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WARREN, Pa. – Tanner Stuart lifted first his own body, then his team, to a win Tuesday as Stuart scored the game-winning run in A&B Heating’s 6-5 win over Allegheny Prints in boys’ majors Little League action.
With the game tied at 5-5 and two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Stuart went for third on a passed ball. Wyatt Wilson’s throw went over the third baseman, but Logan Ristau was backing up and fired the ball back to Wilson at the plate as Stuart was breaking for home. Ristau’s throw beat Stuart, and Wilson was in position to make the tag.
Stuart leapt over Wilson, avoided the tag, and landed safely on home plate for the winning run.
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Ty Bryan and Eddie Abplanalp each tripled in the win, while Dru Abbey hit a pair of singles, and Hunter Ingerson also singled.
Wilson doubled and tripled for Allegheny Prints. Brody Connolly doubled and Connor Smith singled and scored a run.
On the mound, Abplanalp struck out seven over 2 2/3 innings, Abbey struck out a pair, and Bryan struck out all six batters he faced.
Ristau racked up seven strikeouts in four innings for Allegheny in relief. Bentley Moore struck out 2 in the relief effort.
FROM MAY 26: A&B HEATING 17, ALLEGHENY PRINTS 3
For A&B, Stuart had a single and an inside-the-park home run, Abplanalp had a single and a double, Bentley Vincent had a double, and Jack Branch and Noah Pape had singles to put up 17 runs in four innings.
Moore, Connor Smith, and Brody Connolly all had singles while Wilson smashed an inside-the-park home run to round out the base hits for Allegheny Prints.
Abplanalp finished with 6 strike outs in the win
