Mc baseball takes double-dip from Altoona

By rscaife
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Updated: May 5, 2018

LEWISTOWN – Let’s play two.
Words that certainly was going through the mind of the Mifflin County baseball team as it took the field twice Friday against Altoona.
It was definitely a good day to be a Husky as the “Purple and Black Attack” swept the Mountain Lions.
In the first game, Mifflin County took the contest 7-1 and 10-6 in the second game.
With the two wins, the Huskies evened its record to 7-7 on the season while the Mountain Lions fall to 6-9.
In the first game, it was all Mifflin County from start to finish in the 7-1 victory.
Drew Westover picked up the win as he allowed just one run, four hits and struck out eight.
After a scoreless first inning on both sides, Mifflin County got its offense going in the second, plating four.
Aaron Kanagy got the inning started with a single. Wyatt Henry came in the pinch run.
Noah Wright bounces a single back up the middle. Henry reaches third on the play.
Evan Mock brought in a run in as he singled past the shortstop. Wright advances to third.
Wright later scored on a pinch runner.
Nick Hostetler reached on a single down the middle and moved Mock up to second. Nick scored on the play to take the lead at 3-0.
Hostetler later scored after stealing second and then Brian Yetter posted a RBI single, making it 4-0.
Mifflin County picked up another run in the third and two more in the fourth.
Altoona didn’t reach home plate until the fifth.
That would be all that Mifflin County needed as they went onto win game one.
Game 2: Mifflin County 10, Altoona 6
The Mifflin County bats continued to get at Altoona’s pitching as it posted 10 runs in the second game of the double header against the Mountain Lions.
In the end, Mifflin County held onto the 10-6 win of the Mountain Lions.
Jared Hannon picked up the win for Mifflin County as he went four innings, allowing two runs on two hits with only one earned run.
Mifflin County roped out 14 hits while Altoona finished with 11.
Altoona took an early 4-1 advantage but in the top of the third, the Huskies went ahead 5-4.
But this night would belong to Mifflin County marched back scoring five runs total in the last two innings.
The strong finish put Mifflin County back to the .500 mark.