In their final at bat, the Alliance Prep club tallied 14 runs and defeated the Alliance Sandlot group 18 to 8 in a game played Tuesday. The Spartans also won the first game of the twin bill, downing the Sandlot 14 to 2. Alliance now has won 4 contests in a row and 10 of their last 11 matches. Overall, the Peltz Co has a 14-16-1 record for the year. Pitching for the Spartans was starter Roy Torres and relief pitchers Esai Trejo and Braden Myers. Five members of the Sandlot took the bump. They were: Roper Greve, Oscar Hernandez, Mason Conyers, Tatum Devlin, and Tripp Johnson. Leading the offense for the Sandlot was Devlin who had 2 of their 4 hits. The Preps closed with 6 hits and were led by 2 apiece from Quinn Ferguson and Preston Flores. Down 8 to 4 and heading to the final inning, the Peltz Co rallied with 14 runs to get the win.
Runs were hard to come across by both teams early in the game. The Preps got one score in the top of the first on a hit by Torres and a passed ball. Torres had a 1-2-3 inning on the mound in the home half. A couple of Sandlot errors helped the Spartans score 2 in the second. Down 3 to 0, the home Alliance club got one on an RBI bases loaded walk by Quinton Scroth. In the top of the third, the Spartans scored once to go up 4 to 1.
Seven Sandlot runs in the third made it an 8 to 4 deficit for the Peltz Co. The Sandlot received hits from Johnson, Devlin, and Greve to surge ahead by 4. Five free passes in the frame aided the comeback. The Spartans countered with 14 scores in the top of the fourth. Six walks, an error, four passed balls, and 5 hits by the Peltz Co all contributed to the huge inning. RBI knocks came from: Flores, Ferguson and Trejo. Both Flores and Ferguson had 2 hits in the inning. Myers pitched the last frame and gave up a hit to Devlin but no runs. Final. Prep 18. Sandlot 8
Spartans 1 2 1 14 18
Sandlot 0 1 7 0 8
Sandlot four hits. Devlin two. One each Johnson and Greve.
Peltz Co. six hits, two apiece Flores and Ferguson, one each Trejo and Torres.