Hornets take 14-6 win over Troy at home
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | April 5, 2022
The Wellsboro Varsity Baseball team topped Troy 14-6 in the home opener on Monday, April 4 after being rained out for over a week.
"I like the character this team is showing," head coach Steve Adams said. "They like to grind for 7 innings."
The Hornet offense got started right away in the bottom of the 1st with runs by senior Darryn Callahan and sophomore Caden Smith, with Callahan hitting a solo home run, then added 4 more runs in the bottom of the 2nd by seniors Brody Morral, Dylan Abernathy, Isaac Keane and Callahan to increase the lead to 6-0.
Wellsboro kept the shutout going until the top of the 5th when the Trojans put 5 runs on the scoreboard to make it a one-run game. The Hornets' offense added 3 more runs in the bottom half of the inning to push the lead to a 4-run, 9-5, game. Junior Conner Adams, Callahan, and Smith all scored. Troy got a run back in the top of the 6th to cut it back to a 3-run game, but again Wellsboro's offense produced more runs in the bottom half.
The Hornets added 5 more runs in the bottom of the 6th, led off by Abernathy, and followed by Adams, Smith, Keane, and junior Cameron Brought.
Brought led Wellsboro at the plate, going 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs. Callahan finished 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs and 4 RBIs. Keane went 2-for-5 at the plate with 3 RBIs, Abernathy was 1-for-2 with 2 walks, Smith was 1-for-3 with an RBI, and Morral and junior Blake Hamblin were both 1-for-4. Hamblin also added 2 RBIs. Hamblin started on the mound and went 4 and 1/3 innings to earn the win and allowed 5 runs (4 earned) on 7 hits with 4 strikeouts. Adams, Keane, and Callahan also pitched in relief combining for 1 run, 1 hit, and 3 strikeouts.
The win improves the Hornets' to 2-0 (2-0 NTL Large School Division). The team is back in action this afternoon against rival North Penn-Mansfield.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
