2021 Season Opener

The Rochester Warriors begin their Championship campaign with an opening day matchup against the rival Rochester Rampage at the infamous Mayo Field.

Despite the rainy conditions, crappy field conditions, and multiple rain/storm delays, we did get this game in, completing the five innings needed to complete it.

In a back and forth game, the Warriors found themselves in a 3-0 hole early, but clawed their way back with a great offensive performance, eventually taking the lead midway through the 2nd inning, where we hung a 4 spot in the 2nd inning. Rampage did creep back in to the game, tying the game late in the 5th, but the potent Warrior offense walked it off in the top of the 5th inning, sealing the victory 6-5 in a rain shortened 5 inning battle.

Chris Weiseman took the bump as the opening day starter, he struggled at first giving up 3 early runs, but kept the Rampage bats in check after the first inning. He ended the day with 5 Runs, 4 Earned, 8 hits, 4 K's and 3 BB's. He did pickup the win in the effort.

The bats struck early, we put up 1 in the first inning, followed by a massive 4-run 2nd inning that put the Warriors in the lead, resulting in the victory. Warriors ended with 6 runs on 8 hits, including a walk-off base knock by Jeff Cargill in the top half of the 5th with 2 outs in the game to seal the 'W'. Jeff Cargill and Nick Nelson led the Warrior offensive onslaught, both accumulating 2 hits, and each driving in a run and scoring once. Tyler Beck, in his first game back in 2 years, knocks a 2 RBI, bases clearing gap single to start the scoring attack. Besides Cargill, Beck, and Nelson; Dan Fitzsimmons had an RBI and a big single, and Kanen Hudson drove in a run with an attentive eye, walking with the bases loaded to score a run. Last year's league and team MVP Chris Weisman went an unusual 0-2, walking once and grounded into a double play. And the GOAT, Shane Howard also struggled at the plate, striking out and failing to record a hit.

The Warriors win a sloppy battle in the rain to move to 1-0, sit atop the standings and move closer to the championship game. Final 6-5.