| GAME SUMMARY |
| The Troy Haymakers held off a 7th inning rally by Capital City Kings to take 7-6 win. The Kings were the first to get on the board in the 2nd when Ryan O'Keefe drew a walk, scoring one run. In the bottom of the 2nd, a double by Josh Ryan scored two to give Troy a 2-1 lead. In the top of the 3rd, the Kings’ Kyle Kristal stole home, tying the games 2-2. The Haymakers regained the lead in the bottom of the inning when Lex Aragona drew a walk, scoring one run, giving Troy a 3-2 lead. Cap City’s Kyle Ruth singled to drive in a run in the top of the 5th, tying the score 3-3. In the bottom of the 5th, Argona drove in a run on a sacrifice fly, then Troy took advantage of an infield error to score two more, taking the lead 6-3. They stretched that to 7-3 in the 6th when Gianni DiCerbo drove home a run with a single. The Kings started the top of the 7th with an infield out, then got runners on base. Bill Creighton drove home two with a single, then with two outs and the bases loaded, was forced in on a walk to make it 7-6. Troy forced a final final ground to end the rally and seal the win. Noah Moran pitched 6-1/3 innings for the Haymakers to pick up the win. CAP - Stoliker, Tucker (4), Creighton (5) and Streeter; Ruth 2-1B, Creightion 2 RBI, Kristal 3 R, Stoliker 6 K. HAY - Moran, Plue (7) and Archina; Plue 2B, DiCerbo 2-1B, Argona 2 RBI, Ryan 2B/2 RBI, Moran 8 K. WP - Moran (HAY), LP - Tucker (CAP), S - Plue (HAY). |
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