YOUTH BASEBALL: OWEGO 16U RALLIES PAST M-E IN TEENER PLAYOFFS (2024-07-19)
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — The M-E Gladiators were the home team in the scorebook, but Owego was playing at home and would rally to knock off M-E, 15-12, in a wild Tri County Teener League 16U playoff game Thursday evening.
Owego racked up five runs in the top of the first inning, then surrendered 11 in a row to the gladiators before getting back on track.
Trailing, 11-6, Owego erupted for a half-dozen runs in the sixth inning to take the lead for good. Jake Bensley would lead off the inning with a single, and Noah Christ and Nick Brown would pick up walks to load the bases. Bensley would score on a passed ball and Christ stole home while M-E recorded a pair of outs in the process.
With his team still down two, Brown stole home, Wyatt Stiles walked, and Shamus Sullivan singled to score Niles. Cayden Smith stepped to the plate and delivered an RBI double, plating Sullivan and tying the score, then Parker Jenkins drove in Smith to put Owego in front, 12-11.
With two gone in the seventh, Tyler Lewis walked, stole second, advanced to thor on a passed ball and scored on a passed ball. Christ would walk again, steal second and score on a Brown double, then Brown scored to make it 15-11.
The Gladiators attempted to rally in the bottom of the seventh with two down and picked up a run on a walk and back-to-back singles, but a ground ball out back to Tyler Lewis on the mound ended the game.
The game began with a two-out rally. After a Tyler Lewis leadoff single, M-E recorded a pair of strikeouts, but Christ smacked a double to start the scoring. Brown and Card followed with singles, bringing in two more runs. Elijah Wheeler walked, Card scored on a passed ball and Wheeler scored on a Niles base hit, making it 5-0.
The Gladiators responded with a trio of runs, then scored six more in the second and tacked on a pair on the third to build an 11-6 advantage.
Owego got a run back in the fourth on consecutive doubles by Brown and Card.
Tyler Lewis picked up the win in relief of Matt Lewis. He struck out 10 batters in five innings of work, surrendering one run on five hits and one base on balls.
Brown and Card paced a 15-hit attack with Brown going 3-for-3 with two doubles, four runs and two RBI, and Card going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a run and an RBI.
Sullivan was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI; Jenkins was 2-for-3 with an RBI; Christ contributed a double, three runs and an RBI; Tyler Lewis recorded a hit and two runs; Smith added a double, run and RBI; Niles chipped in with a hit, run and RBI: Bensley added a hit and a run; and Wheeler tacked on a run.
Owego (5-4) faces StoddardBuilders/Skylark Diner (6-2-1) from Vestal Friday at 7:45 p.m. at Vestal’s Arnold Park.
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PHOTOS BY TIM TAYLOR.
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