Braves reach perfect 10

The unbeaten Braves picked up their 10th win by defeating the Mets,

10-7, in Majors Division play at Robinwood Little League.

Kevin Powers and Todd Locken shared pitching duties, with Powers

picking up his third win of the season. Locken finished with eight

strikeouts in three innings, which included striking out the side in the

fourth and fifth innings.

Ryan Olson delivered the big hit in the fourth inning with a bases

loaded double that scored three runs. Olson had an RBI single earlier in

the game. Kevin Radle, Powers and Locken had two hits apiece.

The Braves added an insurance run in the top of the sixth inning when

Keegan Grebe, who singled, was sacrificed to second base on Kyle

Sutheimer’s well-executed bunt, and scored on D.J. Huber’s RBI single.

It was the second game between the two teams in a four day span, with

the Braves routing the Mets, 17-2, in the first meeting. The Braves

racked up 18 hits and scored six runs in the first and fifth innings.

Powers, Radle and Locken each collected three hits and were responsible

for eight RBI and nine runs scored. Grebe, Huber and Mark Potter each had

two hits. Potter made a great running catch to end the fifth inning.

Powers nabbed another win behind three strong innings of scoreless ball.