Big Inning Propels Scrappers to Series Win
Big Inning Propels Scrappers to Series Win (Niles, OH)-For the second straight night the Mahoning Valley Scrappers had to battle from behind to beat the West Virginia Black Bears. And for the second straight night the Scrappers' offense found its stride in the later innings. The Scrappers used a five run
Big Inning Propels Scrappers to Series Win
(Niles, OH)-For the second straight night the Mahoning Valley Scrappers had to battle from behind to beat the West Virginia Black Bears. And for the second straight night the Scrappers' offense found its stride in the later innings. The Scrappers used a five run bottom of the sixth inning to take their first lead of the night on the way to a 9-3 win.
West Virginia would once again score first. Michael de la Cruz reached on a one out walk and moved to third on a single by
In the bottom of the third inning the Scrappers would tie the score.
West Virginia would retake the lead with two runs in the top of the sixth inning.
In the bottom of the sixth the Scrappers woke the bats up. Freeman started the inning being hit by a pitch. With one out and one on,
The Scrappers would add on two insurance runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to push the score out to the final of 9-3.
The Scrappers (2-0) look for the series sweep of the Black Bears on Sunday afternoon.
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