SIDNEY – The Greene Trojans baseball team traveled to Sidney on Thursday afternoon, where they picked up their first win of the season in a tight 6-5 game. The game was tied at five a piece and in the bottom of the seventh, Greene scored the game-winning and walk-off run on an error.
Sidney took an early 1-0 lead in the first off Parker Flanagan, who had loaded the bases with two outs and a run came home on an error before he struck out the last batter of the inning. Greene tied it up after the bases were loaded quick with three consecutive walks. Flanagan had an RBI on a sacrifice-fly to center field, which Tristan Donnelly tagged up and scored on.
Sidney went ahead 2-1 in the top of the second inning, where the Sabers scored on an error with the base runner scoring after already stolen second and third base. Greene tied it back up in the bottom of the third inning as Kenny Baucas came in to score on a passed ball. The Trojans had a three-run inning in the fourth to go up 5-2. Two runs scored on bases-loaded walks, one on a passed ball, and Flanagan grounded out and picked up his second RBI of the day.
Sidney tied it up in the top of the seventh off Flanagan and Ryan Milk in relief off a three-run double. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Greene’s Trent Drew scored the game-winning run. Drew walked to lead-off the inning and advanced to second on a sacrifice play by Aiden Carter. Jackson Roth hit an unplayable ball to third base and Drew was able to make it home on the defensive error to win it.
Flanagan was charged with those three runs in the seventh and all five runs of the game. He allowed four hits and four walks and struck out 10 batters.
Greene (1-4) heads to Hancock this afternoon to face the defending Class D state champions Deposit/Hancock at 4:30 p.m.
Box Score: R H E
Greene:
1-0-1-3-0-0-1 6 3 4
SID:
1-1-0-0-0-0-3 5 5 2