VCA Baseball Defeats East Chicago Central 14-3

East Chicago, IN - The Victory Christian Academy Lions improved to 4-1 with a solid 14-3 win over the East Chicago Central Cardinals on Tuesday night.

The Lions were once again led offensively by Justin Reisinger, who had four hits including a three-run home run in the top of the first inning.  Calvin Reisinger contributed three hits and two RBIs.  Austin Thomas and Jon Walker added two hits and two runs each.

Austin Thomas evened his record at 1-1, pitching five innings, striking out five while only allowing one run.  Evan Longhi pitched the final inning allowing 2 runs on no hits, striking out two and walking two.

The Lions next play Saturday, April 16 at the Hammond Academy of Science and Technology in a double header starting at 10 AM.

VCA Lions (14) at East Chicago Central Cardinals (3)

VCA              AB  R  H BI SO BB   East Chicago  AB  R  H BI SO BB
C Reisinger cf    5  1  3  2  0  0   Garcia cf      2  0  0  0  1  0
Thomas p          5  2  2  1  2  0    Fernandez     1  0  0  0  0  0
J Reisinger ss    5  4  4  3  0  0   SRodreguez 2b  1  0  0  0  0  0
NSchrader 2b      4  1  1  2  1  0    Clarke 2b     1  2  1  0  0  1
Guess lf          4  2  1  0  0  0   Pena 3b        2  0  0  0  0  0
Walker c          4  2  2  0  0  0    Saeliz        1  1  0  0  1  0
Longhi 2b-p       3  1  0  0  2  1   Gonzalez 1b    2  0  2  1  0  0
Stover dh         4  0  1  1  2  0    Bufford       0  0  0  0  0  1
 McNamara pr      0  1  0  0  0  0   Zakarias p     2  0  1  0  0  0
Duey 3b           2  0  1  0  0  0    Rosado        1  0  0  0  1  0
 LSchrader ph     1  0  0  0  1  0   Colon ss       1  0  0  0  0  0
                                      LRodriguez    1  0  0  0  1  0
                                     Quiroga c      2  0  0  0  1  0
                                     Maloahado lf   1  0  0  0  1  0
                                      Becerra       1  0  0  0  1  0
                                     Perez rf       2  0  0  0  0  0
Totals           37 14 15  9  8  1                 21  3  7  5  7  2

VCA   3 0 5 1 1 4 - 14
ECC   0 0 0 1 0 2 -  3

2b - Thomas
3b - 
HR - JReisinger
LOB - VCA 7, ECC 2
SB - JReisinger 4, NSchrader, Guess, Walker, Longhi, Clarke 2
E - ECC 5
PB - Walker 2

VCA                  IP  H  R ER BB SO HR  PC-ST
Thomas     (W, 1-1) 5.0  4  1  1  0  5  0  64-39
Longhi              1.0  0  2  2  2  2  0  27-13

ECC                  IP  H  R ER BB SO HR  PC-ST
Zakarias (L)        3.0  7  8  5  0  3  1  57-41
Perez               3.0  8  6  5  1  5  0  73-47

WP - Longhi 5, Perez 1
HBP - 


Scoring Summary:
Lions (1st) - JReisinger homered to left, CReisinger and Thomas scored. (Lions 3, Cardinals 0)
Lions (3rd) - NSchrader singled, Thomas scored. (Lions 4, Cardinals 0)
Lions (3rd) - Guess hit into fielders choice, NSchrader and JReisinger scored on throwing error. (Lions 6, Cardinals 0)
Lions (3rd) - Stover singled, Guess scored. (Lions 7, Cardinals 0)
Lions (3rd) - CReisinger singled, Walker scored. (Lions 8, Cardinals 0)
Lions (4th) - NSchrader grounds out to short, JReisinger scores. (Lions 9, Cardinals 0)
Lions (5th) - CReisinger singles, Longhi scores. (Lions 10, Cardinals 0)
Cardinals (5th) - DGonzales singles, Clarke scores. (Lions 10, Cardinals 1)
Lions (6th) - JReisinger scores on passed ball. (Lions 11, Cardinals 1)
Lions (6th) - Stover grounds into fielders choice, Guess and Walker score on throwing error. (Lions 13, Cardinals 1)
Lions (6th) - Thomas singles, McNamara scores. (Lions 14, Cardinals 1)
Cardinals (6th) - Clarke scores on wild pitch. (Lions 14, Cardinals 2)
Cardinals (6th) - Saeliz scores on wild pitch. (Lions 14, Cardinals 3)