Senior Austin Metzger knocked in two runs and registered a save while classmate Alex Hendry pitched 6 2/3 innings while helping with one RBI and one run scored to lead Hilton to a 7-3 win over Greece Arcadia in boys baseball.
The Cadets broke up a scoreless duel in the fourth when Dom Palma stroked a one-out double to left and went to third on a flyout. Jack Annable singled to left to drive in the first run of the contest.
After the Titans tied the game 1-1 with a run in their half of the fifth, Hilton took advantage of two throwing errors and some clutch hitting to score four runs in the fifth for a 5-1 lead.
Matt Butts led off with a walk and was sacrificed to second base by Brandon Bourg. Justin Resseguie laid down another bunt, but the throw to first was in the dirt allowing the first run to score. Metzger followed with an RBI single to center and took second on the throw. Hendry then had an RBI single, stole second and went to third on the second error of the inning. He crossed the plate on an RBI single by Brett Turpyn.
Hilton tacked on two more runs in the sixth. Freshman David Stirpe led off with a single and went to second on a wild pitch. After Butts was hit by a pitch, Stirpe and pinch runner Zach Thorp pulled off a fake-bunt double-steal. Stirpe scored on a sacrifice fly RBI by Bourg before Thorp crossed the plate on an RBI single to right by Metzger.
The Titans scored twice in the top of the seventh, but Metzger came on in relief to get the final outs and the save.
Hendy allowed just five hits and three walks while striking out two during his start to earn the win, which gave the Cadets their tenth win of the season against four losses.
