Warhawks Topple Resonance, 7-1, as Byrd Shines
Getting a good performance from catcher <Dan Byrd:player#7124>, the <Illinois Warhawks:team#74> defeated the <Washington Resonance:team#91>, 7-1. Byrd was 2 for 4 with a home run and a walk, while adding 5 RBI and scoring once for the Warhawks. <Randy Dickson:player#3055>, the winning pitcher, is now 9-14. He went 8 innings, allowing 1 run on 9 hits, while fanning 2 and walking 0. Illinois, at 63-83, holds down 4th place in the Frontier League East.

Illinois used the timely hitting of <Samuel Kent:player#9886> to seize the win. The center fielder stroked a run-scoring  single in the top of the seventh inning to put the Warhawks on top, 2-1. It was his only hit in 4 at-bats, but it was a game-changer.

"We take it day by day here," said Kent, "and today was a good one for us."



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