Cutters Snap Slide with 4-3 Victory
June 24, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Williamsport Crosscutters News Release
GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Williamsport Crosscutters snapped their five-game losing streak Friday with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Batavia Muckdogs.
Batavia's Romulo Ruiz put his team on the board in the first inning with a two-out, two-run homer to make it 2-0 Muckdogs. The visitors added another two-out run in the second, as Reggie Williams delivered an RBI single to increase the lead to 3-0.
The Cutters trimmed the lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth, as Cody Asche and Maikel Franco delivered RBI hits in the home half of the inning. Williamsport then took the lead 4-3 with two runs on two hits in the bottom of the sixth, highlighted by an RBI double by Francisco Diaz.
Stellar relief pitching by Williamsport's Jesus Pirela and Gabriel Arias kept the visitors off the scoreboard from the fifth inning forward following the exit of starter Lino Martinez.
The two teams will play once more at 7:05pm on Saturday, June 25 at Historic Bowman Field. Every Cutters game can be heard on ESPN Radio 104.1 FM, ESPN 1050 AM, or online at crosscutters.com.
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