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Legion teams win, at Trenton today
GOREVILLE — Mt. Vernon American Legion Post 141's Senior team swept Friday night's non-District doubleheader from host Marion.
Chris Braden's team knocked off Marion 5-3 in the opener, and rallied from a 6-0, first-inning deficit to post the sweep, 8-6.
In the first game, Travis Carello blasted a three-run homer in the top of the sixth, giving Brandon Bernard and Mt. Vernon the lead. Bernard lasted through the sixth, and Ryan Quick picked up a three-strikeout save in the seventh.
Pierce Borah had three hits, Quick two and Carello, Klayton Hahn and Ethan O'Neal all had one.
In the second game, Post 141 fell behind 6-0 after an inning, but it clawed its way back into the thick of things as O'Neal threw 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Ethan Gowler, John Hollingsworth, Borah, Quick and Hahn all had one hit.
"We played some good defense," Braden said. "O'Neal came on in the second game and held them scoreless while the offense caught up. In the first game, Bernard kept the ball down — he allowed two home runs, but they were both solo shots — and Quick finished things off."
Mt. Vernon (5-3) plays a doubleheader today at Trenton, beginning at 2 p.m., following a 10 a.m. twin bill pitting both posts' Junior teams.
JR. AMERICAN LEGION WINS THURSDAY OPENER
MT. VERNON — Blake Deaton went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a run batted in Thursday night, leading Mt. Vernon Post 141's Jr. American Legion baseball team to a 6-2 victory against South Central in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader.
In the second game, South Central led 11-8 after four innings in a game called due to darkness at Brennan Klein Memorial Field.
In the opener, Mt. Vernon broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the fourth, then broke the game open with a three-run fifth.
Winning pitcher John Hollingsworth had a triple and scored a run, with Zach Jones and Grant Garrett also having a hit. Zane Xanders drove in a run and scored.
Hollingsworth struck out nine in five innings of one-run work, allowing three hits and walking two. Darius Box finIshed up, allowing a run in the SC sixth and fanning two of the three batters he retired.
The second game was a slugfest, the teams combining for 19 runs and 18 hits before the sunset.
Daryl Bronson had a pair of hits, scored twice and drove in a run for Mt. Vernon, which trailed 5-4 before SC scored five in the top of the third.
Jones, Xanders, Hollingsworth, Deaton, Mark Schmidt and Aaron Gill (two RBI) each had a hit for Mt. Vernon.
Jones, Ethan Gowler and Gill shared the pitching duties for Post 141.
Mt. Vernon on Saturday plays a doubleheader at Trenton, beginning at 10 a.m., before the Senior Legion teams play a twin bill beginning at 2 p.m.
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