Hornet baseball falls to Mansfield
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 6, 2013
The Wellsboro Varsity baseball team fell to Mansfield 10-6 Friday night on the road.
The Hornets started out with a 3-0 lead after the first inning, but Mansfield scored two runs in the 2nd and 4 in the 3rd inning to take a 6-4 lead. Junior Brian Doty tied the game with a 2-run home run in the 5th inning, but Mansfield would score 4 more runs in the 5th and 6th innings to seal the victory.
Senior Ben Shaw continued his hot streak from the plate as he went 2-2 with a home run and 3 runs scored and Senior Matt Reese went 2-4 and scored a run.
Junior Brandon Owlett started the game on the mound for the Hornets, going 3 innings and giving up 6 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits. Owlett also walked 6 batters and struck out 4. Senior Dan Saniga came on in relief giving up the final 4 runs on the night in the loss.
With the loss, the Hornets fall to 9-3 (3-2 NTL West). Also over the weekend, the Wellsboro JV team dropped a double-header to Athens 0-4 and 2-8.
The team will be back in action on Monday, May 6 as they host Cowanesque Valley.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
