ApL Greeneville Flyboys

Flyboys Can't Break Tie, Fall to Kingsport in the Extra Inning Frame

Published on July 30, 2022 under Appalachian League (ApL)
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. - The Flyboys got runners to second and third base, but a ground out by Ian Daugherty (Oklahoma State) with two outs in the extra inning frame ended the game and gave the Kingsport Axmen the 6-6 tiebreaker victory.

The Flyboys (24-26) scored first, as a sac fly by Jack O'Reilly (Villanova) scored Daugherty in the top of the second to put Greeneville up 1-0. Two pitches later, David Bishop (TCU) hit his second home run of the season over the left field wall, a solo shot to put Greeneville ahead 2-0.

Another sac fly for the Flyboys came off the bat of Dub Gleed (UC Irvine) in the top of the third, scoring Myles Smith (UC Irvine) to push the Flyboy bulge to 3-0.

Kingsport (34-14) got on the board with authority in the bottom of the fifth, as Aaron Casillas (Cal Poly) hit his second homerun of the season, a two-run shot to cut the Flyboy lead down to 3-2.

Greeneville earned both of those runs back in the top of the sixth, as a two-run bomb by Cameron LaLiberte (Arizona) pushed the Flyboys ahead 5-2.

Kingsport began to rally in the bottom of the sixth, as a Payton Allen (Kansas) RBI-single scored Logan Poteet (Vanderbilt) to cut the lead down to 5-3.

The Axmen tied the game in the bottom of the seventh, as an RBI-groundout by Ian Riley (Dallas Baptist) scored Casillas and then with the bases loaded, Nate Anderson (Gardner-Webb) stole home to square the game up at five runs apiece.

For the second straight night, Will Brown (Florida A&M) came up big for the Flyboys, as his RBI-double scored Avery Collins (Cleveland State JC) to put Greeneville up 6-5.

However, an error by Bishop in the bottom of the ninth allowed Casillas to score from second off an Anderson double to tie the game, but the TCU third baseman recovered later in the frame, gunning out Anderson at home on a tag up to send the game to the extra inning frame.

A leadoff single by Smith started the extra inning for the Flyboys offense, but a bunt by Gleed allowed Anthony Imhoff (Pima CC) to gun out Alex Diaz (Cloud County CC) at third. Imhoff then struck out LaLiberte, but Smith stole third to put runners on the corners with two outs for Daugherty. On a 1-2 count, Daugherty softly hit a ball to Mayes White (UAB) who fired the ball to first base, ending the game and giving Kingpsort the 6-6 tiebreaker. flyboysbaseball.com

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