On another beautiful night at the A-diamond in Schenectady, the Cubs overpowered the Peppers 19-4, in 5 innings.

The Cubs used 23 hits (9 of which were doubles) to put 19 runs on the board against 4 Peppers pitchers.
All of the Cubs 12 batters had at least one hit, and all but 2 scored at least one run.
Hot-hitting rookies, Marc Lochner and PJ Martone led the way with 3 hits each.
Paul Miles, Ron Lochner, Mike Girard, Ralph Caputo, Jim McQuade, Bob Coffey, and Kevin Jackson all had two hits each.
Girard, Caputo, McQuade, and Martone had 2 doubles each.
Dave Mitchell and Marc Lochner had 3 RBI's each.

Meanwhile 3 Cubs pitchers, scattered 4 singles over the 5 innings, giving up 4 unearned runs.
Ralph Caputo pitched the first 2 innings, giving up 3 unearned runs on 3 singles, while the Cubs defense was committing 5 errors behind him.
Scott Ross pitched innings 3 and 4, allowing 0 runs on just one single, walking none and striking out 4 (to get the win).
Jim McQuade mopped up in the 5th, giving up an unearned run on no hits and 1 walk.

Vinnie Koster, Herb Carter, Mike Hart and Tom Japour had the 4 hits that the Peppers were able to manage.

Next up for the Cubs is the expansion Pirates, at New Scotland, on Thursday, June 7th.

Next up for the Peppers is the Nolan Propane Cardinals on Monday, June 4th, at the American Legion Field.

Good luck to Mike Hart and his Red Hot Peppers the rest of the way.



-- Edited by mgirard11 on Wednesday 30th of May 2018 08:36:58 AM