Lone run in the bottom of the seventh earns Kendall a dramatic regional victory

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Andew Cole celebrates as he scores the game winning run for the Eagles in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Showing plenty of flare for the dramatic, Kendall pushed across a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip Beaver River (Section III) 1-0 in a state baseball tournament Class C Regional contest this afternoon at Frontier High School.

Mikey Colucci came through with a dramatic RBI single to give the Eagles the thrilling victory after singles by Andrew Cole and Sammy Conte and an intentional walk to Nic Cole had loaded the bases.

“I just tried to stay calm and focused,” said Colucci. “Getting that hit was a real adrenaline rush.”

“You couldn’t have drawn it up like that,” said Kendall Head Coach Tige Noni. “It’s awesome. It’s amazing.

Mikey Colucci bangs out the dramatic game winning RBI single for the Eagles.

“I knew we had it in us,” said Kendall’s winning pitcher Vinnie D’Agostino who allowed only 2 hits and struck out 10.

D’Agostino and Jacob Abrams both had doubles for Kendall’s other hits.

Beaver River did get two runners aboard in the third inning but D’Agostino registered a clutch strikeout to end the threat.

The Beavers also got a pair of runners aboard in the fifth frame but Sammy Conte at shortstop and Jonny Conte at second came up with a key inning ending out. On the key play,  Sammy went to the ground to get the ball which he flipped to Jonny to get the out at second base,

The victory propels Kendall into this coming Friday’s state semifinal for just the second time in school history. The Eagles only other appearance in the state semi was in 1999.

Kendall improves to 23-2 on the season.

Note – More pictures will be posted on the HUB’s Facebook pages later today.

Kendall pitcher Vinnie D’Agostino celebrates after getting the final out in the top of the seventh inning.