LOCOS WIN FIRST EXHIBITION
By TODD WALKER
toddwalker@clearchannel.com
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SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP -- The Lima Locos played the first of three exhibition games Tuesday night, posting an 11-3 win over the Allen Express at Shawnee Field. As has been the practice the last several years, Head Coach Rob Livchak used 5 pitchers, who combined to strike out 12 batters.

Matt Bischoff (Purdue), the reigning Big 10 Freshman Pitcher of the Year, started and threw two scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts. Tyler Gatrell, J.R. Peck, Casey Ingel all pitched 2 innings as well, with Adam Quinn striking out the side in the ninth to finish things off.

Offensively the Locos scored 4 in the fifth and 5 in the eighth. Tom Howard’s (Central Michigan) two-run double keyed the fifth inning outburst and the Locos put things away in the eighth with a two-run double by James Teas (Central Michigan), a run scoring triple by Danny Jones (Shawnee H.S./Marietta), and a two-run home run from The University of Kentucky’s Keenan Wiley. Teas was 3 for 3 overall, while Wiley was 2 for 2 with a walk and 3 RBI to go with the lone long-ball of the game.

The Locos roster features many players who have demonstrated the ability to steal bases and that showed last night with the team posting a total of 9 SB’S, led by CF Eric Moore’s (Montevallo) three thefts.

The Locos are back in exhibition action tonight at Shawnee Field taking on the Lima Legion Post 96 team (4-0) at 7 p.m.