Back in 1st place: Mahoning Valley turns back Tigers

Andy Lytle lifted his league-leading batting average to .378.
ONEONTA, N.Y. -- One day after giving up 21 hits in their worst defeat of the season, three Mahoning Valley pitchers combined on a five-hitter as the Scrappers upended the Oneonta Tigers 7-3 in a New York Penn League game on Sunday at Damaschke Field.
The Scrappers (15-11) pulled a half-game ahead of Batavia (13-10) for first place in the Pinckney Division standings.
Matthew McBride went 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs, while Dustin Realini added two hits and a three-run double in the sixth that gave the Scrappers a 3-0 lead.
Mahoning Valley added two more runs in the top of the seventh on a double by McBride and a Oneonta throwing error.
The Tigers (14-11) made it 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Ryan Strieby and a two-run triple by Scott Sizemore.
Mahoning Valley then scored two more runs in the top of the ninth on an RBI single by Josh Rodriguez and an RBI double by McBride.
Andy Lytle, who leads the league in batting average (.378), went 2-for-3 and scored three runs for the Scrappers, who lost 14-0 to the Tigers on Saturday.
Scrappers starter Luis Valdez threw five scoreless inning, giving up one hit with three walks and five strikeouts to improve to a league-best 5-0 with a 1.38 ERA. Neal Wagner pitched the final 21/3 innings to pick up his fifth save.
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SCRAPPERSTIGERS
abrhbiabrhbi
Davis 2b3100Sizemore ss3012
Lytle 1b3320Tucker lf4010
Rodriguez ss5231Boesch cf4010
McBride c5132Bourquin 3b4000
Edmundson dh5000Timm rf4110
Realini, 3b4023Kunkel dh3000
Douglas cf4000Strieby 1b3111
Cmberbatch rf3000Skelton c2000
DeLeon lf4010Ott 2b4100
Totals367116Totals31353
Scrappers000003202--7
Oneonta000000300--3
E--Realini, Bourquin, Ott; DP--Tigers 0, Scrappers 0; LOB--Scrappers 8, Tigers 6; SB--Realini CS--Davis, Tucker; 2B--McBride 2, Realini, Timm; 3B--Sizemore.
IPHRERBBSO
Scrappers
Valdez510035Cooper1 2-343312
Wagner2 1-300013
Tigers
Thornton5 1-363334
Wick1 2-322111
Fragoso100010
Jensen132212
WP--Cooper; Balk--Valdez 2; HPB--None; Umpires--Home, Jason Cooksey, First, Travis Hatch; T--2:42. A--400.
HOW THEY SCORED
Scrappers 6th -- Lytle singled to right. Rodriguez infield single, Lytle to second. McBride singled to left, Lytle to third, Rodriguez to second. Edmundson flied out to second. Realini doubled, Lytle scored, Rodriguez scored, McBride scored. Douglas grounded out. Cumberbatch struck out swinging. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Scrappers 7th -- DeLeon flied out. Davis grounded out to first. Lytle walked. Rodriguez singled to center, Lytle to second. McBride doubled to left, Lytle scored, Rodriguez scored. McBride to third on throwing error. Edmundson grounded out to short. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Tigers 7th -- Timm doubled to center. Kunkel popped out to first. Timm to third on wild pitch. Strieby singled, Timm scored. Skelton walked, Strieby to second. Skelton out at second on fielder's choice, Ott to first, Strieby to third. Sizemore tripled, Strieby scored, Ott scored. Tucker grounded out to first. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Scrappers 9th -- DeLeon flied out. Davis walked. Lytle singled to left, Davis to third. Rodriguez singled to right, Davis scored, Lytle to third. McBride doubled to left, Lytle scored, Rodriguez to third. Edmundson struck out looking. Realini struck out swinging. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.