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Ike drops extra inning thriller to Union City

UNION CITY – Union City outlasted Eisenhower 3-2 in a 9-inning marathon on Monday, with Andrew Hoban scoring on an error with two outs to end it.

Justin Perrin’s RBI single brought in Jake Harvey in the second inning to give Eisenhower a 1-0 lead, an advantage they held until their were two outs in the bottom of the seventh, when Hoban hit an RBI single to tie the game.

Ike responded, re-taking the lead in the eighth, with Harvey’s RBI groundout scoring Jeremy Carlson.

It was Union City’s turn to respond in the bottom half of the eighth, with an RBI double off the bat of Jamon Higley tying the game at 2-2.

Nick Smelko was brilliant on the mound for the Knights, tossing 7 2/3 innings and allowing just two runs, striking out a pair, while Drake Gens had two hits.

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EISENHOWER (2)

Pascuzzi 4-0-0-0, Carlson 3-1-1-0, Elmquist 4-0-1-0, Harvey 4-1-1-1, Gens 4-0-2-0, Perrin 4-0-1-1, Williams 4-0-0-0, Smeklo 3-0-0-0, Gray 3-0-0-0, Totals 33-2-6-2

UNION CITY (3)

Burgess 4-0-0-0, Hoban 3-1-1-1, B. Higley 5-0-0-0, Kinney 4-1-0-0, Boylan 5-0-2-0, Uber 2-0-0-0, J. Higley 1-0-1-1, Haskins 1-0-1-0, Soliwoda 1-0-0-0, Kerns 4-0-1-0, Banister 2-1-2-0, Totals 32-3-8-2

Eisenhower 010 000 010 – 2

Union City 000 000 111 – 3

2B – Elmquist (E), Boylan (U), J. Higley (U); WP – Haskins; LP – Elmquist

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Cochranton 16, Youngsville 0

Leadoff hitter Cam Snyder went 2-for-3 with four RBI as Cochranton scored 12 runs in the fourth and fifth innings en route to a 16-0, 5-inning win over Youngsville in Region 3 action on Monday.

Brady Kesterholt and Jacob DeSimone had Youngsville’s hits.

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COCHRANTON (16)

Snyder 3-0-2-4, Suder 1-1-1-0, Shreve 3-1-1-0, J. Dunlevy 1-0-1-0, Jamieson 3-2-1-1, Snedeker 1-1-0-0, T. Freyermuth 2-1-0-0, Richter 1-1-1-2, Ross 3-0-1-3, McDonough 0-1-0-0, C. Freyermuth 3-2-2-1, Hittle 2-3-2-1, McKay 1-0-1-1, Ross 2-1-1-0, D. Dunlevy 2-1-1-1, Fox 2-1-1-1, Totals 30-16-16-15

YOUNGSVILLE (0)

Kesterholt 3-0-1-0, Hoover 3-0-0-0, Rugar 2-0-0-0, DeSimone 3-0-1-0, Mercado 2-0-0-0, Kerr 2-0-0-0, Sowa 1-0-0-0, Walton 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0, Wright 2-0-0-0, Totals 18-0-2-0

Cochranton 031 57 – 16

Youngsville 000 00 – 0

2B – Richter (C), Snyder (C), D. Dunlevy (C), C. Freyermuth (C); 3B – Ross (C); WP – Ross; LP – DeSimone

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