The Manchester baseball team lost a pitchers dual in eight innings to Rochester 3-2 Wednesday in the opening game of the Wabash sectional.
The game was tied 0-0 entering the 8th inning. Rochester scored 3 in the top half of the 8th. The Squires did what they have done all year. They battled until the very last pitch. Ethan Hendrix reached base on a walk, Gavin Martin reached base on an error, and Reiss Gaerte came to the plate. Gaerte drove a 2-1 pitch into left field that brought Hendrix and Martin in to score. Gaerte advanced to third on a bad throw. Gaerte represented the tying run at 3rd with 1 one. Unfortunately the Squires were unable to push the run across. The final was 3-2.
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