Magnolia Wins Big Over Mercer Island 10-2

A strong defiant Magnolia team beat a play-off bound Mercer Island team with a huge, clutch second inning explosion.

Stuart Fairchild was rolling and on top of his game from the mound. Stuart threw five innings gave up just four hits and struck out seven.

MBC borrowed a page from the 116 win Mariner team, Two Outs, So What. Nine of MBC’s ten runs came with two outs.

Campbell Queen led the second inning off with a single up the middle. Stuart Fairchild hit a grounder to short, but hustled up the line to prevent a double play (a key part of the inning). Back to back hits by Jimmy Sheldrup and Peter Rakita made the score 2-1 and after a strike out it looked like the rally had lost it momentum. But MBC was not done yet. Spencer Hogger, Ben Thomson, Nick Reeves and Tino Peleti all posted hits and the runs kept coming. Campbell Queen finished what he started when he stroked ANOTHER two RBI hit to cap off MBC’s best inning of the year.

In the fourth inning, again with two outs, Nick Reeves singled and scored on Tino Peleti’s booming triple.

In the fifth MBC needed two runs to mercy rule end the game. Stuart Fairchild singled and Peter Rakita was hit by a pitch. AGAIN with two outs, Andrew Kennedy singled and after a walk to Spencer Hogger, Ben Thomson hit a screaming walk off single to end the game.