Late Mistake Nips Cutters

Williamsport, P.A.- The Crosscutters woes in extra innings continued as they fell 2-1 to the Batavia Muckdogs 2-1 in 10 innings.

Ethan Lindow was looking to rebound from his first loss of the season and got off to a good start in the top of the 1^st inning, retiring the side in order, using his defense to record all three outs.
Madison Stokes gave the Cutters starter an early led, ripping a RBI double into the left-center gap, scoring Rafael Marchan to give the Cutters a 1^st inning, 1-0 lead. It was the 3^rd double and 8^th RBI for Stokes.
In the top of the 2^nd inning, Lindow ran into his only trouble of the night, issuing a one-out walk to Sean Reynolds. Reynolds came around to score on a RBI double from Bubba Hollins to tie the game at 1-1.
Lindow helped his cause, fielding his position well to get Albert Guaimaro between home and 3^rd for the 2^nd out and then got a ground ball to end the Muckdogs 2^nd, keeping the game tied.
After a perfect 3^rd inning, Lindow used inning-ending double plays ion each of the 4^th and 5^th innings to keep the game knotted at 1-1, each time erasing a lead off base runner for Batavia.
In the 6^th inning, Lindow worked around a two-out single, finishing his night in 1-1 tie, getting another no-decision.
Rafael Carvajal entered in the 7^th inning, found himself in a bit of a jam with the go-ahead run standing at 3^rd base, Carvajal was able to strikeout Igor Baez to get out of the frame, keeping the tie intact.
In the 8^th inning, Carvajal found himself in a familiar position, with the go-ahead runner at 3^rd base and two outs. This time, Pat Borders went to the bullpen to get Keylan Killgore for a lefty-lefty match up against Reynolds.
Killgore got Reynolds to strikeout swinging, ending the frame and keeping the go-ahead run at 3^rd base and the tie in order.
In the bottom of the 9^th, Ben Pelletier drilled a C.J. Carter offering into the left-center gap for a one-out double putting the winning run in scoring position. Seth Lancaster was walked intentionally, followed by a walk to Brayan Gonzalez to load the bases with two outs.
Lenin Rodriguez chased a Carter offering for strike three, leaving the bases loaded and ending the first Cutters scoring threat since the bottom of the 3^rd inning.
In the top of the 10^th, Batavia was able to plate the placed runner on a RBI single from Brayan Hernandez, scoring Gunner Schubert from 2^nd base giving the Muckdogs a 2-1 advantage against reliever Abdallah Aris.
In the bottom of the 10th, Jesus Henriquez pinch ran for Lenin Rodriguez and was placed at 2^nd base. Keudy Bocio tried to drop a sacrifice bunt, but missed, Igor Baez threw down to 2^nd base to get Henriquez to record the 1^st out and take away the runner in scoring position.
Bocio drew a walk to put the tying run on base, but would not get any further than 1^st as Jonathan Guzman flew out to center field and Rafael Marchan struck out to end the ball game.
The Crosscutters concludes the series with Batavia tomorrow night at BB&T Ballpark, with first pitch scheduled at 7:05 p.m.
Cutter Carvings - The Crosscutters fall to 0-4 in extra innings games this season... Williamsport batters struck out 15 times, tying a season-high... Williamsport finished the night 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position and left 8 runners on base...