GRONER HAS ALL THE RIGHT STUFF IN CARDINALS SHUTOUT

By Matt Maher

BOARDMAN, OH – The rain may not have stayed away but it did take its time to show up and in that time the Canfield Cardinals got to work and put up 5 runs and kept the host Spartans off the board for 5 ½ innings.

The Cardinals got off to a quick start with Tanner Stricko leading off the game with a single to shallow right field. With Stricko aboard, Michael Patellis was able to hit one to short stop where it was bobbled and allowed Patellis to get on board and Stricko to come home. 3 more runs were scored in this inning with 1 being brought in with another error and the final two coming in from a beautiful 2-run double from Bobby Levonyak. 

Both teams continued to play an even game with few hits given up from both Collin Resetar from Boardman and Anthony Groner from Canfield. Groner played all 5 completed innings with 0 Runs, 3 BB, 1 Hit and 7 Ks. Resetar Went 6 Innings with 4 Ks, 8 Hits and 5 Runs with the 5th coming in the 5th thanks to an RBI single from David Murphy who put one shallow into left field and allowed Patellis to go home.

These two teams played a tough game and Boardman had several opportunities to score leaving 7+ runners aboard, which was thanks to some clutch pitching from Groner. The game was expected to go 7 innings but Mother Nature had other plans and brought a thunder storm that stopped and eventually canceled the remaining innings. Both teams are scheduled to rematch each other tomorrow (April 10th) at 5PM at Canfield weather permitting.