Aberdeen, Md. - In what was looking like a game destined to go to MLB Draft League Sudden Death, KJ White’s RBI single to center field in the Top of the 9th Inning would prove to be the difference maker as the Williamsport Crosscutters defeated the Aberdeen IronBirds 2-1 on Friday night at Ripken Stadium, pushing their win streak to eight straight games.
In addition to KJ White’s game winning RBI single, Brodey Acres plated the tying run in the Top of the 7th inning, also an RBI single to center field. Acres’ single would plate Ben Tryon while White’s single plated Acres.
Enger Paulino got the start for the Cutters and went the first four innings, surrendering the only IronBirds run of the game on a 449’ home run by Hollis Porter, the longest of the season in the MLB Draft League.
Colton Kennedy, Jacob Limas (Win, 2-0), and Dallis Moran (Save, 2) would combine to go the final five innings with Limas allowing the only IronBirds hit in that span.
Coupled with Williamsport’s win tonight, the Trenton Thunder also lost to the State College Spikes, which closes the gap in the MLB Draft League Standings. The Crosscutters now trail the Thunder by just two games with 14 games remaining in the 1st Half of the season.
Williamsport and Aberdeen meet again on Saturday night at Ripken Stadium in Game Two of this three-game series. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. with RHP Luke Meyers (0-0, 5.40 ERA) expected to get the start for Williamsport.
Cutters Carvings - Tonight is the first victory for Williamsport over Aberdeen since July 10th, 2016 when both clubs were members of the New York-Penn League... Williamsport stole just one base tonight (Stanfield), bringing the season total to 66... Cutters pitchers combined to strike out ten batters in the victory...
