Salisbury scored two runs each in the first three innings and beat Westran 8-1 on Monday, to take a big step toward earning a top district seed. Those six early runs came off Hornet ace Cooper Harvey, who took his first loss of the season. After a walk to Jake Peiffer and a double by Austin Cravens, Harvey had a chance to get out of first inning trouble….
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. In the second, the first two Panther batters were hit by a pitch and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Gavin Binder and an infield single by Peiffer. In the third, Caleb Sturm led off with a double and scored on this hit by Hayden Ramsey….
Cravens was the winning pitcher and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. He pitched 5-and-two-thirds shutout innings before being pulled on his 75th pitch. Cravens gave up just two hits, struck out eight and walked one. Salisbury improves to 11-4. At 4-1, the Panthers remain a game behind Schuyler County in the Lewis & Clark Conference race. They will play at Linn County/Meadville on Tuesday.
Gage Adler had an RBI single for Westran in the 5th inning. The Hornets drop to 9-5 and 2-2 in the conference. They will host Marceline on Wednesday. You can find the full broadcast by going to the Game Archive section of nemopressbox.com.
postgame with Salisbury coach Jed Cook:
postgame with Westran coach Tyler Tanner:
