Raiders’ quick start bests Mustangs; Purple Eagles nip CSAT

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker’s Brad Wilson scores on a squeeze play during the Raiders home field win over Medina this afternoon as Mustangs pitcher Tyler Ames flips the ball to catcher Justin Morgan.

Jumping out to an early 6-0 lead, Barker went on to defeat visiting Medina 6-4 this afternoon as the Raiders improve to 3-0 in Niagara-Orleans League baseball competition.

Barker scored four quick runs in the first inning on a two-run single by Jake Meister and RBI singles by winning pitcher Brad Wilson and Kyle McDonald.

The Raiders tacked on two more runs in the second on a double by Wilson and a squeeze bunt by Meister.

Medina did rally late as Jared Zinkievich, seeing his first acton since being injured while making a diving catch on Tuesday, banged out a three-run triple in the seventh inning. However, the Mustangs rally fell short.

Wilson went the distance on the mound allowing 4 hits and striking out 7.

Playing their fourth game in as many days, the Mustangs slip to 1-3 in N-O action.

Brad Wilson delivers a pitch for Barker.

Albion 9, CSAT 8
Albion pushed across a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip visiting CSAT 9-8 and maintain a share of the N-O lead at 3-0.

Bryce Pritchard banged out an RBI double in the last of the seventh to earn the Purple Eagles the narrow win as an error set up the opportunity.

Earlier, Albion scored five times in the second inning to grab a 7-2 lead. A double by Nate Moore ignited that uprising whig also featured RBI singles by Randy Eblacker and Vincent Zona and a two-run error.

Eblacker, Zona and Jason Downs each had two hits on the day.