Hornets defeat Mansfield in extra innings
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 10, 2014
The Wellsboro Varsity baseball team needed 10 innings to defeat rival Mansfield 2-1 on Friday, May 9.
The Tigers struck early in the first inning as Brady Andrews crossed the plate to put Mansfield up 1-0. The Hornets would battle back as Senior Brian Doty drove in Dawson Prough to tie the game up at 1-1. Neither team would scored again until the Hornets ended it in the 10th.
Senior Cody DeHaas led off the bottom half of the inning and was hit by a pitch to get placed on first base. DeHaas would advance to second on a sacrifice bunt and later stole third to get into scoring position. Senior Brandon Owlett drove in DeHaas for the winning run on a sacrifice fly with DeHaas beating the tag at home plate to give the Hornets the 2-1 NTL Division 1 win.
Earlier in the year Wellsboro lost 5-4 to Mansfield in a battle of two evernly matched teams.
"Both squads have played each other very tough this year," said head coach Philip Prough. "Mansfield's pitching is a little deeper than ours but I think hitting wise we have the advantage. Joe Allen pitched a tremendous game, all the credit goes to him.
"We've struggled this year with walks and all year long we've tried to keep a team under five walks. I don't know what the final total came to tonight but my guess was it was under five. Anytime we can stay in the game we are a team that can hit with anyone else."
Allen pitched 9 innings striking out four and gave up the only run in a no decision. Senior Dylan Prough came on in relief to pitch the final inning to collect the win.
Owlett had two hits on the night while Dawson Prough with a double and a run. DeHaas, Junior Nick Levindoski, Dylan Prough, Doty, and Sophomore Nick Tremper also had hits on the night.
With the win the Hornets improve to 8-8 (4-5 NTL Division 1). The team will be back in action on Monday, May 12 as they travel to Wyalusing.
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.
