All Americans 4 Settlers 0

The All-Americans (2-2) shut out the Licking County Settlers (1-1) in Newark last night.

WP - Burny Mitchem (1-1) 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 9 K, 2 BB

LP - Zach Yike (0-1) 4 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 0 K

The story of the game was great Columbus pitching. Burny Mitchem absolutely dominated Licking County hitters for 5 innings; Balduf struck out 2 in 3 innings, and Mumaw struck out 2 in the 9th to finish the game.

The wind was blowing out to left last night, and Chris Klimko took full advantage of that, putting a ball over the left field wall in the 4th inning. The All-Americans banged out 10 hits, but as hard as they hit the ball, it could've been easily 15. Many hitters hit line drives right at outfielders. Luck tends to even out in baseball (though maybe not in a season as short as this), so all they can do it continue to hit the ball hard and hope there aren't any fielders in the area.

Zack Leonard went 2-5 with a double, his second of the season.

Chris Lewis had a hit and 2 walks (5 walks in games).

Chris Klimko had another hit in addition to his HR

Jeremy Wentworth had 2 hits, including a triple to left center

The All-Americans will host the Delaware Cows tonight at Bill Davis Stadium at 7 PM.

It might be a good idea to get to Bill Davis Stadium early today, because pitchers will be taking BP as a result of the shutout.