Muckdogs Remain Perfect in Dramatic Fashion

The inning started with Santo Maertz (1-0) coming in to put the Crosscutter batters down on a lineout, strikeout and groundout while only allowing one hit.

Matt Carpenter started off the bottom of the inning with a single before Xavier Scruggs was hit by a pitch.  Ryde Rodriguez then reached on a fielder’s choice that moved Carpenter to third.  With Niko Vasquez batting next, catcher David Doss let a ball by him in the dirt that let Carpenter come home to end the game.

Williamsport took a 4-0 lead in the third, but Batavia answered with two of their own.  Jairo Martinez doubled deep to center and came home on a Jack Cawley single.  Cawley then came in to score later on a ground ball by Ryan Jackson.

However, the Crosscutters expanded their lead once more adding one more run in on a RBI triple by Jiwan James to make it 5-2.

Once again, though, the Muckdogs answered with another two of their own.  Scruggs singled and scored later in the inning on a wild pitch by Reginal Simon.  Martinez got a RBI in the next at bat off a base hit.

But Batavia wasn’t finished.  They tied things up at 5-5 in the 8^th starting with another single by Martinez.  Beau Riportella then came in to pinch run, stealing second and coming home on a single by Cawley.

Eric Fornataro threw 4 innings in the start, allowing five runs on six hits with just one walk and one strikeout.

Martinez went a perfect 3-for-3 on the night with a double, walk, one RBI and one run scored.  Cawley went 2-for3 with a walk, a RBI and a run scored.

The two teams face each other again Tuesday night at Dwyer at 7:05 p.m.