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Locos Fall Short in Game One

Date:  Source: Lima Locos

The Locos fell in game 1 of the GLSCL Semi-Final Playoff Round yesterday 10-4. The Locos now trail the series 1 game to 0 and need to win both games 2 and 3 in Hamilton today and tomorrow to advance to the championship series. 

 

Matteo Pare was given the starting nod for Lima. This was his first start since being named the GLSCL Pitcher of the Year. In his outing against Hamilton, he allowed 8 runs, 8 hits, and walked 3 in 4 innings of work. This line gave him the loss. 

 

Joe’s manager Tyler Thamann, recently named Manager of the Year, gave Cooper Fieher the starting assignment. He received 1st team honors in the GLSCL and that showed against the Locos. In 6 innings of work, he allowed just 3 runs and struck out 5. This line gave him the win. 

 

Ryan Novak started the scoring by hitting a solo home run to right-center field in the 1st. After the Locos threatened, but could not score in the bottom half of the frame Matteo Pare worked around a 2-out walk to keep the score 1-0. 

 

In the bottom half of the 2nd Brice Estep gave Lima the lead by blasting a ball to deep left field scoring himself and Landon Tate; however, that lead was short-lived because the Joes were able to reach the plate 4 times in the 3rd. Paul Osting was scored by Fraasman early in the inning. Later, Novak doubled to knock in a run, Gilkerson singled to knock in another run, and Harrison scored Gilkerson by virtue of a ground ball to short. The score was now 5-2. 

 

The Locos responded in the bottom of the 3rd by scoring once. Sebastian Alexander hit a single to score Liam Richards. 

 

The Joes then scored 3 more times in the 4th to give themselves an even larger lead. Ryan Novak and Cam Gilkerson knocked in the Hamilton runs that inning. Lima was then blanked in their half of the inning. 

 

The next run was scored in the 7th thanks to another Tommy Harrison RBI. Then in the 8th, Braxton Baird scored the final Hamilton run of the game, 10-3. In the 9th the Locos were able to load the bases with 2 outs, but could not capitalize more than once, so the final score was 10-4.