One day after picking up their first victory of the season, the Braves travelled to East Troy and defeated the Express and improved their season mark to (2-3). "We goff a big-fime efforff ouf of Phil Hochmouff", said skipper Matt Zickert, looking like a stick of dynamite just exploded in his mouth. Yes they did! Hochmuth, in a complete game effort, yeilded only one, unearned run, in his first Land O'Lakes victory.

The Braves struck in the top of the first when Todd Chingway singled in Matt Padron. They added two more in the third, when Scott Hueckman and Brandon Ring had RBI singles, and another in the fourth when Billy Owens drove in Eric Broom with a single.

But the story of the day was Hochmuth's mastery over the Express. He kept the hitter off balance all afternoon allowing only six hit, all singles. "Hopefully we can carry these efforts over into next week", said Todd Chingway, reffering to the weekend's two big wins.

The day concluded with Hochmuth awarding a game ball to Zickert. "A toughness award"! Well deserved.

Braves           AB R H RBI W K     Express       AB R H RBI W K  
Heiting ss        5 0 0 0   0 0     Wilson ss      5 1 0 0   0 0
Padron lf         3 2 0 0   1 0     Fidler lf      4 0 2 0   0 0
Owens 2b          4 0 2 2   0 0     Salopek c      4 0 1 0   0 0
Hueckman 3b       4 1 1 1   0 1     KWenzel cf     3 0 0 0   0 1  
Chingway c        4 0 1 0   0 1     -Luebke        1 0 0 0   0 1
Ring 1b           4 0 1 1   0 1     CWenzel 2b     3 0 0 0   0 0
Meyers cf         4 0 2 0   0 1     -Myslewski     1 0 1 0   0 0 
Melchior rf       4 0 1 0   0 1     Dopke dh       4 0 0 0   0 0  
Broom dh          4 1 1 1   0 2     Reed rf        2 0 1 0   1 0
                                    -Brady         1 0 0 0   0 1
                                    Balgord 1b     3 0 0 0   1 0
                                    Pluess 3b      4 0 1 0   0 1   
                                                                      
          
             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R  H  E 
Braves       1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0    4  9  4 
Express      0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0    1  6  0


2B- none. 3B- none. HR- none. 
HBP- none. SB- Meyers. CS- Salopek.
E- Heiting 2, Hueckman 2.

Braves                IP  H  R ER BB SO 
Hochmuth  (W)        9.0  6  1  0  2  4


Express               IP  H  R ER BB SO
RyPiedot  (L)        7.0  9  4  4  1  5
Wegner               2.0  0  0  0  0  2