Both teams had ten hits in the ten inning game, but Batavia (35-34) was able to beat Auburn (24-44) in the end.
The Doubledays scored one run right away in the 1st inning and one more in the 3rd but the Muckdogs took a 3-2 lead after the bottom of the 3rd. Devin Goodwin and Ryan Jackson were issued back-to-back walks and came home when Matthew Adams hit a two-out double. Adams himself came in to score when Kyle Conley followed with another two-base hit.
Auburn took the lead right back, though, scoring once in the 4th and once again in the 7th. However, Batavia decided to make things interested by scoring tying the game up in the bottom of the 7th. Alan Ahmady reached on a walk, was advanced to third on a Conley single and then came in to score the tying run on a single by Jon Edwards.
The game stayed notched at four a piece until the bottom of the 10th. Niko Vasquez led off the inning with a single that allowed Ivan Castro to reach on a force out during the next at-bat. Goodwin then came up with a game-winning triple to score Castro and end the game.
Dan Calhoun got the start on the mound, going five innings with three runs (two earned), five hits, one walk and three strikeouts. Tyler Lavigne followed him in an inning’s work with one hit, one walk and two strikeouts. Tyler Leach came next, throwing three innings with one run on three hits while striking out two. Santo Maertz (3-1, 1.52) picked up the win, hurling the last two innings with just one hit, two walks and four strikeouts.
Offensively, Conley, Edwards and Vasquez all went 2-for-5, Conley and Edwards each with a RBI.
