"I don't give a hell. We're going to go out and make ball plays. No more excuses", that was Farmington's Billy Owens, battle cry to his under-manned squad. "Forget your dad...Forget the Heisman. Christian is our guy now".

One day after a humiliating, 6-1 loss to at the hands of Sullivan, a game which featured names like Animal and Skipper in their starting line-up, the Braves faced a must-win situation.

A team, with playoff hopes hanging on by a string, hardly looked uptight as the Braves put up four quick runs in two innings off of East Troy starter Ryan Piedot. From there on out the Braves defense took over, backing up pitcher Phil Hochmuth like never before, all the way to a 7-4 victory, and upping their record to (7-9).

The Braves offense was ignited by Matt Padron, who went 3-for-4, scored three runs and stole three bases. Nick Heiting, in his new clean-up role, went 3-for-3 and drove in three.

Hochmuth worked and wiggled his way out of countless jams in every conceivable fashion, as the right-hander allowed nine hits and four walks in a complete game victory.

Braves           AB R H RBI W K     Express       AB R H RBI W K  
Christian rf      3 1 2 0   2 0     Tess ss        5 1 3 0   0 1
Padron lf         4 3 3 0   1 0     Fidler lf      4 0 0 0   1 1
Owens 2b          3 1 1 1   1 0     Bealhen rf/p   4 0 0 1   0 0
Heiting ss        3 0 3 3   1 0     Salopek cf     4 1 2 0   0 1  
Harder 3b         4 0 1 1   0 2     CWenzel 2b     4 0 1 1   0 0
Chingway c        2 0 1 0   2 0     KWenzel 3b     3 0 0 0   1 1
Zickert 1b        4 1 2 0   0 1     -Pluess 3b     0 0 0 0   0 0 
Broom dh          3 0 0 0   0 2     Dopke c        4 1 2 1   0 1  
-Melchior dh      1 0 0 0   0 0     Reed dh/rf     4 0 1 1   0 1
Meyers cf         3 1 0 0   1 3     Balgord 1b     2 1 0 0   1 0
-Hochmuth ph      0 0 0 1   0 0     -Wegener 1b    1 0 0 0   0 0
Meyers rf         - - - -   - -
                                  
                                                                      
          
             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R  H  E 
Express      0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0    4  9  1
Braves       2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 -    7 13  0


2B- Tess, Dopke 2, Heiting. 3B- none. HR- none. 
HBP- none. SB- Owens, Padron 3, Heiting, Fidler.
CS- Christian, Heiting 2. E- Dopke. 

Braves                IP  H  R ER BB SO 
Hochmuth   (W)       9.0  9  4  4  4  7

Express               IP  H  R ER BB SO
RyPiedot   (L)       4.0  8  6  5  6  5
Bealhen              4.0  5  1  1  2  3