The Calgary Vipers offence exploded to remain undefeated against the Joliet Jackhammers at Silver Cross Field in Joliet, Illinois. The Vipers put up six runs in the third inning en-route to a 12-5 victory.

Calgary opened the scoring in the very first inning after Jason Colson and Mitch Evans runs batted in to take a 2-0 lead.

The Vipers added to the lead in the third after RBI from, again Colson and Evans, and also Kevin Price, Manabu Kuramochi, and two from Darryl Brinkley. After two and a third innings it was 8-0 for Calgary.

Joliet finally got on the score board in the fourth inning, scoring four runs on Tim Hutting and Chris Brown RBI singles, plus a fielding error allowing two other runs to score, closing the gap to 8-4.

The Snakes grabbed two runs back though in the fifth thanks to Kuramochi and Brinkley's second and third runs batted in respectively.

The two teams then traded off runs in the bottom of fifth and top of sixth with Derek Nicholson and Kuramochi driving in a run a piece.

Calgary added to the lead in the eighth when Kevin Price drove in his second run in his professional debut.

Brinkley and Kuramochi were the stars of the game going two-for-five with 3 RBI, and four-for-five with three RBI respectively. Colson and Evans also had two RBI a piece.

Chris Schutt picked up the win in his Vipers debut and the bullpen was once again solid with Randy Waite and David Manning going four innings of shutout baseball striking out four.

The four game series concludes Sunday afternoon at 1:05 pm (MDT). The Vipers then head to Fargo, North Dakota for three games against the RedHawks. All games can be heard online at www.am770chqr.com.

The home opener at newly refurbished Foothills Stadium is set for Friday, May 25 when the Vipers will celebrate the 100th anniversary of professional baseball in Alberta.