On Sunday at Bob Warn Field, the Terre Haute Rex completed a game that was rain-suspended on June 21, beating Lafayette 7-5, and then topped the Aviators 7-3 in a seven-inning Prospect League nightcap.
The day's outcome boosted the Rex's season record to 12-15 overall. Terre Haute is also 2-0 in the second half of the summer wood-bat league's schedule, and holds an early first-place position in the Eastern Conference's Central Division. Lafayette fell to 17-12.
In Sunday's second game, the Rex trailed 2-1 going into the bottom of the fourth inning. They rallied for three runs in the bottom half, thanks to Wally Diaz's solo homer and then teammates Deakin Brinkley and Renn Harper scoring on Lafayette wild pitches for a 4-2 lead.
After the Aviators pulled to with 4-3 in the fifth, Terre Haute added a RBI double by Brinkley in the fifth and Bryson Carpenter's two-run triple in the sixth.
On the mound, Terre Haute's Grant Faris weathered the first 4 2/3 innings, yielding three earned runs while striking out three batters and walking four. Chase Rubenacker and Breyllin Suriel pitched the final 2 1/3 innings scorelessly.