattlers came out strong in this game, putting up 4 runs in the first inning and another 3 in the second inning.
Sports Zone was able to bring in 3 runs in the second, but trailed the entire game. They brought in another 3-runs in the 6th inning to bring the score to 10-6, Rattlers. The game would end with a Rattlers 13-6 win.
Lucas Thelen, Daniel Capp, Nicholas Capece and Ethan Matthews each had 5 hits on the day, followed by Kenton “KJ” Cochran (4), Sean Bombard (3), Jacob Sadowski (2) and Evan Rumpel (2).
Ethan Matthews notched himself the only homerun of the night for Cicero. Matthews has 2 homeruns through the first 5 games.
Thelen, Capp, Capece and Cochran each scored 3 runs for the Rattlers, with Matthews scoring one.
Highlight plays for the Rattlers:
- Ethan Matthews homerun.
- Head’s up play by Matthews at 1st base by making the play and then throwing to 2B for a double-play.
- Great play by Thelen, running from the short stop position to 2nd base for the grab and throw to 1B for an out.
- Nice scoop at 1B by Matthews of a Capece throw from 3B.
- Solid play from Daniel Capp who made a nice throw from center field to 2nd base for an out.
MVP for this game: Ethan Matthews, who notched a homerun and made a number of nice plays on defense.
Team quote for this game: “The more you play, the luckier you’ll get”