YOUTH BASEBALL: CANDOR LYON DEFEATS PENN YAN DAWSON IN 4TH-PLACE SHOWDOWN (2024-07-17)

Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — Candor Lyon overcame a 5-1 deficit to defeat Penn Yan Dawson, 14-6, and claim fourth place in the 12B pool at the Owego Little League 12U Tournament Tuesday.

With Candor down four in the bottom of the third inning, Brock Rose drilled a ground-ball triple down the right field line to score Jackson Watson, Colin Strong belted a triple to center to bring Xander Reger home and Bentley Anderson smacked a double to center to score Strong to tie things up. Anderson scored when Penn Yan attempted to nab Aiden Cook stealing second, making it a 6-5 contest.

Following Reger’s two-out RBI single in the fourth, Strong nailed an inside-the-park home run to left to push the lead to 9-5.

Penn Yan got a run back in the top of the fifth, but Watson doubled to plate Lucas Edwards, then scored on a Rose base hit.

Strong singled, stole second and third, and scored on a wild pitch for Candor’s first run of the game in the second, and would finish the game 4-for-4 with four runs and five RBI.

Anderson was 3-for-3 with a run and two RBI; Reger was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBI; and Watson went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs. Rose contributed two hits, two runs and two RBI; Lucas Edwards scored twice and Logan Edwards tacked on a hit.

Lucas Edwards pitched the first three innings to get the win, striking out six walking three and surrendering five hits. Watson took the mound in relief and fanned six batters in two innings. He gave up two hits and two walks.

Candor and Penn Yan meet again Thursday, this time in bracket play on Hyde Park Field 2 at 8 p.m.

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PHOTOS BY TIM TAYLOR.

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