Tarp Skunks drop both games against Auburn on Sunday
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Jamestown Tarp Skunks fell short by one run in both games of a doubleheader against the Auburn DoubleDays, first 3-2 then 4-3, in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League on Sunday at Falcon Park.
GAME 1
Jamestown trailed 3-0 until the fifth inning when it plated its only runs of the contest in the 3-2 loss.
Grady Mee started off the frame with a walk before being moved all the way to third on a Zack Kent double. Mee eventually scored on a fielder’s choice double play. Jared Munoz then reached the empty basepaths via walk and thanks to errors made his way home before Colin Houck closed out the frame with a strikeout.
Kent’s double saw him finish the contest 2 for 3 and joining him with an extra base hit was Henry Juan with a double.
Evan Chaffee took the loss for the Tarp Skunks giving up five hits and an earned run while striking out five batters.
Auburn’s Huxley Holcombe earned the win on the mound giving up just three hits and one earned run while striking out five. Michael Sills earned the save while striking out two batters in his one inning of work.
Hazel Martinez, Emil Sander and James Mason all had RBIs for the DoubleDays.
GAME 2
Jamestown struck again in the fifth inning in the second game, even taking the lead, but a three-run sixth was enough for Auburn to hold on for the 4-3 victory.
The Tarp Skunks scattered five hits between Evan Fragela, Luc Fuller, Zack Kent, Ryan Mittelman and Cooper Munro, with Fuller’s knock being a double. Kent and Mittelman had the RBIs.
A Wenrich led Auburn with 2 RBIs and a run scored, while Hazel Martinez and F Espinal picked up a RBI each.
Michael Sills recorded another save while Cooper Polcovich earned the win.
Joe Reitebach pitched 5 1/3 for the Tarp Skunks with three earned runs and six strikeouts while giving up five hits and walking two.



