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Fleetwings edge Longhorns
Lefty Kevin Woodbridge goes 6 1/3
strong to move to 4-0 on the season.
SCHERERSVILLE --
The Tri-City Fleetwings and Cetronia Longhorns
squared off in a hard-fought battle that could have playoff implications down
the road. The Fleetwings were victorious 5-4 on Dave Toth's RBI single with two
out in the sixth inning and behind six strikeouts from Kevin Woodbridge.
Woodbridge (4-0) went 6 1/3 innings before tiring and was replaced by veteran
lefty Ray Ganser, who retired the only two batters he faced for the save.
Scott Garger got things started for Tri-City in the second inning with a one-out
double to left. Teague Fatzinger reached base on catcher's interference and
Jeremy Arner hit a ball to shortstop, but runners were safe all around when the
throw to second base was just off the bag. The next batter, Paul Santay, got an
infield single that plated Garger for an RBI. The Fleetwings made it 2-0 in the
fourth inning when Ryan Palos singled and scored on an RBI single by Arner.
Arner was 2-3 with two RBI for Tri-City.
Cetronia finally got to Woodbridge in the fifth inning, scoring two runs on two
hits to tie the score. The Longhorns had managed only two hits in the previous
four innings. Scott Heyer led off with a single, and Adam Butala followed with a
walk. Brian Polaha's bunt attempt was fielded, but thrown away by the third
baseman, allowing Heyer to score and moving Butala to third. Butala scored on
Luke Bricker's RBI single.
Tri-City grabbed the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth inning on Ben
Swatsky's solo home run. The lead was extended to 5-2 in the sixth when Justin
Godusky doubled down the right field line, then Arner followed with his second
RBI single of the game. Arner scored what would prove to be the winning run two
batters later on Dave Toth's RBI single.
Cetronia came close in the seventh inning, plating two runs against a worn-out
Woodbridge. After striking out Butala to start the inning, he gave up singles to
Polaha and Jim Healey and an RBI double to Chris Peters before leaving the game.
He was charged with one more run when reliever Ray Ganser got Bricker to hit a
sacrifice fly for the second out then the 4-decade pitcher struck out the
4-decade hitter, George Horn to end the game. Horn became the second player in
league history to hit a home run in four different decades with a mammoth blast
to dead center at Lehigh Township on Sunday.
Along with Arner, Tri-City got two hits apiece from Santay and Ben Swatsky. The
Fleetwings even their record at 9-9 and host Jordan Creek next on Tuesday. The
Longhorns got two hits from Healey and two RBI from Bricker. They fall to 9-11
and have now lost five of their last six. They host Milford on June 19th.
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