Medina 15U splits in diamond twin bill

Medina’s 15U baseball team earned a split of a doubleheader today defeating the Lockport Lions 9-5 but losing to the Orchard Park Warriors 8-3.

Medina 9, Lockport 5
Evan Collins and Jacob Duffina both had a pair of hits and Brayden LaMartina triple to highlight the offense for Medina.

Leading by a narrow 2-1 margin, Medina pulled away by scoring twice in the fourth inning on an error and an RBI single by Collins, twice in the fifth on a two-run single by Zach Graham and then 3 times in the sixth on a ground out, an error and a wild pitch.

Orchard Park 8, Medina 3
Trailing 2-0, Orchard Park rallied into the lead for good on a three-run double by Billy Battleson in the fourth inning.

The Warriors tacked on 2 runs in the sixth on a passed ball and a wild pitch and then three more in the seventh on a bases loaded walk, a hit batter and a passed ball.

Medina took an early 2-0 lead by scoring twice in the third inning on an error, a walk, an RBI groundout off the bat of Kaiden Hockenbery, a single by Mason Mikulec and an error.

Medina’s only other run came in the seventh inning on an RBI single by Brayden Calabro.

Defensively for Medina Mikulec teamed up with Graham and Viktor Snyder to turn a double play in the sixth inning.

Medina is now 4-4.

Lou Gehrig 4, Medina 3
Playing their third game of the day, Medina 15U dropped a narrow 4-3 decision to Lou Gehrig late this afternoon.

Graham had a two-run double in the fourth inning for Medina which followed a single by Snyder and a double by Calabro.

Medina’s only other run came in the seventh on a ground out off the bat of Collins.