Mahoning Valley can’t solve ValleyCats

Associated Press

TROY, N.Y.

Mahoning Valley showed it could compete with the top team in the New York-Penn League but Tri-City scored the game-winner in the bottom of the seventh to pull past the Scrappers 5-4 on Sunday.

The ValleyCats (34-13) took a 2-0 lead in the first inning thanks to four walks in the first five batters.

Joseph Wendle went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs for the Scrappers (23-23), who are five games behind Auburn in the Pinckney Division standings.

Joe Sever and Hunter Jones each singled and doubled for Mahoning Valley, which took a 4-2 lead in the top of the fourth.

James Stokes (0-3) gave up a run in one inning to get the loss while Travis Ballew (4-0) got the win in relief.

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VALLEYCATS 5, SCRAPPERS 4

ScrappersTri-City

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Vick lf3100Sclafini ss3121

Jones cf5120Johnson cf4110

Wendle 2b5133Elkins 2b 4000

Sever 3b4020Wrzbicki 1b4111

Frazar dh4010Hneman dh2121

Lucas c4111Tucker rf4021

Romero rf4000Dineen 3b4000

Gnzalez 1b4000Morales c3011

Garcia ss3020Gulbran lf 3110

Totals364114Totals315105

Scrappers003100000—4

Tri-City20011010x—5

DP —Tri-City 1. LOB—Scrappers 8, Tri-City 11. 2B—Sever (6), Jones (3). HR—Wendle (3), Lucas (1). SB—Garcia (3), Gulbransen (3), Wierzbicki (11).

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Scrappers

Morel3 2-343354

People2 1-331111

Stokes L, 0-3121110

Homblert110001

Tri-City

Bircher6 2-3104422

Ballew W, 4-01 1-310003

Ford S, 12100010

Umpires—Home, Ben Lebin; Bases, Ryan Simmons. T—2:39. A—3,261.