The Chesaning Varsity Baseball team completed the sweep with a 4-3 comeback victory over the host Marauders. Chesaning scored first in the top of the 1st inning when Lucas Powell led the game off with a single to right field. Powell advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch and stole 3rd base. Powell then scored when Brady Sager hit a sacrifice fly to left field to give the Indians a 1-0 lead. Ovid-Elsie responded by scoring a run and tying the game at 1 in the bottom of the 1st inning. The Marauders then took the lead in the bottom of the 3rd inning by scoring 2 runs in the frame to give Ovid-Elsie a 3-1 advantage. Chesaning finally broke through in the top of the 5th inning when Lucas Powell, Brady Sager and Max Volk all walked to load the bases. Powell then scored on a wild pitch to make the score 2-3 still in favor of the Marauders. Logan Fulk then walked to once again load the bases for the Indians. Eli Escamilla then followed up with another walk to score Brady Sager and tie the score at 3. Blake Laskowski then knocked in Nash Wendling on a fielder’s choice ground ball to give the Indians a 4-3, which they would hold onto for the rest of the 7 inning game.

Brady Sager started on the mound for Chesaning and went five innings while allowing 3 hits, 4 walks, 3 unearned runs and struck out 9 Marauder batters. Sager earned the win and improved his record to 2-1 on the season. Lucas Powell came in to pitch the 6th and 7th innings and was rock solid out of the bullpen, to earn the save. Powell allowed no hits or walks and struck out 2 of the 6 batters he faced.

Leading the way offensively for the Indians were:

Lucas Powell 2-3, 1 walk and scored 2 runs

Brady Sager 1-2, 1 walk, 1 RBI and scored 1 run

Lucas Rumisek 1-3

With the win, Chesaning’s record improves to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in the MMAC.