The Rangers swept a pair of games from the Miami Valley Expos, winning 7-4 and 10-4 on Sunday, July 9 at Howell Field.

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In game 1, Shawn Schmitt had another quality start, striking out 6 over 6 innings to improve his record to 3-0. Cody Oakes pitched a scoreless 7th for his first career save.

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The Expos jumped out early by scoring a run on a sac fly in the first inning. However, the Rangers batted around in the top of the second, scoring four times to take a 4-1 lead. Jonmarc Lippincott had an RBI single and Nick Gilmore had a bases-clearing double.

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The Rangers got two more runs in the third on an Eric Becker sac fly and another Lippincott run-scoring single. The Expos rallied with three runs in the bottom half of the third to cut the lead to 6-4.  Ben Schooler would add an RBI groundout in the sixth to round out the scoring in game 1.

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The Rangers fell behind early as well in game 2 as the Expos took advantage of a fielding miscue to score twice in the second inning. But the Rangers countered again in their half of the inning as Joe Becker drove in a run with a single and Ben Schooler laced a two-run double.

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Stephen Hoendorf's single in the third drove home Brandon Marshall to increase the Rangers lead to 4-2. The Rangers added a six-spot in the fourth, capitalized by RBIs from Hoendorf, Eric Becker, and Gilmore.

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The Expos would score twice in the sixth, but ultimately stranded 7 runners in the final three frames as the Rangers held on to win 10-4.

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Oakes started game 2 and tossed another scoreless inning, before turning the ball over to Andrew Collins. Collins allowed three hits over 4 innings to earn his first MVABL win. Joe Becker went the final two innings, striking out two.