Lefty Dave Milner held the Orioles to six hits in five innings
Koji Ishid had two hits and two RBI for the Metros
by Joe DiBlasi
jdiblasi@digitalsports.com

The Gaithersburg Metros traveled to Baltimore on Tuesday night and they came to play.  The Metros had 14 runs and 14 hits against the under 15 Maryland Orioles, in a Mid-Atlantic Baseball Association game at Babe Ruth Field on the campus of Cardinal Gibbons, as they beat the home team 14-3.  It was the 17th win of the year  for the Metros against just five losses. 

Pitcher Steve Milner  (Quince Orchard) held the potent Oriole line-up to six hits.  Centerfielder Nick Riley (Gaithersburg), DH Steve Kinderman (Richard Montgomery), short-stop Joe Portney (Quince Orchard) and left-fielder Koji Ishid (Quince Orchard) all had two hits each for Gaithersburg.  Kinderman had a double and scored two runs, Ishid had two RBI.  

Zach Exler (Gaithersburg) had a triple and two RBI. and Chris Guerra had a triple and three RBI.

The Metros scored four in the first, four more in the second, and they tallied in all five innings in a game that ended on the ten-run rule after five complete.

League playoffs begin on Thursday.

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G    4   4   2   3   1       14    14    1
O    0   1   0   1   1         3     6     1
Milner and  Hartung;  Jacobs, Creech (3), McKay (4), Stalnaker (5) and Vail

WP- Milner  LP- Jacobs

2B-  G-Kinderman, Riley;   O- Creech
3B-  G-Guerra, Cullen, Exler