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Long Ball Pushes Flyboys Past Ridge Runners in Bluefield

July 7, 2022 - Appalachian League (ApL)
Greeneville Flyboys News Release


BLUEFIELD, Va. - Thanks to a pair of home runs by Dub Gleed (UC Irvine) and Cian Sahler (Fordham) the Greeneville Flyboys opened the second half of the Appy League season with a 10-6 victory on Thursday, July 7.

The scoring started in the top of the second inning for Greeneville (16-15) after an RBI triple by Beau Ankeney (GCU) brought home Ian Daugherty (Oklahoma State) to make it a 1-0 game. A sac fly by Shemar Dalton (NC A&T) brought home Ankeney later in the inning, pushing the lead to 2-0.

After leading off the top of the third with a triple, Myles Smith (UC Irvine) came into score after an RBI ground out by Jack O'Reilly (Villanova). Ankeney once again brought home Daugherty later in the frame with an RBI double, swelling the advantage to 4-0.

Bluefield (12-18) answered with authority in the bottom of the third after three straight RBI singles by Jackson Feltner (Morehead State), Haydn McGeary (Kentucky) and Josh Heath (West Virginia) cut the lead to 4-3. A wild pitch by Riley Taylor (Oklahoma State) allowed McGeary to score, tying the game at four runs apiece.

The game did not stay tied for long as Gleed hit his second home run of the season in the top of the fourth over the left field wall, giving Greeneville a 5-4 lead.

In the top of the sixth, Sahler extended the lead with his first home run of the season, a laser over the right field wall to make it an 8-4 game.

In the top of the ninth, back-to-back sacrifice flies by David Bishop (TCU) and Daugherty, extended the lead to 10-4.

Kaelen Culpepper (Kansas State) made things interesting in the bottom of the ninth with a two-run home run, but Cade Nelson (Gateway CC) closed out the game with two straight strikeouts to give Greeneville the 10-6 victory.

Ankeney finished the day a home run short of the cycle, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored. Sahler went 1-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored.

Brian Yetter (Marist) (2-3) earned the win, going four innings, allowing two hits, and striking out two. Nelson closed out the game, allowing two runs off two hits, walking one and striking out three. Taylor started the game, going four innings, allowing four runs off seven hits, walking three and striking out four.

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