Playoffs next for Albion Midget League
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Garrett Smith takes a healthy cut at the ball for Sandstone and Jack Conn delivers a pitch for Carlton during this past week’s Albion Midget League game won by Sandstone.
Albion Midget League playoff action will get underway at 6 p.m. Tuesday as top seed Sandstone hosts No. 4 Rotary and No. 2 Carlton entertains No. 3 Elba in the semifinals.
The championship game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday.
In the regular season finales this past week, Sandstone rallied to down Carlton 13-3, Carlton rebounded to defeat Elba 18-8 and Rotary bested Barre 14-0.
A big 8 run fourth inning rally highlighted by two-run doubles by Omer Fugate and Eli Johnson keyed Sandstone’s comeback win.
Fugate, Johnson and Drew Pritchard each finished with a pair of hits.
Noah Kowalski had 3 hits and Corbin Piccirilli a two-run single for Carlton.
In Carlton’s win over Elba Kowalski and Gavin Boyce both had 3 hits including a pair of doubles and Jax Gotte a three-run home run.
Rotary was led by Skyler Sanders and Evan Coots both with 2 hits.
Tyler Siebert and Victor Snyder also both had 2 hits for Barre.
Final Regular Season Standings: Sandstone 12-0, Carlton 6-5, Elba 4-7-1, Rotary 4-7, Barre 2-9-1.
