LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL: HORSEHEADS WALKS OFF WITH WIN OVER BIG FLATS (24 PHOTOS) (2023-07-08)

Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — A walk-off win off the bat of Kellan Berry helped lead the Horseheads Majors Little League team to the District 6 final with a 6-5 win over Big Flats.

Horseheads led 4-1 after one inning, but Big Flats scored a run in the fourth and three in the fifth to go up 5-4.

In the final inning Jackson Bell walked and Nolan Manwaring had a one-out single. Bradyn Hourihan singled home Bell to tie the game.

After a Vincent Foote walk that loaded the bases Berry hit a fielder’s choice. The runner was thrown out at home, and Big Flats threw to first trying to get a double play. The ball got away and Hourihan scored to give Horseheads the win.

Manwaring was 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored and Hourihan had two hits, an RBI and two runs scored.

Bell had a double and Connor Walton, Adrian Rijo and Torin Duart all had hits for Horseheads. Rijo had two RBI and Berry had an RBI, while Foote, Bell and Ian Ferraro all scored runs in the game.

Ferraro worked 4 1/3 innings, striking out eight and Foote and Bell pitched in relief. Bell worked 1 2/3 innings, striking out one and allowing no hits, or walks or runs. Bell pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the fifth inning to keep it a one-run game and allow Horseheads to make the comeback.

Joe Graham had three hits, an RBI and a run scored and Lee Updyke had two hits, a home run, two RBI and a run scored.

Nate Veneske, Joe Wood and Matt Burczynski all scored runs for Big Flats, while KJ and CR had RBI.

Brenan McCullough struck out three in 4 2/3 innings and Graham and Updyke pitched in relief, striking out one between them.
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PHOTOS BY BRIAN FEES


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