The Battalion, still sour after last year’s final, faced off with the Nepean Brewers for the second time this season. Battalion sent their ERA leader in Charlie Crabb to the mound the faceoff against Adam Oattes, who was making his season debut.

The Battalion have been nothing but inconsistent over their brief 3 year existence, and Thursday night was no different. After scoring 10 runs on 14 hits the previous night, the offence was enemic on Thursday.

The Battalion could only muster 5 hits all game, with only one runner reaching second base all game. That came in the 10th (yes 10th!! inning).

Crabb was dominant from the start, also only allowing 1 base runner past 2nd until the bottom of the 10th

In what seemed like the longest quickest game in NCBL history, both pitchers breezed through the first 7 innings without much trouble.

Geoff Magnus replaced Oattes on the mound to start the 7th and promptly went 3 up, 3 down.

Crabb on the other hand, had to work through some trouble in the 7th. In classic Battalion fashion, the leadoff hitter reached 2nd on a double error. Crabb was able to bare down and get the next 3 hitters to force extra innings.

Each pitcher shared a 3 up, 3 down 8th inning.

Steve Renaud led off the 9th with a single before being advanced to 2nd on a sacrifice bunt by Matt MacIntyre. Renaud was the first base runner to advance past first all night.

After not being able to score Renaud, the Brewers made quick work of scoring a run in the bottom half. Tim Feren ultimately put the Battalion out of their misery, hitting a walk off single for a final score of 1-0 in 10 innings.

The game marked the longest in Battalion history.

Next up for the Battalion is the NitaBeer Panthers on Sunday

WP: Magnus (2-0)
LP: Crabb (2-1)