Rangers upset state ranked Athena
by Warren Kozireski
Spencerport plated five runs without benefit of an extra base hit and starting pitcher Brandon Case earned his second win of the season in a 5-1 victory over state-ranked Greece Athena.
After the Trojans scored a run in the top of the first, the Rangers responded in their half of the inning. Jay Perry singled and later scored on a Trent Egenlauf RBI groundout to tie the game.
The Rangers took the lead for good scoring twice in the fourth inning. Dylan Toole walked and Mike Cifarelli singled before Brett Renzi moved them up with a sacrifice bunt. Alex Dent executed a suicide squeeze bunt to score Toole and Cifarelli later scored on an error for a 3-1 Ranger lead.
They added two insurance runs in the sixth with Toole and Cifarelli again the catalysts reaching on an error and single, respectively. Renzi reached on an infield single to load the bases before Renzi knocked in Toole with an RBI groundout and Perry stroked a two-out single scoring Renzi for a 5-1 lead.
Case allowed just the one run with no walks before yielding in the seventh inning to Dent, who struck out the side to earn a save.