Medina 15U drops narrow stormy weather loss at Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field

Photo via Gamechanger – The Medina Mustangs 15U got the opportunity to play on Cooperstown’s historic Doubleday Field this morning. Unfortunately stormy weather ended up causing the Mustangs to drop a 5-3 decision to the VT Strikers.

A late inning comeback was ruined by stormy weather as the Medina Mustangs 15U baseball team dropped a narrow 5-3 decision to the VT Strikers in a Cooperstown Tournament game at historic Doubleday Field this morning.

Trailing 5-2, Medina cut the deficit to 5-3 by scoring once in the top of the sixth inning on a wild pitch after a single by Brandon Floret and two walks had loaded the bases.

The Mustangs then tied the at 5-5 by scoring twice in the top of the seventh inning on an RBI single by Brayden LaMartina and a passed ball.

However, stormy weather then forced play to be halted before the bottom of the seventh inning could be played.

The bad weather caused the final score to be reverted to the last completed inning, the sixth, which gave the VT Strikers the 5-3 win.

Earlier the Strikers grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a pair of walks and an error.

Medina rallied into a 2-2 tie by scoring twice in the top of the third without the benefit of a hit on 3 walks, a passed ball and an error.

The Strikers then scored what proved to be the deciding 3 runs in the bottom of the third on a double, two walks, a passed ball and a pair of wild pitches.

Brayden Calabro had 2 hits for the Mustangs whose next game will be on Sunday.