Cody Manzella was cold coming off the bench, but Manzella warmed up quickly as Manzella stroked a key pinch-hit double in the two to lead the Bethesda Big Train (4-0) to a 7-1 win over the Silver Spring Takoma T Bolts (1-3) on Saturday at Shirley Povich Field.
With the Bethesda Big Train leading by one, Manzella came to the plate and doubled.
Manzella put himself in scoring position with two extra-base hits for the Bethesda Big Train.
The Bethesda Big Train blew out the Silver Spring Takoma T Bolts thanks to 10 hits, including zero extra base hits. The Bethesda Big Train scored three runs in the second on the Bethesda Big Train scored in the second on an RBI single by Kevin Tatum and a two-run single by Stephen Alemais.
Alemais racked up two RBIs on three hits for the Bethesda Big Train.
Josh Thorne brought the heat against the Silver Spring Takoma T Bolts during his outing. The Silver Spring Takoma T Bolts managed just two hits off of Thorne, who allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out three during his three innings of work.
Garrett Pearson (0-1) took the loss for the Silver Spring Takoma T Bolts. He lasted just one inning, walked two, struck out two, and allowed four runs.