Some teams turn their hats inside out, others try to use the power of the Rally Monkey to make a late inning comeback. The St. Thomas Optimist Mosquito Cardinals did it the old fashioned way with timely hits, and good at bats in the top of the seventh inning. The end result, a four run inning, and a 9-7 comeback road win in Sarnia.
With just nine players, the coaching staff had no idea how this game would turn out. After giving up four hits, and four runs in the first inning, the boys looked they were going to suffer the same fate as a week earlier when the Braves mercied them in St. Thomas. But it wasn't to be.
The Cards responded with four of their own in the second and were right back in tied at four. The hosts would eventually take a two run lead into the top half of the final inning. That's when some solid play, and a little luck provided the big comeback inning.
Logan Mosher started it off with a single up the middle, and Silas Hulst followed with a walk. After a fielder's choice, Trevor Loebach delivered an RBI Single to right, scoring one, and moved the tying run to third. Colin Weir would scamper home on a wild pitch to tie the game. After Jackson Lale walked two runners were in scoring position when they caught a break. The Braves got a strikeout, but after it was dropped, the catcher threw it down the right field line allowing both Loebach and Lale to score.
Jamie Noviss finished off his third solid inning of work to close out a 9-7 thrilling win. Noviss needed just 32 pitches to get through the 5th, 6th and 7th, and retired the final seven hitters he faced for the victory. Make it 2 straight wins for the Cards who face Dorchester Saturday Morning.