VIENNA, VA-- First baseman Justin Bunkis led an all out offensive assault on the Reston Hawks pitching while Billy Tinsley pitched seven strong innings as the Senators cruised by the Hawks with a 10-1 victory Sunday afternoon at Waters Field.

            Bunkis finished with four hits and designated hitter Andrew Fritz added three RBIs as the Senators collected 16 hits as a team in the victory.  The Senators started the game by scoring early and often.

            In the first inning, Wes Schirtzinger reached on a bunt single to start the game. Donald Brown followed two batters later by drawing a walk, bringing up Bunkis.  During Bunkis’ at bat, Schirtzinger stole third.  Bunkis singled and drove in Schirtzinger to make the score 1-0.  Brown advanced to third and Bunkis to second on a passed ball leaving two men in scoring position for Andrew Fritz.  Fritz delivered a two RBI single to make the score 3-0.  Fritz advance to second on the throw home.  With Fritz in scoring position, Kevin Hansen singled to drive him in making the score 4-0.  That was all that the Senators would get in the first.

            Reston put their only run on the board in the second inning when third baseman Mike Bianucci hit a ball over the centerfield fence.  That was all the Hawks would get on the afternoon.

            In the second inning, the Senators picked up right where they left off when Reggie Dixon singled to start the inning.  Dixon then stole second and was advanced to third on a Schirtzinger double.  Two batters later, Brown singled, scoring Dixon and moving Schirtzinger to third.  Schirtzinger then scored on a wild pitch as Brown moved to second to make the score 6-0.  Bunkis singled to move Brown to third, and Guillermo Martinez drove in Brown with a sacrifice fly to right field.  At the end of the second inning, the Senators had a comfortable 7-0 lead.  The Senators put up two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to give Tinsley a comfortable lead to work with.

            Other than the Bianucci homerun, Tinsley mowed down hitter after hitter.  He gave up only three hits and struck out 8 in seven innings of work.  There were only a handful of balls hit hard off of Tinsley all day.  This was his second straight solid outing as he shut out the Fauquier Gators last Tuesday.  Tinsley moved to 2-0 on the year.  Mike Genovese pitched the final two innings of the game, giving up two hits and striking out one.

            For the Senators, Brown finished with three hits while Schirtzinger, Dixon, and catcher Adam Kuchemba all finished with two hits.  Schirtzinger, Kevin Hansen, and Kuchemba also finsished with one RBI each to finish off the offensive attack.  The Senators have a couple of days off, but return to action on Wednesday evening when they take on the Faifax Nationals at Waters Field.  The game is scheduled to start at 7 pm.