BASEBALL
B South quarterfinal: #10-Leavitt vs. #2-Yarmouth
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Thursday, June 8, 2023
YARMOUTH 2, LEAVITT 1
Andrew Cheever scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning and earned the victory in relief as No. 2 Yarmouth rallied to beat 10th-seeded Leavitt, 2-1, in a Class B South baseball quarterfinal Thursday afternoon in Yarmouth.
Yarmouth (12-5) will host sixth-seeded Greely in Saturday’s semifinal round.
Clippers starter Liam Hickey and Leavitt starter Will Keach matched zeroes for five innings, before Leavitt (9-9) took the lead in the top of the sixth when Keach scored on a throwing error.
In the bottom half, Jack Janczuk hit a sacrifice fly to drive home Jonny Cody.
After stranding the potential go-ahead run at third in the top of the seventh, Cheever drew a walk from reliever Colton Taylor in the bottom of the seventh. He stole second and went to third on a flyout, then raced home on a pitch in the dirt that got away.
Keach had two hits for the Hornets.
| Record | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Yarmouth | 12-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 |
WP—Cheever.
LP—Taylor.
2B—L, Gladu.
Repeat hitters—L, Keach.