Payne Lifts Warhawks to 6-3 Triumph
<Chris Payne:player#9983> left his imprint on the 6-3 <Illinois:team#74> win against the <Ontario Blue Pirates:team#77>. Payne, who finished 3rd in the FL in extra base hits with 75 in 2047, went 4 for 4 with a home run and 3 singles. He scored 3 runs. The winner was Illinois reliever <Horace O'Neill:player#7308>, now 1-1. The loser was <Freddy Santiago:player#9358>. Ontario's current losing streak is now 4 games.

Who knows how it might've ended, had it not been for <Pat Schmidt:player#9411>? The Illinois second baseman had a 2-run  single in the top of the sixth inning to put the Warhawks on top, 4-2. For the game, <Schmidt:player#9411> had 1 double and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"Good baseball players make you a smarter manager," said Illinois manager <Paul Nicholls:manager#44>.



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