Challengers sweep Devils with 15-6 win

The Challengers struggled early on, but then walked away with a convincing 15-6 win over the Wil Devils in Game 2 of Sunday's night doubleheader.

After being shut out in the first contest, the Devils came out more determined and scored two early runs off spot starter Eidrys Reyes in the first inning.

Reyes surrendered a double, a single and a hit-by-pitch in the opening frame, but settled down afterwards. After pitching a 1-2-3 second inning, the only runner he allowed in the third frame got erased on an unassisted double play by second baseman Francisco Colindres.

An RBI-double by Simeon was the last run Reyes gave up before being lifted for Thomas Burger to start the fifth inning.

Burger didn't find his groove and walked two batters, hit one with a pitch and also surrendered a single, forcing manager Chris Palatinus to take him out after just having faced six batters, and the Challengers' lead down to 6-4.

In came Robert Sedin to strike out Scheuber for the final out of the inning. He went on to pitch the remaining four innings, allowing two more runs on four hits and a hit-by-pitch, and also striking out nine batters to pick up his sixth win of the season.

Thomas Blank led the offense with four hits, including his fourth double of the season, Sedin added a double and two hits, Bryan Shemley had four hits in six at-bats, and Jesus Martinez collected a season-high four RBI.

Game notes
Blank had exactly four hits in a game for the first time in his career, the most since getting five in a game against the Zurich Barracudas on July 5, 2011. He also collected his 100th career RBI with his RBI-double in the sixth inning. …Shemley tied his career high with four hits, the first time he did it since August 28, 2010 against the Therwil Flyers. …Martinez tied his career high with four RBI, last time achieved against the Wil Devils on May 3, 2008. With his three-run double in the ninth inning, he broke the 100 RBI-mark for his career. …Burger's double in the eighth inning was the first of his career. …The Challengers set a new single-game record by getting hit by pitches six times.