Bridegrooms Turn Back Ontario, 6-5
The <Maryland Bridegrooms:team#76> took <Ontario:team#77> pitcher <Geoffrey McCluskey:player#4109>'s best shot and still were able to claim a win at Farmers Market Stadium. The final score had Maryland getting past the Blue Pirates, 6-5. McCluskey went 6 innings and allowed 1 run, striking out 11. <Joe Dalton:player#3877>, the winning pitcher, improved to 1-1. He pitched 7 innings, giving up 9 hits and 2 runs, while striking out 2 and walking 6. The loss puts Ontario at 9-4.

Maryland used the timely hitting of <Ken Gardner:player#5170> to seize the win. The pinch hitter stroked a run-scoring  single in the top of the seventh inning to put the Bridegrooms on top, 3-2. It was his only hit in 1 at-bat, but it was a game-changer.

"Winning the game is always the first objective," Gardner said.



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