Chris Rossetti
WARREN, Pa. – Scoring six runs in its final two at-bats, visiting DuBois overcame a one-run deficit to beat Warren, 12-7.
The Beavers trailed 7-6 going to the sixth innings but tied the game on a wild pitch before Nathan Tyler’s groundout gave them the lead, 8-7.
DuBois then tacked on four insurance runs in the top of the seventh with Garrett Starr’s two-run double capping the scoring.
Starr was 3-for-4 with three doubles, a walk, three runs scored, and four RBIs to pace DuBois’ offense, while Alex Pasternak went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Tyler was 1-for-4 with a walk, a run scored, and two RBIs, and Jordan Ell was 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.
Warren, which overcame a 6-4 deficit with a three-run fourth, was paced by Ben Berdine who hit a home run while going 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, and two RBIs. It was Berdine’s two-run home run in the fourth that gave Warren the 7-6 lead.
Micah Passmore added a double while going 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored with Gio Elinsky going 1-for-2 with a walk, and two RBIs.
Austin Mitchell, the third of four DuBois hurlers, got the win pitching a scoreless fifth inning despite walking three. Chandler Ho got the save going two innings striking out three.
Brycen Dinkfelt started and pitched three innings allowing four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three. Karson Fields pitched an inning allowing three earned runs on four hits.
Archie Teconchuk took the loss going 5 ⅓ innings allowing nine earned runs on six hits, five walks, and a hit batter while striking out three.
James Swanson started and went an inning allowing three earned runs on two hits and two walks. Konner Hoffman got the final two outs for the Dragons allowing a hit.
