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AVALANCHE FINISHES STRONG TO ROLL OVER ATHLETICS

STRUTHERS OH- Avalanche scored 8 runs in the final two innings to smite A2Z Athletics on Thursday night in Class B Action.

Peyton Koss went 2-4 at the dish for the Avalanche. He knocked in a RBI and scored a run. Reese Henderson went 2-3 with 2 runs scored. Keegan Balla didn’t record a hit, but did manage to get credited with 2 RBI. Jake Mattocks went 1-3.

Balla was credited with the win for Avalanche on the mound. He threw one inning and gave up 1 earned run and 0 hits. He struck out two and walked two.

Johnny Cambert led the Athletics with 2 RBI on a 1-2 day. He also walked and scored a run. CJ Frasco went 1-3 with a RBI. Gabe Saunders walked once and scored a pair of runs.

Brendan Ray took the loss for the Athletics. He threw 2 innings on the mound. Ray gave up 0 ER on 3 H. He struck out 3 and walked none.

CORLL SHINES FOR DURA EDGE

STRUTHERS, Ohio

Jake Corll went the distance for Dura Edge as they picked up their 3rd win of the season to get above the .500 mark for the first time this year. The Austintown Fitch right hander delivered 7 innings of 3 hit 1 walk baseball, managing to strike out 9 in the process.

Corll, to his credit, worked through some defensive struggles of the Dura Edge infield. Fiveseparate times, Athletix runners, whom all reached by an error, would make their way into scoring position. The Dura Edge starter worked his team out of trouble all but 1 time, allowing a single run to come across in the sixth, on an error.

While Corll was stellar on the mound, his victory did not come without offensive help. A 9-hit effort from Dura Edge, highlighted by Jarrod Malagise’s3-for-3 effort, provided more than enough run support to pick up the victory 5-1 over Athletix.

TOP PERFORMERS:

DURA EDGE

Jake Corll – 7 innings pitched, 3 hits, 0 earned runs, 9 Ks, 1 walk

Jarrod Malagise – 3-for-3, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 run scored

ATHLETIX

Malakai Roberts – 2-for-3, 1 double

*Contributed By YSN’s Jamie Thomson