CTABL

Recap

Expos squeak by the Rockville Royals 3-2 in another epic battle between these two opponents.  Greg Kraucunas and Joe Turcotte combined to just out-pitch the Royals Shane Legare and Bill Riggieri.  17 Royals and 18 Expos went down on strikes on the day.  Offensively for the Expos, Leo Davila got things started with a single, stolen base and a run scored in the top of the first, on a double by Greg Kraucunas helping his own cause.  Kraucunas also helped the Expos put a two run lead on the board with a single with two outs and later scoring to end the day 2-3.  Joe Turcotte scored the winning run, reaching base on a two base error, stealing third, followed by George Platsis’ RBI single in the top of the 9th.  For the Royals, Jay Botti got the score within 2-1 in the top of the 4th, reaching on an error and later scoring on a close play at the plate on a wild pitch.  Dan Copes was clutch in the bottom of the 7th to tie the game with a solid single scoring Josh Svoboda who worked a hard fought walk.  Junior Antonelli went 1-3 and Shane Legare reached base twice.