English Stars in 5-1 Bridegrooms Win
The home crowd had a good time watching the <Illinois Warhawks:team#74> and <Maryland Bridegrooms:team#76> get after it.

The <Maryland Bridegrooms:team#76> topped the <Illinois Warhawks:team#74> by the score of 5-1, with the largest share of the credit going to catcher <Rob English:player#654>. English was 3-4 with a home run and a double. He scored 2 times and drove in 4 for the Bridegrooms. Picking up the win was <Tim Gibson:player#7626>. He went 8.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits. The right--hander struck out 5 and walked 1.

Maryland took a 5-1 lead on English's 6th home run of the season. The 3-run  home run, which he hit off <Joel Ryan:player#2136> in the bottom of the eighth, propelled Maryland to the win.

"We played hard and won," said English. "Sometimes, baseball really is that easy.'

The losing streak for Illinois has now reached 5 games.



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