Cutters fall back from first place
One night after the Crosscutters moved into first place by themselves, they fell back out. Mahoning Valley needed only two hits in the fifth inning for a 3-0 win over the Crosscutters Friday night, closing out a three-game homestand and dropping the Cutters back into second place in the Pinckney Division. The Scrappers' Kyle Bellows doubled home John Allman then scored on a Tim Palinscar single in the decisive fifth off Cutter starter Joshua Zeid. Zeid (0-2) struck out three and walked two in 4 2/3 innings in taking the loss. Mahoning Valley added an extra run in the seventh when Kyle Bellows reached second on an Anthony Hewitt throwing error and scored on a groundout. Evan Porter led the Crosscutter bats, going 2-for-3 from the No. 7 spot in the lineup. Jiwan James also doubled and Hewitt singled for the Cutters, who did not put multiple runners on base in any inning. Marty Popham pitched six shutout innings, striking out six, for his first wi.
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