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Marietta Post 64’s Will Tornes awaits to see the results of a pitch whereas being held on by Parkersburg Post 15’s Cooper Cancade throughout Wednesday’s evening’s sport at City Park. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
PARKERSBURG — Casey Burkhammer labored 5 efficient innings and Jacob Sealey drove in three runs and fired a 1-2-3 backside of the seventh for a save right here Wednesday evening to assist lead Marietta Post 64 to a 6-4 victory versus Parkersburg Post 15 at City Park’s Bennett Stump Field.
Last week, Post 15 supervisor Mike Goodwin’s squad pulled out a 7-6 win in eight innings towards Post 64 at Pioneer Park, however a trio of unearned runs proved expensive within the second assembly.
“Uncharacteristic defense for us tonight. Costly errors that changed the game for us. I think we out him them,” admitted Goodwin, who received three innings of no-hit aid from Mason Boice after starter Seth Menarchek labored the primary 4 frames permitting three earned runs with six walks and 7 strikeouts.
“Plus we’re short staffed. I only got nine regular players and I called up two juniors today, but hats off to Marietta. They came in with a good gameplan and took advantage of our mistakes. They played clean baseball and we did not. That’s the difference in the game.”
Menarchek practically didn’t make it previous the primary batter as Post 64 leadoff man Will Tornes rocketed a sizzling shot towards his head that he was in a position to snag. Marietta loaded the bases within the first after Braun Doak and Bo Jonas walked with two outs and Sealey was hit by a pitch, however Post 15 escaped the jam.
After putting out the aspect within the second, Menarchek confronted a bases-loaded state of affairs within the third with no one out after Tornes walked, Gavin Fling singled and Doak drew one other free go. Post 64 took the lead for good when Sealey cleared the bases by way of a two-run single to middle and an error.
Parkersburg, which dropped to 8-4 and has a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday versus Middleport Post 128 at Meigs High School, received one run again within the third. Wyatt Boice, who had a three-hit effort, singled and scored on Easton Miller’s shot to the bottom of the fence in right-center that resulted in a triple. However, courtesy runner CJ McCartney was left stranded at third after Burkhammer received Cam Cumpston to come out and Cooper Cancade to fly out.
Tyler Cameron had a leadoff single for Marietta within the fourth, however was erased on a 2-4-3-6 double play after Menarchek struck out Luke Mendenhall.
Marietta elevated its lead to 5-2 after plating a pair of runs within the fifth. Tornes opened the inning with a stroll and Fling then reached on an error. Doak adopted with a run-scoring single to middle and after Jonas walked, Sealey had a sacrifice fly, which changed into an 8-5 double play when Wyatt Boice threw out Doak with a one-hop dart.
Parkersburg closed the deficit to 5-3 by answering with two runs of its personal. Menarchek, who was hitting ninth, reached on an infield single and stole second. Wyatt Boice adopted together with his second hit as Menarchek crossed on Miller’s sac fly RBI. Cumpston reduce the deficit to a pair when he poked a single into proper discipline.
Post 15 made it a one-run affair after Cooper Anderson walked to open the sixth towards Logan Fling and later scored on a wild pitch.
Gavin Fling reached on a Post 15 outfield error within the seventh and crossed for the ultimate run when Jonas additionally reached on an error.
“We’ve had a couple of tough games like that where we’ve let teams back in late in the game,” admitted Post 64 head man Chad Porter of final Friday’s loss to Post 15. “Tonight I assumed we had a variety of guys contribute.
“I thought we played pretty clean and we’ll keep getting better. We’ve been hit a little bit with the injury bug and have a couple guys out. It’s given some of our younger guys an opportunity to play and that’s good as we try to improve everyday with the goal of playing our best baseball in mid-July.”
Marietta, which additionally isn’t at full energy, will carry a 9-7 report into the three-day Bridgeport event that will get underway Friday. Post 64 will play one sport Friday and two on Saturday earlier than the event discipline is ready for Sunday.
“Honestly, pretty thin tonight on the mound,” Porter admitted. “We’ve already performed a variety of video games. If you mix that with Warren and Waterford making runs, I imply we’re simply now getting going. We’ve performed loads and we’re going to play loads. Casey did a fantastic job. We wanted him to get as deep as he might.
“He got us five complete. Logan Fling comes in, only his second time on the mound, does a good job keeping them in check. They scored a run, but we still had another at-bat to add on and we had Jake ready for the bottom of the seventh. A lot of kids contributed tonight and pleased with the effort.”
Marietta 6, Parkersburg 4
Post 64 003 020 1 – 6 4 1
Post 15 001 021 0 – 4 7 5
WP: Casey Burkhammer 5IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 7SO
SAVE: Jacob Sealey 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2SO
Logan Fling 1IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 1SO
LP: Seth Menarchek 4IP, 4H, 5R, 3ER, 6BB, 7SO
Mason Boice 3IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 2SO
Marietta Post 64 (9-7) hitting: Will Tornes 2 R; Gavin Fling 1-3, 3 R; Braun Doak 1-2 R, SB, RBI; Bo Jonas SB; Sealey 1-2, 3 RBIs; Tyler Cameron 1-3
Parkersburg Post 15 (8-4) hitting: Wyatt Boice 3-4, 2 R; Easton Miller 1-2, 3B, 2 RBIs; Cam Cumpston 1-4 RBI; Cooper Anderson R; Bronson Linville 1-3; Menarchek 1-2 R, SB
Next video games: Parkersburg Post 15 vs. Middleport Post 128, 1 p.m. Sunday (DH) at Meigs High School; Marietta Post 64 at Bridgeport event, Friday-Sunday.