Scrappers win a wild one, 12-11

July 3, 2011 at 9:30p.m.

By JON MOFFETT

sports@vindy.com

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Casey Serna has spent the past several years trying to forget his name.

In seventh grade, a substitute teacher accidentally misread his name out loud as “Cassie” and the youngster faced constant teasing. Now 21 and going by “KC” for annunciation ease, Serna is probably going to have his name remembered.

Serna hit a dribbler past third base for the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth inning to launch the Mahoning Valley Scrappers to a 12-11 win over the Batavia Muckdogs at Eastwood Field on Sunday. It was part of an offensive fireworks display on the eve of America’s 235th birthday.

Read the story in Monday’s Vindicator and vindy.com.