Barre bests Sandstone in key Albion Midget League game
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barre catcher Kyle Pappalardo tries to put the tag on Sandstone’s Pat Ricker during this past week’s key Albion Midget League game which was won by Barre.
Undefeated Barre outlasted visiting Sandstone 15-10 this past week in a key Albion Midget League game.
Trailing 10-7, Barre rallied with a big seven run fifth inning scoring burst to regain the lead for good. A triple by Kyle Pappalardo highlighted that uprising which also included hits by Zander Meakin and Colby Ferchen.
Earlier, Barre got a three-run homer by Alex Gibson in the third inning to take a 7-5 lead.
Sandstone answered with a five-run fourth inning to take a 10-7 lead as Bailey Blanchard hit a three-run homer.
Kyle Pappalardo bangs out a hit for Barre.
Sandstone also scored four times in the third inning highlighted by a two-run double by Christian Doty.
Ferchen had a total of 5 hits, Meakin 4 and Pappalardo 3 with 5 RBIs for Barre which improves to 11-0. Meakin and Gibson also shared in the pitching chores.
Pat Ricker and Blanchard both had two hits and Doty 2 RBIs for Sandstone which slips to 7-3.
Alex Gibson delivers a pitch for Barre.
Barre also posted a win over Actives while Sandstone dropped a 10-2 decision to Rotary in their other games.
Marcos Valasquez and Zaire Reed combined to hurl a two hitter for Rotary which improves to 7-3.
Valasquez also had 3 hits while Reed, Dominic Burton and Ryan Krenning each had 2. Burton’s hits included a three-run homer.
Actives earned a split on the week by downing Rotary 8-5 to go to 6-4.
Vets scored a pair of wins on the week nipping St. Mary’s 2-1 and downing Holley to go to 5-6.
Bobby Dysard hit a two-run single to account for Vets scoring in the narrow win over St. Mary’s as Thomas Furmanski registered 17 strikeouts.
Furmanski also had a three-run homer and Dysard a two-run double in the win over Holley.
Standings: Barre 11-0, Sandstone 7-3, Rotary 7-3, Actives 6-4, Vets 5-6, Carlton 3-7, St. Mary’s 2-9, Holley 0-9.
