Ben Legath and Luke Campbell each homered for Delweld, and Ian Helsel went 3-for-5 with two runs driven in. Tony Strasiser and Dillon Boyer each went 3-for-4 with Strasiser driving in three.
Martella's opened up the scoring in the top of the first inning after Matt McMillen singled in Dillon Boyer for an early 1-0 lead. Delweld took their first lead of the game in the second, thanks to four runs including a Ben Legath home run over the screen in left field. The teams each knocked in a run in the third, before Martella's tied the game in the top of the fifth inning thanks to RBI from Jesse Cooper and Tony Strasiser. Both teams had their share of opportunities to score, but neither was able to put a run across, leading to extra innings. Delweld got out of the top of the 10th, only giving up a single to Tony Strasiser. In the bottom half of the 10th, Delweld's Ben Legath walked to lead off the inning. It appeared that Devin Pritts would sacrifice to put the winning run on second, but a throwing error by pitcher Andrew Keirn put runners on second and third with nobody out. After intentionally walking Eric Weyant to load the Bases, Helsel reached on an error to give Delweld the 6-5 win and a 1-0 series lead.
Stone Rice picked up the win for Delweld, throwing two innings, giving up no runs and two hits. He relieved Marcus Shippey, who went eight innings, giving up five runs on eight hits, striking out four. Keirn took the loss, pitching 2.2 innings giving up the lone run in the tenth and two hits. Mike Mulvey started for Martella's, pitching 6.1 innings, giving up five runs and striking out five.
The teams take the field at the Point again tomorrow night at 7pm for game two. If you can make it out to the Point, try to be there. You will probably see another exciting match-up.
-The Flood City Sports Fan
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