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Laratta and Rascals defeat Wild Things 3-1

August 8, 2003 - Frontier League (FL)
Washington Wild Things News Release


Washington, PA—The Washington Wild Things, presented by Washington Federal Savings Bank, lost to the River City Rascals 3-2 in front of the 18th consecutive sellout crowd (3,738) at Falconi Field Friday evening.

The Wild Things got on the scoreboard first in a bizarre fashion. Matt Rollins was nearly picked off of first by E.J. Laratta. Jay Coakley proceeded to score on a fielder's choice after breaking to the plate on the pickoff attempt. Rollins went on to second—but the threat ended.

The Rascals went in front 2-1 in the third. Corey Jager singled to right field, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by Aiello. Brian Weiss plated Jager with a double to tie the score. Weiss scored to put the Rascals in front 2-1 on a sacrifice fly by Josh Ury. The Rascals made it 3-1 in the in the seventh inning. Chris Klosterman singled and went to second on a brilliant sacrifice by Joe Kalczynski. Matthew Gecan then singled home Klosterman to increase the Rascal lead to 3-1.

The Wild Things scored in the eighth to make it 3-2—but their rally fell short. Blake Woods led off the inning with a triple and scored on a single by Josh Loggins. Kelly Johnson then earned the save by retiring the last five Washington hitters.

Laratta earned the victory with 7 1/3 innings to pick up win number two on the season. Aiello took the loss--Aiello is now 4-3.

The Wild Things will begin a two game series Saturday against Mid-Missouri. The game will be televised by Fox Sports Pittsburgh. The Wild Things will pay tribute to Elvis throughout the game. Game time is 4:35 p.m.

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