Published: Monday, August 2, 2010
Merchants fall 7-0 to Mudcats in NBC World Series opener
WICHITA, Kan. -- Chillicothe right-hander Sean Potter pitched a five-hit shutout as the Mudcats defeated the Everett Merchants 7-0 on Sunday night in a first-round game of the National Baseball Congress World Series at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Potter struck out seven and walked one as the Mudcats improved their record to 29-16.
The Merchants, whose record fell to 30-12 with the loss, play a loser-out game against the Nevada Griffins of Missouri at 10:30 a.m. (CDT) today.
The Mudcats took charge of the game with four runs in the top of the second inning against Merchants' starting pitcher Nik Lubisich.
Chillicothe's Jared King -- who had three hits in the game -- and Mark Robinette opened the second inning with back-to-back singles. Both scored on a one-out single by Jake Brown to give the Mudcats a 2-0 lead. Brett Chamberlin singled and Louie Templeton followed with a two-run triple to increase Chillicothe's lead to 4-0.
Steve Martin and Brown singled to open the Mudcats' sixth inning. Following a sacrifice bunt, Martin scored on a one-out infield single by Templeton to give Chillicothe a 5-0 lead.
Chillicothe increased its lead to 6-0 in the seventh when King doubled, stole third base and scored on a throwing error by Lubisich.
The team from Missouri tacked on another run in the top of the ninth. Casey Solem tripled off Everett relief pitcher Tyler Levin and scored on a sacrifice fly by Josh McDorman to give the Mudcats a 7-0 lead.
Lubisich pitched eight innings for the Merchants, allowing six runs on 14 hits while striking out three and walking none. Andy Lyon had two of Everett's five hits.
Chillicothe 040 001 101 -- 7 14 1
Everett 000 000 000 -- 0 5 3
2B--J.King. 3B--L.Templeton, C.Solem. RBI--L.Templeton 3, J.Brown 2, J.McDorman. SF--J.McDorman. SB--L.Templeton, J.King. LOB--Mudcats 7, Merchants 5. S. Potter and B. Chamberlin. N. Lubisich, T. Levin (9) and D. Degamo. WP--Potter (1-0). LP--Lubisich (0-1).
T--1:41. A--3,309.
Potter struck out seven and walked one as the Mudcats improved their record to 29-16.
The Merchants, whose record fell to 30-12 with the loss, play a loser-out game against the Nevada Griffins of Missouri at 10:30 a.m. (CDT) today.
The Mudcats took charge of the game with four runs in the top of the second inning against Merchants' starting pitcher Nik Lubisich.
Chillicothe's Jared King -- who had three hits in the game -- and Mark Robinette opened the second inning with back-to-back singles. Both scored on a one-out single by Jake Brown to give the Mudcats a 2-0 lead. Brett Chamberlin singled and Louie Templeton followed with a two-run triple to increase Chillicothe's lead to 4-0.
Steve Martin and Brown singled to open the Mudcats' sixth inning. Following a sacrifice bunt, Martin scored on a one-out infield single by Templeton to give Chillicothe a 5-0 lead.
Chillicothe increased its lead to 6-0 in the seventh when King doubled, stole third base and scored on a throwing error by Lubisich.
The team from Missouri tacked on another run in the top of the ninth. Casey Solem tripled off Everett relief pitcher Tyler Levin and scored on a sacrifice fly by Josh McDorman to give the Mudcats a 7-0 lead.
Lubisich pitched eight innings for the Merchants, allowing six runs on 14 hits while striking out three and walking none. Andy Lyon had two of Everett's five hits.
Chillicothe 040 001 101 -- 7 14 1
Everett 000 000 000 -- 0 5 3
2B--J.King. 3B--L.Templeton, C.Solem. RBI--L.Templeton 3, J.Brown 2, J.McDorman. SF--J.McDorman. SB--L.Templeton, J.King. LOB--Mudcats 7, Merchants 5. S. Potter and B. Chamberlin. N. Lubisich, T. Levin (9) and D. Degamo. WP--Potter (1-0). LP--Lubisich (0-1).
T--1:41. A--3,309.
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