Scrappers rally for a victory

Staff report

Batavia, N.Y.

Jordan Casas hit a one-out, two-run double in the sixth inning that provided the go-ahead run in the Mahoning Valley Scrappers’ 5-4 win over the Batavia Muckdogs in a New York-Penn League game on Tuesday night.

The Scrappers trailed 4-1 entering the fifth inning, but Kevin Fontanez’s RBI double — scoring Casas, who reached on an infield single — got Mahoning Valley (6-6) within two runs.

Then in the sixth, Batavia pitched Kevin Siegrist walked Andrew Kinney and Brian Heere to lead off the inning, then hit Moises Montero with a pitch to load the bases.

After Daniel DeGeorge flied out to shallow right field, Siegrist uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Kinney to score.

Casas then doubled to left field to bring in the tying and winning runs.

Chase Burnette doubled twice for the Scrappers, and Casas and Fontanez had two hits apiece.

Batavia broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning on RBI doubles by Rainel Rosario and Yunier Castillo, and a run-scoring single by Nicholas Longmire.

Kirk Wetmore started for the Scrappers and allowed all four runs in four innings.

James Reichenbach (1-1) got the win with three innings of scoreless relief, and James Ehlert earned his first save with two scoreless innings.

ScrappersBatavia

abrhbiabrhbi

Casas dh4222Lngmire cf3021

Fntnz ss5021Valaika 2b4011

Mncrf rf5010Sanchez dh4010

Brntte lf5021Rdrgz 1b4000

Urshla 3b5010Ahmady 3b3120

Kinney 1b4100Edwrds rf4000

Heere cf1100Rosario lf4121

Montero c3100Perez c2100

DeGrg 2b3000Melker ph1000

Castillo ss2111

Bergman ph1010

Totals35584Totals324104

Scrappers100013000—5

Batavia001300000—4

E—Kinney (3), Urshela (3), Ahmady (6). DP—Scrappers 2. LOB—Scrappers 10, Batavia 7.

2B—Burnette 2 (5), Fontanez (2), Casas (3), Rosario (3), Castillo (1), Bergman (3). SB—Longmire (2). CS—Fontanez (2), Longmire (2). S—Castillo. SF—Valaika.

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Scrappers

Wetmore464430

Reichenbach W, 1-1330013

Ehlert S, 1210002

Batavia

Corrigan421132

Siegrist L, 0-11 1-334420

Kington2-300001

Lawler220013

Butler110001

WP—Siegrist, Butler. Balk—Wetmore. HBP—by Siegrist (Montero). Umpires—Home, Robert Porter; Bases, Mike Patterson. T—3:04. A—1,038.