Story by Narrative Science.

The Big Blue (11-2) shut the door early on the LIONS DEN (4-7), capturing a 17-1 victory on Sunday at Veterans.

With 16 runs in the first three innings, the Big Blue left no doubt about the eventual outcome.

A double by Kevin Korte, a single by Travis Trusnovec, an RBI single by Dan Caceres, an error, an RBI single by Joe Panabianko, an RBI single by Christian Colantuoni, and a sacrifice fly by Evan Shull during the first inning and a single by Trusnovec and a sacrifice fly by Caceres in the second inning fueled the Big Blue's offense early.

Korte racked up four RBIs on four hits for the Big Blue.

Colantuoni recorded his fifth win of the year for the Big Blue. He allowed one run over four innings. Colantuoni struck out none, walked none and gave up four hits.

Tony Vitola (0-1) was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed 17 runs in four innings, walked one and struck out none.

The Big Blue easily handled the LIONS DEN pitching as seven hitters combined for 19 hits, 17 RBIs and 14 runs scored.