Romero's Walk-Off Ends Thriller
Some games are more eventful than others, but you would be hard pressed to find a game with more oddities and action than the one between Greeneville and Kingsport on Tuesday night at Hunter Wright Stadium. All of the intrigue coming in were on Jonathan India and Jarred Kelenic, the
Some games are more eventful than others, but you would be hard pressed to find a game with more oddities and action than the one between Greeneville and Kingsport on Tuesday night at Hunter Wright Stadium.
All of the intrigue coming in were on
However, K-Met third baseman
While Romero closed the curtain, Tuesday's game had it all.
The teams combined for seven lead changes, five ties, 25 runs and 29 hits, 11 of which were the extra base variety.
The Mets offense hit the entire night scored in seven of the nine innings.
By the seventh, Kingsport had opened up a seemingly comfortable 8-4 advantage, but the Reds would not go quietly.
The Reds pounced for seven runs in the seventh to take an 11-8 advantage, but the Mets too wouldn't fold.
Kingsport scored a pair in the seventh on RBI-singles by
In the eighth, it was the newest K-Met Jarred Kelenic, who hit a booming two-run homer to right to give Kingsport the 12-11 advantage. Kelenic finished 2-4 with four RBIs in his Kingsport debut.
The Reds tied the game in the ninth on a two-out infield hit by Mike Siani, and when Romero's throw got by
But Romero would more than make up for it, by ending the game with a walkoff homer to lead off the ninth, sending Hunter Wright Stadium into a frenzy.
The win helps Kingsport keep pace with Elizabethton, who also won Tuesday night. Both teams are tied for first place in the Appalachian League West.
The Reds were led offensively by second baseman
Willems finished the game 4-5, hitting for the cycle, and drove in three runs. The cycle is the first cycle in Greeneville Reds history.
Jonathan India went 0-3 in his first game at Hunter Wright Stadium, but did walk three times and score a pair of runs.
Game Two in the series is at 11 AM on Wednesday. It's our annual Camp Day at the ballpark, where the Mets will welcome local campers and counselors to the park.