CH2: MINERS SPLIT WITH RYKE

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     Mookie Betts ( 438/500/1.063) Steals Home / Miners Salvage Split 

Mookie Betts stole home plate and cranked out 3 home runs and knocked in 7 runs as the Miners split with the Akron Ryke.  The Ryke entered Chapter 2 with the second ranked team in the BDBL.  Jose Iglesias ( 471/500/882) also delivered a solo shot and 3 RBIs during the series.
Jesse Chavez picked up 2 wins and a save while striking out 8 and walking 1.  

Akron had a couple of all star performances.  Rookie Ron Acuna ( 311/393/589) stroked 2 dingers and drove in 5.  Catcher Wil Ramos ( 293/333/862) cranked out 2 shots and drove in 7.

Game 1:
Joplin: 4-7-2
Akron: 5-7-0
WP: Mychel Givens (2-2)
LP: Jesse Chavez ( 5-2)

Akron knocked out Chris Sale by taking a 4-0 lead in the 4th.  Acuna launched a 2 run rocket in the 1st and Ramos and Dahl each hit run scoring doubles.  Joplin fought back with a Peralta Sacrifice Fly in the 2nd,  Betts RBI single and Freeman's run scoring ground out in the 8th and Broxton's sacrifice fly in the 9th.  

Starling Marte hit a walk off HR off of Jesse Chavez in the 9th for a 5-4 Ryche win. 

Game 2:
Joplin: 11-16-3
Akron: 8-13-0
WP: Jesse Chavez ( 6-2)
LP:  Trevor Williams ( 7-2)

Miners used a 7 run second and held off a furious Ryke rally to pick up the win.
In that inning, Peralta homered, Pinder singled, Inciarte tripled, Morton singled, Santana doubled, Betts singled, Freeman singled and Betts stole home on a double steal.

Akron scored 6 runs before Iglesias homered to make it 8-6 in the 5th and the Miners extended the lead to 11-6 in the 6th on run scoring hits from Betts (HR), Peralta (2B), and Iglesias (1B).
Charlie Morton was removed from the game in the 4th with a sore arm but Jesse Chavez shutout Akron for 3 innings to pick up the win.

Game 3:
Joplin: 3-5-0
Akron: 7-13-0
WP: Jose Quintana ( 5-2)
LP:  Mashi Tanaka ( 3-4)
Save: Josh Hader (7)

Wilson Ramos launched a 3 run rocket and Joey Wendle singled in another run to give Akron a 4-0 lead after 3 innings.  The teams traded home runs for the rest of the game.  Freddie Freeman, Ron Acuna, Chad Pinder and Wolten Wong all went yard which accounted for the 7-3 Akron win.

Game 4:
Joplin: 6-11-1
Akron: 5-11-0
WP: Jesse Chavez (7-2)
LP:  Robbie Ray (2-1)
Save: Chris Sale (1)

Mookie Betts hit 2 home runs and drove in 4 runs as the Miners outlasted the Ryke.
Chris Sale pitched the last 2 innings to pick up his first save.

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