No Fooling-Red Devils Beat #10 Brother Rice!

NO FOOLING-RED DEVILS BEAT #10 BROTHER RICE!

John Spacapan took the mound for the Red Devils against Brother Rice on a warm but windy April Fools day! He wasn’t fooling as he went 4 strong innings in the outing allowing 4 runs on 4 hits with 5 walks, 1 hit batter and 2 punch-outs.

Central struck first as Jack Hellwig, Alex Tufano and Pat Foley walked to load the bases and Matt Sliter took one for the team to put the Red Devils ahead 1-0.

The Crusaders loaded up the bases in the bottom of the first but Spacapan got the batter to fly out to end the threat.

In the second, Jacques Camalick drew a walk, Hellwig singled and Anderson reached on a drop third strike. Tufano reached on an error allowing Camalick and Hellwig to score. Foley singled to plate Anderson and put Central up 4-0. The Crusaders put 3 on the board in the bottom of the 2nd to pull within 1 run.

In the 3rd, Peter Marquardt reached on an error, stole 2nd and scored on an RBI double by Hellwig. The Crusaders also plated 1 in the 3rd.

Will Pahos came on in relief in the 5th. Hellwig led off the 6th with a single, Mac Burridge walked and Anderson doubled scoring Hellwig and Burridge crossed home plate on a mis-played ball in right field. Sliter torched a double to left center field plating Anderson and giving Central an 8-4 lead.

Brother Rice loaded the bases in the bottom of the 6th but Central turned a double play to end the inning. Pahos finished off the Crusaders in the 7th for the win.

In 3 innings of work, Pahos didn’t allow a run on 1 hit with 2 walks and 4 punchouts.
It was a strong performance by the Red Devils pitching staff along with solid defense.