Valley Sports ReportSAYRE — Sayre took an early six-run lead, but Williamson scored seven runs in its final two at-bats to pull out an 11-9 win here Tuesday afternoon in NTL Small School baseball action at Riverfront Park.
The Redskins took advantage of errors and a run-scoring balk to plate seven runs in the home half of the second inning to take a 7-1 lead. The rally also featured RBI singles by junior Shaine Strickland and sophomore Riley McGaughey.
Williamson closed the gap to 7-4, but an RBI single by McGaughey gave the Redskins an 8-4 lead after four innings.
Sayre scored an unearned run in the fifth to extend the lead to 9-4, but Williamson scored five runs in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 9-9, then scored twice in the seventh to take an 11-9 lead.
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, sophomore Tanner Green singled, and Karter Green ripped a double to put runners on second and third, but the next batter struck out to end the game.
McGaughey singled twice, scored one run, and had two RBI, and Strickland singled twice, scored two runs, and drove in one run, while Karter Green doubled and singled, and Blake Zingeser doubled and singled, and scored one run to pace Sayre's 10-hit attack.
Tanner Green singled and scored one run for the Redskins, while Jacob Vaupotic singled, and Brayden Northrup, Kyshon Kole, and Declan Barry each scored one run.
Karter Green started for the Redskins, allowing four runs — one earned — on three hits, while striking out 13 and walking five in five innings.
Sayre, now 1-12, returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Cowanesque Valley.
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IN PHOTO: Sayre's Riley McGaughey. ... VSR STOCK PHOTO.
