The visiting Pirates struck early against the Colonels Sunday afternoon at Clarksville. In the first, John Garcia, Mark Ferguson, Dustin Stover and Chris Gregory singled; John Denney walked; Brent Bonte reached on an error; with John G., Mark, Dustin and Chris scoring for a 4-0 Pirates' lead. Bobby Blair faced the minimum in the bottom of the first when he picked off a Colonel runner who had walked.
The Pirates scored six in the second, all after the first two Pirates were retied. John G. doubled; Jose Cubero singled; Mark reached on an error; Brent singled; Jackson Nave, Chris and John D. walked; and Brent singled to drive in two. Bobby added a single before the Colonels were able to retire the side.
A half inning later, the Colonels were able to advance a runner to second for the first time on a walk and a single.
Neither team scored in the third (John G. walked for the Pirates).
Dustin opened the fourth with a double and scored on Chris' triple. John D. drove him in with a single. The Pirates added three more to make make score 14 - 0 on a single by Brent; a walk to Bobby; Bill Keeling reaching on an error; and a single by David Stierle. The Colonels managed only a lone runner in the fourth on a walk.
In the fifth, Jose's triple scored John G. with Jose scoring on Mark's sacrifice fly. The Colonels pushed their second runner of the game to second base on a pair of walks but they failed to put a man across the plate as the Pirates posted their second straight complete game run rule victory, this time with Bobby picking up the win.
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