MOGADORE, OH- The Field Falcons hosted the Streetsboro Rockets on Monday evening in a big mid season MAC matchup. The Falcons came in unbeaten at 10-0 including an 11-3 win over Revere on Saturday night at Kent State. The Rockets were looking for their third straight win.
Lefty Kayden Smith (2-0) got the start for the Falcons opposed by the Rockets Jack Pincoe (1-1).
Scott Wilson got the Rockets started in the top of the 1st with a leadoff single. He advanced to second on a stolen base and then to third on a ground out. Wilson came around to score on a Smith wild pitch giving Streetsboro a 1-0 lead.
The Rockets Scott Wilson scored on a wild pitch in the top of the 1st
The Falcons were able to answer back in the bottom half. Grady Eader led off with a double. He advanced to third on a Caden Kolesar ground out. Kayden Smith then helped his own cause with an RBI single knotting the game at 1-1. Pincoe retired the last two batters to limit the damage.
Falcons Kayden Smith drops one into LF tying the game at 1-1 in the 1st
Streetsboro came right back in the top half of the second. With two outs and Jack Batten on second courtesy of a walk and wild pitch, Matt Klimak doubled him home to put the Rockets back up by a run at 2-1.
Matt Klimak hits and RBI double in the top of the 2nd giving the Rockets a 2-1 lead
That score remained until the Falcons broke it open with a 4 run bottom of the 3rd. Eader reached on an error, Kolesar singled and Smith walked to load the bases with no outs. Drexal McAmis then hit a sharp grounder that took a bad hop and could not be fielded cleanly at short scoring a run and keeping the bases loaded. Sam Confer grounded into a fielders choice scoring another run. Ethan Rinehart capped off the scoring with a 2-run single. Field had opened up a 5-2 lead after three.
Ethan Rinehart with a big 2-run single capping off a 4 run 3rd for the Falcons
They would add another run in the bottom of the 4th after a one out single by Eader and an RBI double by Kolesar extending the lead to 6-2.
Falcons reliever Deegan Yutzy, who came on to get the final out in the top of the 4th, pitched a 1-2-3 5th inning with a pair of strikeouts.
Field brought home their final run in the bottom of the 5th on a Gavin Clapp squeeze bunt that scored Carter Little, who had doubled to leadoff the inning, from third. They took a 7-2 lead into the top of the 7th.
Gavin Clapp lays down a squeeze bunt to give the Falcons their 7th run of the game
A pair of walks and a sacrifice fly by Jack Pincoe brought home the Rockets final run in the 7th inning. The Falcons prevailed 7-3 to move to 11-0 (9-0 in the MAC) on the season.
Yutzy came on in relief for the Falcons to pitch the final 3-1/3 innings and did not allow a hit. Offensively the Falcons had three players with 2 hits each.
The two teams will meet again on Tuesday at 5 PM in Streetsboro.
(Unofficial) Stat leaders:
Field:
Caden Kolesar: 2/4, 2B, RBI
Drexal McAmis: 2/4, RBI
Grady Eader: 2/4, 2B
Ethan Rinehart: 1/4, 2 RBI
Deegan Yutzy: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 2 K
Streetsboro:
Matt Klimak: 2/2, 2 2B, RBI, BB
I spoke with Deegan Yutzy, Caden Kolesar and head coach Joe Peterson after the big win.