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Game 1: Kelly vs. Bieber * Rutschman finished off a 3-for-6 game with an RBI triple in the 11th inning that proved to be the winning tally in Bennett Run's 6-5 win. Rodriguez's sac fly in the bottom of the 9th tied the game at 3-3. Both teams scored 2 in the 10th, with Arenado hitting a 2- run homer for the Blizzard to keep the game alive. Rutschman also doubled and singled. Harper and Candelario had 2 hits and 2 runs each. Harper also walked twice. BR 001 010 100 21 - 6 13 0 SC 000 020 001 20 - 5 5 1 W: Cosgrove (1-0, 1.50). L: Iglesias. S: None. HR: Arenado, SC; Candelario, BR (1). Game 2: Bassitt vs. Wacha * Rutschman continued his hot start with a 2-run homer in the 4th and a pair of walks, scoring twice, as the Boilers took Game 2, 6-2. Bellinger homered, singled, and drove in 2, and Lowe made rare contact, homering. Lowe has fanned 17 times in 29 ABs so far in 8 games. Freeman's homer in the 6th got the Blizzard on the board. Polanco homered in the 8th, but that was it. Yelich had 3 hits. BR 000 302 010 - 6 5 0 SC 000 001 010 - 2 7 0 W: Bassitt (2-0, 1.29). L: Wacha. S: Armstrong (1, 3.38). HR: Rutschman, BR (1); Lowe, BR (1); Bellinger, BR (2); Freeman, SC; Polanco, SC. Game 3: Strider vs. Gray * Harper hit a 2-run HR in the 5th inning to make it 3-0 Boilers and the lead barely stood up as Bennett Run won, 3-2. Harper also scored in the 1st after doubling, coming home on a Bellinger single. Bogaerts singled home a run in the 8th to make it 3-2, and Friedl reached on a HBP in the 9th, but that was all as Hamilton closed the door. Freeman doubled twice - both homers taken away by Gray's H. SC 000 001 010 - 2 6 0 BR 100 020 00x - 3 4 1 W: Gray (1-1, 4.22). L: Strider. S: Hamilton (1, 1.35). HR: Harper, BR (2). Game 4: Cole vs. Assad * Almost lifted after 5 innings, Assad hadn't allowed a run and was given 1 more batter, then another, then another. Until 2 outs in the 9th, when Paredes flied out to left and the rookie had finished off a 3-hit shutout, with 2 walks and 10 strikeouts, including 4 Ks in the last 7 batters he faced. Rutschman broke open a 1-0 game in the 8th with a 3- run homer. Hoerner led off the game with a homer. SC 000 000 000 - 0 3 0 BR 100 000 03x - 4 4 0 W: Assad (1-1, 3.00). L: Cole. S: None. HR: Hoerner, BR (1); Rutschman, BR (2). Series Notes: * Bennett Run improved to 5-3, despite hitting .169 as a team. * The 2-spot in the Blizzard order (Nootbar/Friedl) went 0-for-16, with a walk, HBP, and 6 Ks. * Rutschman went 6-for-15, with 7 RBIs, 2 runs, a 2B, a 3B, 2 HRs, and 3 BBs. He has a 1.152 OPS through 8 games. * In 8 Boilers games so far, there have been 151 total strikeouts (80 by BR batters; 71 by BR pitchers). * Bennett Run is 11-for-11 on stolen bases this season. Boilermakers 4-0 Blizzard