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The Gleason Bulldogs completed a home-and-home sweep of
Greenfield on Tuesday afternoon, taking an 8-7 win over the
Yellowjackets in extra innings.
With the win, the Bulldogs clinched second place in the
Eastern Division of District 14-A, via tiebreak with
Greenfield.
The ’Jackets opened the scoring in the top of the first
inning as Brett Perkins was hit by a pitch and Dalton Potts
singled. Colin Medling followed with a three-run homer to
make the score 3-0.
Gleason followed with in the bottom of the first as Cody
Ezell scored on a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to two runs.
The Bulldogs tied the score in the bottom of the second as
Matt Mayo and Nicky Spain singled, then scored on an Ezell
triple to make the score 3-3 after two innings.
Greenfield answered in the top of the third inning. Singles
from Daniel Ricketts and Steven Johnson, as well as three
walks led to three runs by the ’Jackets to make the score
6-3.
The deficit remained at three until the bottom of the fifth
inning when Gleason got a walk to Zack Wallace and Even Orr.
After Alex Verdell was hit by a pitch, a Ryan Richardson
single helped the Bulldogs plate two runs to cut the lead to
one run.
Greenfield added another run in the top of the seventh
inning as Colin Medling scored on a Brady Medling hit to
make the score 7-5.
(Read the rest of this story in the April 30th edition of the Dresden Enterprise!) |