The Battle Jacks Respond with Dominant 14-8 Win Over Rivets

ROCKFORD, IL — The Battle Creek Battle Jacks turned in one of their most complete performance of the season on Monday night, defeating the Rockford Rivets 14-8 one day after falling to the Rivets in the series opener on Sunday.

The Battle Jacks got the bats going early in the contest, scoring a run in the top of the first on

Thomas Cooper’s RBI single. This was foreshadowing for a great night to come as solid pitching and hitting powered Battle Creek to victory.

Craig Kabat had a solid outing on the mound, pitching five innings, giving up only three hits, and striking out six.

The bats stayed silent on both ends before the Battle Jacks erupted for five in the fourth inning. The Battle Jacks chased starting pitcher Caden Vogt, while also getting to George Gouriotis in the same inning.

RBI’s from Thomas Cooper, AJ Lucas, Jacob Schott, Brendan Thompson, and Christian Lopez blew the game wide open as the Battle Jacks cruised to a 6-0 lead. 

The sixth inning saw scoring on both ends of the plate, but with the Battle Jacks doing most of the damage, adding six more runs to their score, with lots of players contributing to the scoring as they soared out to a 12-0 lead. The Rivets came back in the bottom half of the inning, scoring three to narrow the lead to 12-3; however, this proved not to be enough as the Battle Jacks kept on rolling as the game went on.

The Battle Jacks added to the lead in the eighth inning as Brady LaViolette and Brendan Thompson pulled the Jacks out to a 14-3 lead. 

The Rivets showed some fight in the final inning of the game scoring five to close the game to narrow the lead down to six as they trailed 14-8.

Battle Creek finished the night with 15 hits and three errors.

The Battle Jacks are back in action on Tuesday as they head back home for a four game homestand hosting the Traverse City Pit Spitters and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters.