July 8 2012 The Mountaineers defeated the Desert Flamesmen 11-7 after building an early advantage and answering a late challenge. Mountaineers pitchers held Desert scoreless in the first three innings while their offense scored once in the second and third innings, then added three runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh. Mountaineers finished with 13 hits and no errors, while the Flamesmen had nine hits and committed four errors.
Desert Flamesmen rallied with three runs in the fourth inning and four in the eighth, but could not close the gap. The Mountaineers led 8-3 after five innings and 11-3 entering the eighth before the Flamesmens four-run response. Mountaineers hitters also produced two home runs, by D. Pembroke and J. Venya, along with doubles from J. Fabry, A. Newell, R. Taylor and C. Johnson.
J. Fabry collected two hits and drove in two runs for the Mountaineers. Pembroke homered and had two RBI, while Venya scored twice and added a home run and an RBI. Taylor had a double and an RBI, and A. Newell contributed a double and two RBI.
Deserts S. Rinaudo went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and an RBI. C. Brown hit a two-run homer, B. Bell had two hits including a home run and an RBI, and E. Kohli added a home run and two RBI.
Nathan Johnson was credited with the win after pitching one scoreless inning with three strikeouts, while
Brett Kennedy took the loss for Desert.
