Mighty Men take one step closer to the title

The Mighty Men took a 4-2 decision against Newark last night and now are just one game away from winning their second title in franchise history. Then again, the Mighty Men are standing in the same exact spot as the Hillsborough Hired Hitmen stood not that long ago.

The Mighty Men jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first two innings, then padded the total to 4-0 after a 2-run 5th. It was a good thing too, because the Sugar Bears managed to score two more runs during the rest of the game, but ended up short. John Danks earned the win by pitching 6.1 innings and giving up only an unearned run on 6 hits. Brian Giles was the star on offense, going 3-4 with a run and an RBI. An interesting little tidbit, or not, but out of the 6 total runs scored in the game only 2 runs were earned. Both teams committed a pair of crucial errors that led to runners crossing the plate. Orlando Hudson's error in the second with 2 outs continued the inning that led to Marietta's 2nd run, then J.D. Drew's error in the 5th on a single allowed both runners to advance an extra base. Both runners would score easily on a Kevin Youkilis double. Meanwhile, Derek Jeter's error in the 5th allowed Newark to score their first run and Newark's other run scored a runner that reached base on Josh Hamilton's miscue in the outfield.

The teams are off today and resume their series on Wednesday.