PHOTOS BY JACOB KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
ACME SECTIONAL (June 27, 2024) … Pettisville’s Luke Horning hits a pitch to left field during an ACME sectional game versus Hicksville. VIEW 110 PHOTOS OF THIS CONTEST FOR FREE AT WWW.THEVILLAGEREPORTER.COM
REACHING ON AN ERROR … Quinn Ripke puts the ball in play and would reach base via an error by the Hicksville third baseman in the fourth inning.
Hicksville 4 Pettisville 3
SHERWOOD – Hicksville rallied from down 3-0 with two runs in the sixth inning and Austin Sanders won it for Hicksville with a two-run single in the seventh for a 4-3 walk-off win.
Creighton Aeschliman fronted the Birds with a 2-4 night at the plate while R. Warner took the loss on the mound.
The loss drops Pettisville to the losers’ bracket where they’ll face either Hilltop or Fairview in an elimination game on Saturday at 11am.
PETTISVILLE 102 000 0 – 3 5 3
HICKSVILLE 000 002 2 – 4 5 4
WINNING PITCHER: W. Bell (3 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 4 strikeouts, 3 walks) OTHER: Graber
LOSING PITCHER: Warner (6 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, 2 earned, 8 strikeouts, 6 walks)
LEADING HITTERS: (Pettisville) Aeschliman – 2 singles; (Hicksville) Lawrence – double; Bassett – 2 singles; Sanders – 2 RBIs