Hornet baseball tops Troy, 8-3
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | April 30, 2015
The Wellsboro Varsity Baseball team racked up their fifth straight win as they beat Troy 8-3 on Wednesday, April 29.
The Hornets scored four runs in the first two innings to take a 4-1 lead as Juniors Nick Tremper and Dawson Prough and Senior Nick Levindoski each crossed home plate. Wellsboro then went up 5-1 after four as Freshman Johnny Rowland scored, but Troy scored two in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to 5-3.
Wellsboro would put the game away in the sixth with runs by Rowland and Freshmen Dalton Prough and Parker Mann.
Levindoski was 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI, Dawson Prough was 1-for-3 with a triple an RBI, and Tremper was 1-for-2. Junior Joe Allen pitched a complete game as he gave up three runs (all earned) and struck out four batters.
"Today was a big win, a good win, and will help us compete for the Division 1 title," said head coach Philip Prough. "We put pressure on Troy when we're on the bases and they made a lot of errors and part of that was forcing the action. We were very disciplined at the plate, although they had hard throwers we came up with a good approach."
With the win, the Hornets improve to 8-4 (4-2 NTL Division 1). The team will be back in action later today as they travel to Northeast Bradford.
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.
