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Cutters repeat success formula
The Scrappers fell behind in the first inning on the way to a 5-1 defeat.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — For the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, it was deja vu all over again.
Saturday night, the Scrappers played loose defense that allowed Williamsport to score three runs in the first inning of a 3-1 Crosscutters win.
Twenty-three hours later, it was more of the same as the Cutters put together a pair of hits, a hit batsman and a couple of Scrapper errors for a 3-0 lead in their first at-bat. They never looked back as they won 5-1 before 2,351 fans at Bowman Field.
Although he took the loss, Scrappers starting pitcher Kaimi Mead drew some praise from manager Travis Fryman.
“Kaimi actually threw the ball pretty well,” Fryman said. “But again, our defense was pretty poor and overall, it was pretty much a repeat of last night’s game.
“We also had very little offense and with only three hits and three errors, you are not going to win many ball games and that is not very impressive.”
As for the multitude of errors of late, Fryman feels it comes down one simple matter.
“You have to catch and throw the baseball,” he said. “If you are going to win baseball games, you have to be able to pitch and catch the ball and tonight, we didn’t do either one of those very well.”
While the Crosscutters were taking advantage of everything the Scrappers were giving them, Williamsport pitcher Kyle Drabek was dominating as he retired 12 of the first 13 men he faced, 11 of the outs as a result of ground balls.
Drabek only gave up one hit in his six innings of work, a harmless double to Brock Simpson in the second.
“He looked really good,” said Fryman of Drabek. “He did a great job around the [strike] zone and as a result, he got all of those ground balls which is a little bit unusual in this league. He looked real good for me out there today.”
Williamsport extended its lead to 4-0 with a single run in the third inning and it stayed that way until the Scrappers finally got on the board with an earned run off Cutter reliever Jesse Oster in the seventh.
Mahoning Valley used a walk to Cord Phelps and a RBI double by Simpson to score its only run. In addition to Simpson’s pair of doubles, the only other Scrappers’ hit was a leadoff single by Isaias Velasquez in the eighth.
Still leading 4-1 heading down the stretch, the Cutters added another run in the seventh inning.
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SCRAPPERSWILLIAMSPORT
abrhbiabrhbi
Velasquez ss4010Quiroz lf4110
Fedroff lf4000Myers cf5210
Phelps 2b3100Overbeck 3b4120
Chisenhall dh4000Murphy 1b2111
Tice 3b4000Haislet rf4012
Simpson 1b4021Hanzawa ss4010
Blair rf2000Binkoski dh3000
Alcombrack c2000Hargrave 2b4020
Hernandez lf3000Arzeno c3000
Totals30131Totals33593
Scrappers000000100—1
Williamsport30100010x—5
E—Tice (17), Phelps (5), Velasquez (19). DP—Scrappers 2. LOB—Scrappers 6, Williamsport 9. 2B—Simpson 2 (10), Myers (13), Hargrave (4). SB—Phelps 2 (4), Quiroz (13). CS—Haislet (2).
IPHRERBBSO
Scrappers
Mead L, 5-7574213
McGuire211001
Rodrigues1-310010
CArias2-300011
Williamsport
Drabek W, 1-1610000
Oster2-311130
Schwimer S, 72 1-310003
WP—Mead. HBP—by Mead (Murphy); by Mead (Murphy), by Drabek (Blair). Umpires—Home, John Collins; Bases, Shaylor Smith. T—2:20. A—2,351.
HOW THEY SCORED
Williamsport 1st — Arlon Quiroz singled to left field. D’Arby Myers flew out (F-9). With Cody Overbeck batting, Quiroz stole 2nd. Overbeck singles to left field, Quiroz to 3rd. Jim Murphy hit by pitch, Overbeck to 2nd. Brandon Haislet reaches on fielding error (E-5), scoring Quiroz and Overbeck, Murphy to 3rd. Troy Hanzawa reaches on fielding error (E-4), scoring Murphy, Haislet to 3rd. Tim Binkoski grounded into double play (6-4-3). 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB
Williamsport 3rd — Myers doubled to left field. Overbeck lined out (L-4). Murphy struck out swinging. Haislet singled to center field, scoring Myers. With Hanzawa batting, Haislet caught stealing (2-6). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB
Scrappers 7th — Cord Phelps walked. Lonnie Chisenhall popped out (F-6). Jeremie Tice popped out (F-3). With Brock Simpson batting, Phelps stole 2nd. With Simpson batting, Phelps stole third. Simpson doubled to left-center, scoring Phelps. Ryan Blair walked. Robby Alcombrack walked, Simpson to 3rd, Blair to 2nd. Pitching change: Michael Schwimer replaced Jesse Oster. Ramon Hernandez struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB
Williamsport 7th — Quiroz flew out (F-9). Myers reached on fielding error (E-6). Overbeck grounded out (6-3), Myers to 2nd. Murphy singled to right field, scoring Myers. Haislet grounded into fielder’s choice (6-4). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB