JV baseball sweeps doubleheader against Sayre
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 6, 2016
The Wellsboro JV Baseball team swept Sayre in a doubleheader on the road on Thursday, May 5.
The Hornets won the first game 10-7 and the second 13-5 to improve to 3-2-1 on the year.
In the first game, Wellsboro got runs from freshman Cam Tennis and sophomores Parker Mann and Brent English. Wellsboro then added 4 more runs in the second inning, as Mann, English, junior Ben Moss, and sophomore Trent Darrow all crossed home plate. The Hornets added 3 runs in the fourth from freshman Taynton Repard, sophomore Nic Ingerick, and sophomore Brandon Plume.
Tennis led the Hornets at the plate with a 2-for-3 performance. Mann, Repard, and Plume were all 1-for-3, Darrow was 1-for-2, and Ingerick was 1-for-4.
Tennis started on the mound and pitched 4 innings, allowing 7 runs (5 earned), 7 hits, and 4 walks while striking out 5. Ingerick came on in relief for an inning and struck out 2.
In the second game, Wellsboro scored 8 runs (Tennis, Mann, English, Moss, Repard, Ingerick, Plume, and Darrow) in the first inning, and then 5 in the second (Moss, Repard, Ingerick, Plume, and Darrow) to claim the victory and complete the sweep. Repard went 2-for-2 to lead the Hornets at the plate, Plume was 2-for-3, Ingerick was 1-for-2, and Moss went 1-for-3.
Mann pitched all four innings of the second game, allowing 5 runs (all earned) on 3 hits while striking out 4.
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.
