STRUTHERS, OH- Knightline scored seven times in the top of the fifth inning to take the lead over Avalanche and never look back en route to a 12-6 victory. Joe Barr tossed five scoreless innings in relief to pick up the win. Timmy West yielded seven runs in just over four innings to suffer the loss for Avalanche. Matt McRoberts led the way for Knightline with two hits, including a double, a run scored and five RBI. Brady Dixon slugged a double among his two hits, scored twice and drove in two more while TJ Piroch had a double among his two hits as well, scoring two runs and driving in one more in the contest. Drew Delgarbino had two hits, a run, and an RBI while Mikey Sciortino added a pair of hits and also scored a run in the Knightline victory. Pat Hubert led Avalanche with two hits, a run, and an RBI. Anthony Koulianos hit an RBI double and scored a run in the game.
123 456 6 R H E
Knightline 200 700 3 12 12 2
Avalanche 150 000 0 6 10 2
Brady Dixon, Joe Barr (3) and Thomas Kling; Timmy West, Pat Hubert (5), Nicholas Plant (6), Jack Dascenzo (7) and Vinny Sciortino; WP: Barr; LP: West; 2B: Dixon (K), Matt McRoberts (K), TJ Piroch (K), Anthony Koulianos (A)
Knightline 12 – 6 Avalanche
Knightline was able to sweat out a late Avalanche rally to win their Class b matchup 9-8. Fletcher Postlewait picked up the win for Knightline, yielding five runs on seven hits in just over four innings of work. Collin Brainard went the distance in the loss for Avalanche, surrendering all nine runs in the game. Madden Boehm closed out the game for Knightline to earn the save. Matt McRoberts helped lead the way for Knightline with two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. TJ Piroch had two hits, a run, and an RBI while Thomas Kling slugged a pair of hits and drove home a run in the game. Guy Young contributed a hit, a run and an RBI to the winning effort. Jack Dascenzo banged out two hits for Avalanche, drove in two runs and scored another. Nicholas Plant and Anthony Koulianos each had two hits and two runs scored in the game.
123 456 7 R H E
Avalanche 000 520 1 8 12 3
Knightline 052 020 x 9 10 2
Collin Brainard and Alex Marcavish; Fletcher Postlewait, Josh Reed, Madden Boehm (7) and Thomas Kling; WP: Postlewait; LP: Brainard; SV: Boehm; 2B: Brainard (A), Vinny Sciortino (A)
Knightline 9 – 8 Avalanche
*Contributed by Rob Harvishak
