Sandstone’s big rally nips Barre in key Albion Midget League 12U division game
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Barre’s Luke Snyder, left, and Sandstone’s Bryce Saxton bang out hits during Wednesday’s key Albion Midget League 12U Division game won by host Sandstone.
Rebounding from as much as an 8 run deficit, Sandstone rallied to edge visiting Barre 14-13 in a key Albion Midget League 12U Division baseball game Wednesday evening.
The win vaults undefeated (10-0) Sandstone into the drivers seat in the race to earn the top seed for the upcoming playoffs as Barre suffered its second loss.
Barre built up a big 11-3 lead as Luke Snyder hit a three-run double to highlight a 5 run first inning and later belted a three-run home run in the fourth frame.
Sandstone though came battling back to claim the narrow win by scoring 5 runs in the fourth inning to cut the deficit to 11-8 and 6 more in the fifth to rally into a 14-11 lead. Liam Skowneski had a three-run double to in fourth inning and Giovanni LaMartina a three-run double and Aiden Kelly a two-run single in the fifth to highlight the big rally.
LaMartina finished with 3 hits as Kelly, Bryce Saxton and Jayce Torres each had 2.
Tyler Bennett and Jace Wright both had 3 hits for Barre as Snyder and Hudson Armer 2 each.
