GLENBURN — One very long inning forced Greater Wyoming Area into taking the longest route through the double-elimination bracket if it is going to advance through the Section 5 Minor Little League Baseball Tournament.
GWA was rolling along, leading a tight game after 3½ innings when Carbino/Archbald broke loose for 10 runs in the fourth inning on the way to a 13-3 victory in five innings in a first-round game at Abington’s Ackerly Field.
For GWA to win the four-team tournament for 8-10-year-olds, it will need to win four straight games beginning with Sunday’s 1 p.m. meeting with host Abington.
Carbino/Archbald took advantage of three errors, two wild pitches, two passed balls, a fielder’s choice on which no outs were recorded, two walks and a hit batter to bat all the way around its 13-man order and score the 10 runs on just two hits.
The 10-run inning came after Carbino/Archbald managed just two base runners in the first three innings.
Dom Giordano carried the lead into the fourth where he retired just one of four batters when a dropped throw and missed tag prevented him from getting through the inning at that point.
“Dom Giordano threw great,” GWA manager Frank Ramiza said. “He did exactly what we asked from him. He threw a lot of strikes. He got a lot of groundballs, got a lot of outs quickly.
“Unfortunately, in this situation, with sectionals, you have the kid on lower pitch counts than you normally we would. We made a change, then defensively the wheels kind of game off. We walked some guys and made some errors and just never recovered from it.”
GWA took a 2-1 lead in the top of the second when Bryan Pikas singled with one out, Carter Pacchioni followed with a walk and both made their way around the bases on a passed balls and two wild pitches.
Down 11-2 in the fifth, GWA scored on a Franco Cavalieri single and had two men in scoring position before being retired.
Leadoff hitter Colton Perry came home from second on a groundball that produced the second out of the bottom of the fifth inning. It was his third run for him and the deciding run on the 10-run rule.
Carbino/Archbald 13, Greater Wyoming Area 3
Greater Wyoming Area`AB`R`H`BI
Johnson cf-p`2`0`0`0
Bauman c-p`2`0`0`0
CCavalieri 1b-p`1`0`0`0
Ramiza 3b`2`0`1`0
Pikas eh`2`1`1`0
Pacchioni lf`1`1`0`0
Mazar 2b`1`1`0`0
Giordano p`2`0`1`0
McKernan rf`2`0`0`0
FCavalieri cf`1`0`1`1
Wolfe eh`2`0`0`0
Carroll ss`1`0`0`0
Totals`19`3`4`1
Carbino/Archbald`AB`R`H`BI
Perry c`3`2`2`1
Erimo p`3`1`0`0
Hanicak eh`3`1`1`1
Smoko lf`2`1`0`0
LaCoe 1b`1`1`1`0
Wiseman cf`1`1`0`1
Krabak ss`1`1`0`1
Farrell eh`2`0`1`2
Heim rf`2`1`0`1
Lantka 2b-p`2`1`0`1
Fenton eh`2`0`0`0
McAfee eh`1`1`1`0
Sotak 3b`2`1`0`0
Totals`25`13`5`8
Greater Wyoming Area` `020`01 — 3
Carbino/Archbald` `100`(10)2 — 13
Greater Wyoming Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Giordano`3.1`3`2`1`0`3
Bauman (L)`0`0`5`0`2`0
Johnson`1.1`2`6`0`1`1
Carbino/Archbald`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Erimo`2.1`1`2`2`1`2
Lantka`1.1`0`0`0`1`2
Krabak (W)`1.0`3`1`1`1`1
Heim`0.1`0`0`0`0`1
