Cutters Take Rubber Game Against Batavia
Published on August 30, 2013 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Williamsport Crosscutters News Release
After a statistical mix up a night ago, Zach Green cleared things up when he officially belted his 13th home run of the season in the top half of the 2nd inning to give the Cutters a 1-0 lead against Muckdogs starter Jarlin Garcia. Logan Pierce and Samuel Hiciano would get back-to-back one-out singles against Garcia. Sam Dove would follow with a two-run double to the right centerfield gap to make it 3-0 Cutters. Garcia would get out of the inning leaving Dove on 2nd base.
Batavia would get a run back in the top of the 3rd inning against starter Shane Martin. Javier Lopez would score on a RBI ground out by JT Riddle to cut it to a 3-1 deficit. Martin would not allow another run in the inning.
Williamsport would get the run back in the bottom of the 5th inning. Justin Parr would triple to right center field with two outs followed by a Dylan Cozens bloop single that would plate Parr and make it 4-1 Cutters. Garcia would pick off Cozens to end the inning.
The Muckdogs cut the deficit to 4-2 against Rob Marcello in the top of the 5th inning when Rehiner Cordova grounded into a fielder's choice that allowed Connor Burke to score.
Williamsport increased their lead off of reliever James Wooster in the bottom of the 7th inning when Malquin Canelo double to deep left to plate Samuel Hiciano and Sam Dove to make it a 6-2 Cutters lead. Dylan Cozens would plate Canelo on an infield groundout to make it 7-2.
Williamsport tacked some insurance in the bottom of the 8th inning. Sam Dove singled to centerfield where Coco Johnson allowed the ball to roll passed him to allow Logan Pierce to score and make it 8-2. Malquin Canelo followed with a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Samuel Hiciano to make it 9-2 against reliever Ryan Merkling.
Batavia would get a run in the top of the 9th inning against Josh Warner when Javier Lopez grounded into a RBI fielder's choice to plate Carlos Lopez and make it a 9-3 deficit for Batavia. Warner would end the 9th and the game without allowing another run.
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