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Second night results in second win
Jeremie Tice and Ramon Hernandez were the big bats in the seventh inning.
NILES — Mahoning Valley Scrappers first-year manager Travis Fryman said he is having as much fun coaching as he could ever have imagined on a ball field.
That’s saying a lot for a guy who had a spectacular 13-year career as a player for the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians.
Fresh off his first win as skipper of the Scrappers Tuesday night, Fryman watched his young team’s bats come alive late in the game Wednesday to pull out a 6-3 win over the Williamsport Crosscutters.
“We have a pretty good group of hitters and we swang the bats well,” Fryman said.
The Scrappers (2-0) were trailing Williamsport 3-2 in the seventh inning when Mahoning Valley erupted for three runs on an RBI triple by third baseman Jeremie Tice and a two-run homer over the left field fence by Ramon Hernandez off Williamsport reliever Richard Austin.
“The game was tied and we had a runner on third,” Hernandez who hit six home runs last year for the Lake County Captains. “I got a fastball and just wanted to hit it hard to get the runner home so we could take the lead.
“I hit it really good and it was a home run.”
That gave the Scrappers a 5-3 lead and reliever Mike McGuire came in to pitch the final two innings for the save.
Mahoning Valley added a final run in the eighth on an RBI double by designated hitter Juan Valdes who had two doubles and a single in three at bats.
Valdes returned to the Scrappers after a productive year here last season when he batted nearly .350.
Fryman said the Scrappers played well but couldn’t string anything together until the late innings.
“We had some hits early,” Fryman said. “We just didn’t get them at the times when we needed them.”
Mahoning Valley got strong pitching performances from four different hurlers.
Starter Guido Fonseca, a 12th round draft pick out of Northern Iowa pitched the first three innings and gave up two runs in the third inning.
He struck out five batters in the first two innings before tiring and allowing the Crosscutters to take the early lead.
The Scrappers tied the game in the sixth after a leadoff single by first round draft pick Lonnie Chisenhall.
Chisenhall moved to second on a walk and scored on a fielders choice grounder by Ryan Blair and a throwing error.
Catcher Doug Pickens drove in Blair with his second single of the game to tie the contest at 2-2.
Williamsport took the lead 3-2 off of MV reliever Wilfredo Ramirez on an RBI single by Jeremy Hamilton.
“We got some solid pitching tonight,” Fryman said. “I learned one thing as a player and that is that good pitching is a requirement to win.”
Ramirez earned the win after the Scrappers rallied to win.
“This is just as much fun as I’ve ever had playing,” Fryman said. “Playing is such an internal thing but the role of manager is very rewarding to see others get so much out of this game and enjoying themselves.”
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WILLIAMSPORTSCRAPPERS
abrhbiabrhbi
Haislet cf4210Valasquez 2b5000
Hargrave 2b4120Webb cf4110Hamilton 1b5021Chisenhall ss5110
Overbeck 3b4011Tice 3b4121
D’Arnaud c4010Hernandez lf3112
Morales rf4000Blair rf4100
Hanzawa ss2010Pickens c3121
McDonald lf4000Booker 1b4010
Vill-Andino dh4000Valdes lf4031
Totals35382Totals366115
Williamsport002000100—3
Scrappers000002310—6
E—Hargrave (1), Hanzawa (1), Tice (1), Chisenhall (1). GIDP—Williamsport 2. LOB—Williamsport 9, Scrappers 9. 2B—Valdes 2 (2). 3B—Tice (1). HR—Hernandez (1).
IPHRERBBSO
Williamsport
Arroyo320000
Cisco2 2-352211
Austin L, 0-12 1-344423
Scrappers
Fonseca332105
Creps220011
Ramirez W, 1-0231101
McGuire S, 1200013
HBP—by Foneseca (Hanzawa); by Fonseca (Haislet). Umpires—Home, Joey Amaral; First, Doug Vines. T—2:30. A—3,422.
HOW THEY SCORED
Williamsport 3rd—Haislet hit by pitch. Hargrave bunt single, Haislet to 2nd. Hamilton flies out (F-8), Haislet to 3rd, Hargrave to 2nd. Overbeck grounds out (6-3), Haislet scores. D’Arnaud reaches on throwing error (E-5), Hargrave scores, D’Arnaud to 2nd. Morales flies out (F-8). 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Scrappers 6th—Chisenhall singles to right. Tice pops out (F-6). Hernandez walks, Chisenhall to 2nd. Blair grounds into fielder’s choice (4-6), Chisenhall scores, Hernandez out at 2nd, Blair to 2nd on throwing error (E-6). Pickens singles to center, Blair scores. Booker singles to center, Pickens to 3rd. Pitching change: Austin replaces Cisco. Valdes grounds out (3-1). 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Williamsport 7th—Villegas Andino grounds out (4-3). Haislet singles to left. With Hargrave batting, Haislet steals 2nd. Hargrave strikes out swinging. Hamilton singles to center, Haislet scores. Overbeck grounds into fielder’s choice (5-4), Hamilton out at 2nd. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Scrappers 7th—Velasquez lines out (F-7). Webb walks. With Chisenhall batting, Webb steals 2nd. Chisenhall grounds out (4-3), Webb to 3rd. Tice triples to left, Webb scores. Hernandez homers to left, Tice scores. Blair flies out (F-7). 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Scrappers 8th—Pickens walks. With Booker batting, Pickens steals 2nd. Booker strikes out swinging. Valdes doubles to left, Pickens scores. Velasquez strikes out swinging. Webb infield single, Valdes to 3rd. Chisenhall strikes out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
LATE TUESDAY
Scrappers 4, Crosscutters 3
WILLIAMSPORTSCRAPPERS
abrhbiabrhbi
Haislet cf5021Armstrong rf5000
Hargrave 2b4000Velasquez 2b5020Hamilton 1b4000Chisenhall ss5320
Overbeck 3b4010Blair dh5121
D’Arnaud c4130Webb cf4010
Frew dh4120Simpson 1b4022
McDonald lf4000Tice 3b4010
Hanzawa ss4122Alcombrack c3000
Quiroz rf3010Valdes lf3010
Totals363113Totals384113
Williamsport000030000—3
Scrappers000210001—4
E—Lin (1), Rosenberg (1), Simpson (1). GIDP—Williamsport 2, Scrappers 1. LOB—Williamsport 7, Scrappers 12. 2B—Hanzawa (1), Chisenhall (1). SB—Hanzawa (1), Quiroz (1).
IPHRERBBSO
Williamsport
Ballestas573223
Lin210021
Rosenberg L, 0-11 2-331004
Scrappers
Zocchi4 1-363305
Rodrigues1 1-310001
Arias, C1 1-320011
Rieck W, 1-0220002
WP—Ballestas 3, Lin. Umpires—Home, Doug Vines; First, Joey Amaral. T—3:37. A—5,507.
HOW THEY SCORED
SCRAPPERS 4, CROSSCUTTERS 3
4th Inning
SCRAPPERS — Lonnie Chisenhall singled up middle. Ryan Blair singled down left field line, Chisenhall to second. Donnie Webb struckout. Brock Simpson singled in hole at short, Chisehall scored, Blair to second. Jeremie Tice flied out to left field. With Robbie Alcombrack batting, Blair advance to third on wild pitch, Simpson to second. Blair then scored on a passed ball, Simpson to third. Alcombrack walked. Juan Valdes grounded into fielders choice, Alombrack out at second. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
5th Inning
CROSSCUTTERS — Travis D’Arnaud singled to right. Brian Frew singled to right, D’Arnaud to second. Darin McDonald struckout. Troy Hanzawa doubled into right-center, D’Arnaud scored, Frew scored. Arlon Quiroz reached on infield single, Hanzawa to third. Brandon Haislet singled to center, Hanzawa scored, Quiroz to second. Mark Rodrigues replaces Peter Zocchi to pitch for Scrappers. Quiroz steals third. Daniel Hargrave grounds into double play, short-to-second-to-first. 3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
SCRAPPERS — Corteze Armstrong grounded out, Isaias Velasquez flied out to right. Chisenhall doubled off the wall in right. Blair singled to left, Chisenhall scored, Blair to second on throw home. Blair to third on wild pitch. Donnie Webb grounded out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
9th Inning
SCRAPPERS — Velasquez reached on infield single. Chisenhall reached on an error by the pitcher, Velasques to second. Blair struckout. Webb grounded into a fielders choice, Velasquez out at third, Chisenhall to second. Simpson singled to centerfield, Chisenhall scored. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.