The White Sox capitalized on their opportunities, scoring nine
runs on three hits to beat the Yankees 9-3 in Morgan Hill Pony
Baseball Bronco Division action.
The White Sox capitalized on their opportunities, scoring nine runs on three hits to beat the Yankees 9-3 in Morgan Hill Pony Baseball Bronco Division action.
Nine walks by Yankees pitchers proved to be the difference to help the White Sox get the victory. They scored four times in the first two innings on only one hit and added three more in the fourth.
Chase Chadband, Colton Boulware and Michael Bergantz each scored twice for the White Sox. Brandon Duran had a triple and an RBI for the Sox and Chadband and Blake Porzio each added RBIs.
The Yankees kept the game close by pounding out nine hits. Taylor Pullen led the offensive attack by going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs and Nathaniel Batad was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, including a steal of home on a muffed suicide squeeze play.
Auston Rutledge added a triple and Jason Struzik had two hits and an RBI for the Yankees.
Chadband pitched well in relief for the White Sox, striking out seven over his three innings of work.
Mitch Pasek paced the defensive effort for the White Sox, recording three assists and also pitching three solid innings.
Batad and Pullen hooked up on a defensive gem for the Yankees when Batad fired a throw to Pullen at home to cut down a runner trying to score.
indians 7, marlins 5
The Indians took an early lead and rallied back after the Marlins tied it up and earned a 7-5 win in Bronco Division play.
John Forestieri delivered the big blow in a four-run first for the Indians, blasting a three-run double and eventually scoring on a passed ball.
But the Marlins fought back. Jim Hagan led off the top of the secnd with a single and Isaac Allen later singled to drive him in.
The Marlins closed the gap in the third when Hagan tripled and Conor Havstad delivered an RBI grounder and they tied the game in the fourth on a two-run grounder, from Brenden Stocksick.
The Indians struck back in the fourth. Kody Root led off with a double and thanks to some aggressive baserunning and an error, two runs came across the plate in the inning to make it 6-4.
Another run in the bottom of the fifth gave the Indians a three-run lead, and they held on for the win.
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