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LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - AUGUST 9, 2020 Orioles 11 Tigers 2 Friday night’s game would be the first showdown of the season between the Orioles and the undefeated Tigers. The visiting Orioles would strike first in the top of the inning. After 3 walks, Grady Gilligan drove in Cam Maxwell and Brady McClurg with a single. Deacon Queal would do the same a few batters later, singling in Cam Wilson and Gilligan to give the O’s an early 4-0 lead. Gilligan would strike out 2 Tigers in the first giving the bats back to his Orioles in the 2nd inning. A walk and HBP would put two on for Simon Greene, who came up big with a 2 out, 2 RBI double extending the lead for the Orioles to 6-0. Gilligan would strike out the side in the bottom of the 2nd. The Orioles would score two more in the top of the 3rd, when Cam Maxwell drove in Deacon Queal and Tom Roloson. Two more strikeouts in the bottom of the 3rd by hard thowing Gilligan would leave the score 8-0 Orioles after 3. The Orioles tacked on 3 more in the top of the 4th to extend their lead again to 11-0. The Tigers added a run in the 5th and 6th, finalizing the score at 11-2 Orioles. Peter Clark, Jack Currin, and Jude Christ shared the pitching duties for the Tigers. Alex Spezzano doubled and scored, Jack Curring singled twice, Peter Clark singled, Liam Grayson doubled, Carter Page singled twice, and Jude Christ scored. Nick Porcelli made an awesome catch in left field. Grady Gilligan earned the win on the mound striking out 9, while SimonGreene closed out the game on the mound. Offensively, Cam Maxwell singled and scored, Brady McClurg drew two walks and scored 2 runs, Cam Wilson reached base 4 times and scored 3 runs, Gilligan singled twice and scored 2 runs, Simon Greene doubled twice and scored a run, Mia Strollo reached base twice, Deacon Queal singled twice and scored, and Tom Roloson reached base twice and scored a run. Red Sox 14,Yankees 9 The Yankees and Red Sox faced for the first time of the year in the early Saturday game. Both team teams started hot scoring 3 runs in the 1st. In the second the visiting Sox scored 2 more. The Yankees would add 2 more in the 3rd. In the top of the 6th the Sox would bat around the order to give them some breathing room to hold off the hard hitting Yanks. Hitting for the Red Sox was the hard hitting Joey Vernacini with a triple and 2 singles, Evan Rose with a 2b and a single, Cole Tonzi with a double and some very good base running, and Jamison Zitz with his second hit of the year. Leading the way for the Yanks was Connor Elmore going 3 for 4, Anthony Warner with 2 hits and Colin Greene, Cam Riggi, and Aiden Weaver each with big hits. Pitching for the Sox was the Stella/Tonzi duo and for the Yanks was a Cam Riggi, Colin Greene, Aiden Weaver combo. Tigers 3, Twins 2 The Tigers and Twins squared off in the second game on the second Saturday of the season. This game would be dominated by pitching and timely hitting. The Twins appeared poised to score early when Noah Kaczanwoski reached after being hit by a pitch and Avante Walker laid down a perfect bunt. After a stolen base by Walker, the Twins had second and third with one out. However, Alex Spezzano was able to find his rhythm and strike out the next two batters to end the early threat. This was it for action through the first three innings as Alex Spezzano and Avante Walker combined for 16 strike outs through 3 innings with the only hit coming from Peter Clark. Avante Walker would then “help himself” in the 4th inning giving himself and the Twins a 1-0 lead. Using his speed and base running instincts, Walker moved to second on a steal and third on a passed ball. After a great catch by Jude Christ in deep right field, Walker used his speed to beat out the attempt by the Tigers to throw home after the deep drive by Brayden Chase. The score would remain the Twins 1, Tigers 0 until 2 outs in the 5th inning. With 2 outs and nobody on base, Alex Spezzano drove a ball to deep right center and reached 3rd leaving the tying run just 60 feet away. Then, in the next at bat and with 2 strikes and the tying run at 3rd base, Jack Currin came up clutch sending a pitch right back up the middle to score Spezzano. With the score now tied, the Tigers weren’t done yet as Peter Clark hit a line drive to center that made it to the wall. Both he and Currin would score as the ball got away from the Twins third baseman as Clark was approaching the base. This would leave the score Tigers 3, Twins 1. In the 6th the Twins did their best to rally as Avante Walker hit a hard shot triple to center field and scored as the ball came back to the infield. However, with the tying run at the plate, Alex Spezzano ended the game with his 17th strike out of the day. Tigers 3, Twins 2 Both Spezzano and Walker lead their respective teams on the mound. Spezzano earned the win with 6 innings of 3 hit baseball (all by Avante Walker) while striking out 17 Twin batters. Avante Walker pitched 3 1/3 innings of shutout baseball while striking out 8 Tigers and allowing just 1 hit. Brayden Chase relieved Walker and pitched 1 2/3 innings for the Twins. Offensively for the Tigers, Peter Clark singled, doubled, scored and had the game winning RBI. Jack Currin singled, scored and had a RBI. Alex Spezzano doubled, walked and scored a run. Jude Christ, Andreas Condidorio and Nick Porcelli walked. For the Twins, Avante Walker had 3 hits, 2 singles and a triple and scored a run. Noah Kaczanwoski reached after being hit by a pitch. Orioles 8, Indians 5 Saturday the O’s took on the Indians. O’s coming off a win were looking to make it two in a row. Brady McClurg would start on the mound for the O’s and Hayven Cordes for the Indians. In the first inning Brady McClurg would single but great defense and pitching kept the O’s from scoring. The Indians would draw a couple of walks but a clutch play by Grady Gilligan at short kept them from scoring. Score still 0-0. In the top of second inning Deacon Queal would start it with a single. But with great pitching the Indians kept the O’s from scoring. The Indians had singles by Peyton Privitera and Edwin Lathan. Tommy Clifford had an RBI single that would make it 1 to 0 Indians. A single by Jace Jed would make it 2 to 0, but the play wasn’t over. The Indians would try and score one more, but Grady Gilligan gunned the runner out at home with a fantastic throw. Score is now 2 to 0 Indians. In the top of the third Brady McClurg led with another single down the third base line. Cam Wilson would come up next and add another single. Hayven ignored the singles and ended up striking out the side. Indians now come up to bat and would go down 1, 2, 3. Mia Strollo started off the fourth with a walk. TJ Crissy hit a single moving Mia to second. Logan Kanaley walked to load up the bases. Jagger Smith would now enter the game for Hayven at pitcher. Hayven threw a wonderful game. Cam Maxwell would hit a single to score Mia. Brady McClurg then hit a double to score TJ and Logan. Cam Wilson also hit a double to bring in two more runners. Score is now 5 to 2 O’s. In the bottom of the fourth the Indians would draw a walk but did not score. Deacon Queal started off the fifth with a line drive single. TJ Chrissy hit another single advancing the runner to second. But with good pitching by Jagger Smith and a strong defense the O’s could not score. Cam Wilson would relieve Brady McClurg at pitcher to start the bottom of the fifth. Indians get two runners on. Hayven grounded out to second but a run would score. A passed ball would now make it 5 to 4 O’s. Peyton Privitera would add an RBI single to tie the game up at 5. The start of the sixth inning would see Brady McClurg lead off with a long double. Cam Wilson would keep up the hot bats with a triple to score Brady. Simon Greene then had an RBI to make the score 7 to 5. 0’s get one more run to make it 8 to 5. Cam Wilson closed the game down and got the final 3 outs. A great game played by both teams.