Squires Win Marathon At Wayne

The Manchester Squires concluded their regular season on Tuesday night on the road. The Squires traveled to Ft. Wayne and defeated the Wayne Generals 18-13.

The team jumped out to a 9-1 lead but the Generals responded with 4 in the bottom of the 3rd. The game remained 9-5 until the top of the 5th when the Squires pushed a 10th run across the plate. In the bottom of the 5th, the Generals scored 8 runs to take the lead 13-10. The Squires were able to fight through the adversity and go on to score 8 more runs over the final two frames. The Squires finished with 17 hits on the night. 9 of the hits were extra base hits, including 7 doubles, 2 triples, and a homerun by Gavin Martin. The win improves the Squires record to 12-14. Although the team finishes with a losing record, the regular season was definitely a success. The Squires doubled their win total from last season, swept the county, and finished with 118 stolen bases with an 89.39% success rate. The team opens up Sectional play Saturday against Rochester. Come support the Squires at Chris Rood field, located at Wabash High School.

Notable performances:

Gavin Martin: 4-5 with 4 runs scored, a single, two doubles, a homerun, and a stolen base.

Reiss Gaerte: 3-4 with 4 runs scored, two doubles, a triple, 2 RBIs, and a stolen base

Evan Estep: 2-4 with 3 runs scored, and 2 stolen bases

Davin Hendrix: 2-4 with 3 runs scored, and an RBI

Ethan Hendrix 2-5 with 4 RBIs, a double, a triple, and a stolen base

Evan Martynowicz 2-5 with 2 RBIs, 3 runs scored, and a stolen base

Riley Shock 2-5 with a single, double, and an RBI

Ethan Hendrix was the winning pitcher of record.