Tri-Valley Maroon 14U scored five times in the top of the seventh inning to get a 9-6 come-from-behind win at Hamlin on Friday, June 17th.
Kaiden Bernards drove home the first run for Tri-Valley in the top of the first with a double for an early 1-0 lead. Hamlin took the lead in the bottom of the third with a three-run inning.
Tri-Valley responded with three runs of their own in the top of the fifth. Cole Hendrixson drove home two with a double to left field, and then he later scored to give the lead back to Tri-Valley, 4-3. The lead was short lived as Hamlin had another three run inning in the bottom of the fifth to go ahead 6-4.
The third time Tri-Valley took the lead was for good. They scored five times in the top of the seventh inning. Tristen Bunde had an RBI single. Dylan Christensen tied the game, 6-6, with an RBI single. Bernards scored on a passed ball, and then Myles DeWitt had an RBI ground ball. Parker Atwood drove home the final run of the game with an RBI single.
Bernards had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Christensen and Atwood both had two singles and an RBI. Mason Hemme and Denton Bicknase both had two singles. Hendrixson had a double and three RBIs. Bunde and T. DeWitt each added a single and an RBI. Jackson Williams and Owen Bunde both finished with a single.
T. Bunde pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing seven runs, but only one earned, on three hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Bicknase pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed two hits and a walk with five strikeouts.