EAGLE WEAR WINS FIRST GAME IN EXTRA INNINGS

STRUTHERS, OH- Eagle Wear was searching for it’s first win of the 2022 campaign in the 16U Youngstown Class B Baseball League. It was a tough test against the top seed, the Whiting Roll-Offs, but Eagle Wear prevailed in extras to erase the win-less streak.

Eagle Wear got the first lead of the ballgame with Ben Barnes scoring 1 run in the first. Later on in the fourth inning, Whiting countered with 3 runs scored on 3 consecutive errors by the Eagle Wear defense. Although it was a huge momentum swing, Eagle Wear came right back to take the lead in the bottom of the fourth. Avery Maley started the rally with a single, followed by a double in the gap by Braeden Settnek. Eagle Wear led 4-3 heading into the final frame, until Joey Campoli led off the inning with a walk, and then Nathan Craig drove him in with an RBI single up the middle.

The ballgame went into extra frames, with Eagle Wear winning the ballgame in the bottom half of the eight inning. Maley drew a one out walk to get aboard, with Settnek moving him in scoring position with his second hit of the day. Eagle Wear brought up Matt Paparodis with the game winning run at second, and Paparodis would drive him in with an RBI single to win the game 5-4. Eagle Wear pulls off the upset bid and wins their first game of the season. Whiting still controls first place in the Livi Division with a record of 14-4.