North Penn-Mansfield Plate Late Unearned Run To Edge Athens, 4-3
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | May 3, 2024 | Photo courtesy Lance Larcom/ntwsportsreport.com
MANSFIELD - North Penn-Mansfield scored an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull out a 4-3 win over Athens here Friday afternoon in NTL Large School Division baseball action.
"Nick Grazul pitched a great game and really deserved a better outcome," said Athens coach Charlie Havens. "We made a couple defensive mistakes and really couldn't get that clutch hit with runners on.
"Overall, I'm proud of how we played and competed," added Havens. "We aren't done yet … I believe we will keep competing until the end."
The Tigers drew blood with three runs in the bottom of the second inning, but the Wildcats answered with two runs in the top of the third to close the gap to 3-2.
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Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
