post game: All Americans 9 Cows 1

The All Americans (21-11) beat the Delaware Cows (20-13) by a score of 9-1 on Friday at Bill Davis Stadium.

WP - Jake Hale (3-2) - 7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K

LP - Doug Stevens (1-3) - 4 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Dean Anna was 1-2 with 2 runs scored

Justin Rogers was 2-5 with 4 rbi

Erich Diedrich was 2-4 with 2 rbi

as usual, jake hale gave columbus a chance to win, going 7 innings without giving up a run...the all americans were on base pretty frequently again on friday, as they had 10 hits...columbus knocked out delaware starter doug stevens with 5 hits and 3 runs in 4 innings ...the relief pitchers for delaware didn't fare much better as they both gave up 3 runs, although there were a few unearned runs in there as the cows made 5 errors...good job by columbus to take advantage of errors...the all americans are now 3 games back of Lima in the standings

stat update:
erich diedrich is batting .366 with 4 home runs and 24 rbi and a 1.058 OPS...he leads the team in all those categories
justin rogers is OPSing .840

jake hale has a fantastic 1.39 ERA and 1.19 WHIP in 32.1 IP...he also leads the team with 26 strikeouts
adam samson has a 1.93 ERA and a WHIP barely over 1 in 28 IP...he has 23 strikeouts...opponents are batting under .200 against him
quinn haselhorst has a 2.03 ERA and a WHIP slightly under 1 in 31 IP...he also has 23 strikeouts
brad stillings has a 2.53 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP in 21.1 IP...he has 21 strikeouts

reid lamport still has not given up a run in 14 IP (although he did allow an inherited runner to score)...he has 14 strikeouts
josh vollmer has allowed 1 ER in 8.1 IP and has 7 strikeouts

the all americans' team ERA is 2.73, which is the best in the league
they are 4th in runs scored and 2nd in runs allowed