BRADFORD, PA – Sealing the game with a walk-off two-out steal of home, Braylan Austin helped secure the Bradford baseball team’s second consecutive win as they kept their playoff hopes alive with a 6-5 over Brockway.
Through the first three frames, the Owls and Rovers duked it out with scattered bat barrages. After taking an initial 4-0 lead after two, Bradford saw their cushion evaporate as Brockway’s bats came alive, tallying five. Those runs would go unanswered until the bottom of the seventh, when Jackson Peterson rattled off a hard-hit grounder that scored Lucas Wallace. With the bases loaded, Austin put the weight of the game on his shoulder, seeing a passed ball and seizing his opportunity. Closing the last 90 feet, his walk-off steal put the Owls on top for good, earning their fifth win of the season.
Wallace ended with a team-high three hits in four trips to the plate, scoring twice and recording one RBI. Brody Haviland went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs while Austin finished 1-for-3 with two runs scored.
Playing under a 0.500 rule and with just four games left on the docket, the Owls are up against a wall, needing to come out on top of each of their last contests. First, Bradford will see Warren, Port Allegany and Oswayo Valley at home on Friday, Monday and Wednesday, before completing their regular season on Thursday, May 14 against Smethport.
AT BRADFORD
Brockway 005 000 0 R:5 H:6 E:1
Bradford 310 000 2 R:6 H:10 E:3
Brockway: Bash (3 SO, 4 BB), Daugherty (7) (0 SO, 0 BB) and Lindehoth
Bradford: Wallace (X SO, X BB), Reese (4) (5 SO, 1BB) and Gow
Kane 10, Smethport 0, 5 innings
KANE, PA – Relegated to just a single hit, the Hubbers suffered their sixth loss of the season with a five-frame defeat at the hands of the Wolves.
Camryn Young nabbed the lone hit of the afternoon for Smethport, going 1-for-2.
With three games left on the schedule, the Hubbers next see Elk County Catholic on Monday as their last contest at home before ending their campaign with a two-game road trip against Otto-Eldred and Bradford on Tuesday and Thursday.
AT KANE
Smethport 000 00 R:0 H:1 E:3
Kane 213 31 R:10 H:6 E:0
Smethport: Tanner (3 SO, 5 BB), Holmberg (5) (0 SO, 1 BB) and Young
Kane: Chamberlain (9 SO, 0 BB) and Swanson
Allegany-Limestone 7, CSAT 4
ALLEGANY, NY – A combined effort on the mound led the Allegany-Limestone baseball team past CSAT.
The Gators used four different pitchers in the win and each managed to pick up at least three strikeouts. At the plate, Isaiah Fisher, Connor Crowley and Mike Questa recorded two hits and an RBI apiece.
AT ALLEGANY
CSAT: Michel (6 SO, 1 BB), Ramirez (3 SO, 3 BB) and Rodriguez
Allegany-Limestone: Rhodes (3 SO, 3 BB), Forrest (4 SO, 2 BB), Fisher (3 SO, 2 BB), Chouinard (3 SO, 1 BB) and Cowburn
Softball
Port Allegany 17, Bradford 7, 6 innings
PORT ALLEGANY, PA – Closing out the afternoon with a massive, nine-run frame, the Lady Gators collected their 12th win of the season with a blowout over Bradford.
Six Lady Gators tallied multiple hits during the win, with Gianna Glasgow leading the pack with three. Glasgow ended 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three more batted in while Maddy Errick ended 2-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs. Kendra Ayers, Brynn Evens, Jaidyn Mahon and Breah Wilcox all had two hits in the win and combined for six runs and seven RBIs.
For Bradford, Daisy Greene and Jackie Sipko both ended 2-for-3 with one run scored.
AT PORT ALLEGANY
Bradford 300 400 R:7 H:8 E:7
Port Allegany 122 129 R:17 H:15 E:2
Bradford: Greene (6 SO, 2 BB) and Kicior
Port Allegany: Wilcox (9 SO, 2 BB) and Errick
Allegany-Limestone 4, Southwestern 0
JAMESTOWN, NY – In a pitcher’s duel, it was Allegany-Limestone’s Kailey Truman that prevailed.
Racking up 14 strikeouts to just three walks and three hits, she was able to keep Southwestern off the board in a low-scoring affair that required a strong performance in the circle.
The Gators did not have a much better day at the plate, only connecting for four hits. But critical errors from the Trojans helped their offense. All three runs A-L scored came on the back of errors from the hosts.
AT JAMESTOWN
Allegany-Limestone 020 000 1 R:3 H:4 E:0
Southwestern 000 000 0 R:0 H:3 E:3
Allegany-Limestone: Ka. Truman (14 SO, 3 BB) and P. Truman
Southwestern: Burnett (10 SO, 1 BB) and Carlson
Kane 23, Smethport 3, 3 innings
SMETHPORT, PA – Giving up double-digit runs in multiple innings, the Lady Hubbers tallied their 12th loss of the season.
Aleigha Reed ended 2-for-2 with one run scored and one more batted for Smethport, while Chloe Conn, Mariah Tanner, Coral Tronetti and Payton Lenze all also recorded hits in the loss.
AT SMETHPORT
Kane (10)3(10) R:23 H:7 E:0
Smethport 012 R:3 H:6 E:7
Kane: McGuire (0 SO, 0 BB), Vito (2) (3 SO, 0 BB) and Ely
Smethport: Tanner (2 SO, 11 BB), Benjamin (2) (1 SO, 8 BB), Miller (3) (0 SO, 0 BB) and Tronetti
