Beaver Falls, PA – Geneva baseball opened Presidents' Athletic Conference play Tuesday afternoon against Grove City in a doubleheader. Geneva defeated Grove City in a sixth inning comeback 6-3 final in the opener. Grove City rallied in game two for the split earning 13 total hits, defeating the Golden Tornadoes 10-3. The split hands Geneva a 7-7 overall record, 1-1 in the PAC.
“I felt the team played well today,” said Head Coach Alan Sumner.
Down by two entering the bottom of the fourth in the first game, Tyler Damazo (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk) scored on an error and the teams traded runs in the fifth, Geneva's run coming on a homer by Andy Santana (San Pedro de Marcoris, DR/Desert Christian).
Geneva’s offense provided the margin of victory in the bottom of the sixth for the win. Damazo led off with a double to left field and scored on an rbi single by Tyler Pagaduan (Voorhess, NJ/Eastern Regional). An error and bunt by Forrest Beighley (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk) loaded the bases. A balk and two passed balls scored all three runners for a 6-3 advantage.
On the mound, Zach Ackerman (Lewis Center, OH/Worthington Christian) recorded his second win. He allowed only three runs, nine hits, four batters based while striking out four.
In the second game, Geneva surrendered six fourth inning runs and could not recover.
“There were a couple of bad breaks in the second game that we were unable to overcome,” Sumner said.
Damazo and Pagaduan had extra base hits in the sixth (triple and double, respectively) but it wasn't enough.
Drew Nichols (New Wilmington, PA/Wilmington) was handed the loss on the hill, his second of the season.
Friday, March 27, Geneva will travel to Waynesburg, PA to face the Yellow Jackets for a single nine inning game starting at 4 p.m.
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