IAC BASEBALL: TIOGA ENDS COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN WITH 10-RUN SIXTH INNING; TOPS SOUTHERN CAYUGA, 19-8 (14 PHOTOS) (2025-04-22)
Valley Sports ReportTIOGA CENTER — Tioga scored 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to cap a come-from-behind victory and walk-off with a 19-8 six-inning win over Southern Cayuga here Tuesday afternoon in IAC Small School baseball action.
The Chiefs led 3-1 after the first inning, and 6-3 after two winnings.
Southern Cayuga increased its lead to 8-3 with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth inning, but the Tigers answered with three runs in the home half of the inning to close the gap to 8-6 in a rally that was capped by a two-run double by junior Gavin Kithcart.
In the bottom of the fifth, junior Cam Ross singled up the middle to drive in a run, and the Tigers plated two runs on a two-out error to take a 9-8 lead after five innings.
Junior Cooper Dember led off the home half of the sixth with a triple and scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of junior Max Paugh to take a 10-8 lead.
After a sacrifice fly by senior Shea Bailey made it 11-8, Tioga continued to tack on runs on a groundout by freshman Josh Rought, an RBI single by senior Garrett Godfrey, and RBI double by Kithcart, and three consecutive bases-loaded walks — to Dember, junior Jackson Varner, and Paugh — to make it 17-8.
Bailey then ended the game with a two-run single into center field to invoke the 10-run rule.
Bailey singled twice and had five RBI, and Kithcart doubled twice, scored one run and had three RBI to pace Tioga's 14-hit attack, while Varner was 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI, and Godfrey doubled and singled, scored two runs, and drove in one run.
Dember tripled and singled, and scored three runs for the Tigers, while Rought singled, scored three ruins, and drove in two runs, sophomore Jackson Bombard singled and scored two runs, Ross singled, scored three runs, and drove in one run, and Paugh scored a pair of runs, and knocked in two runs.
Bombard earned the win for the Tigers, allowing two runs — none earned — on three hits, while striking out nine and walking three in 4 2/3 innings of relief.
Tioga, now 5-1, returns to action Wednesday at Marathon.
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PHOTOS BY AMANDA BAILEY.
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