ATHLETIX WALK OFF EAGLE WEAR
STRUTHERS, OH- The Athletix and Eagle Wear faced off in the 18-year old division on Wednesday night at Bob Cene Park. There we’re two late lead changes in the ballgame, but Athletix came away with an extra inning victory.
Eagle Wear got off to a great start in the second inning, plating the first run with a lead off double from Thomas DePasquale, and then an RBI by Bret Brown. Eagle Wear got back on the board in the fourth inning with an RBI double by first baseman Bronson Ferencak. Later on in the sixth inning, the Athletix came alive with 2 runs to tie the ballgame on a bases clearing double by Stephen Tarnoci.
In the top half of the seventh inning, Eagle Wear scored 1 run on an error, but Athletix came right back with a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning by Seth Cervello to force extra innings. In the bottom half of the eight inning, Ethan Mannion led it off with a single, and then was plated on a game winning single into center by Sebastian Rosado-Guindin.
Alex Nicholson got the win for Athletix on the mound, after tossing 4 innings out of the pen, while striking out 4 batters and giving up just 1 run. Athletix is back to .500 at 4-4 on the campaign. Eagle Wear drops to 1-8.
