Williamsport, Penn. – Nate Fassnacht laced a double down the left-field line in the bottom of the tenth to bring in Nicolas Torres racing around from second base in a 3-2 victory over the State College Spikes on Saturday night. Williamsport (32-42) improved to 3-2 in extra innings and stands at 6-3 in its last nine. The setback officially eliminated State College (38-36) from postseason contention.
Fassnacht also had an RBI single in the second on a 2-for-4 game with two RBI.
Anton Kuznetsov picked up the win in relief with three innings allowing two unearned runs in the eighth on a pair of dropped fly balls. Chris Micheles pitched well in middle relief lasting 3.2 innings allowing no runs and just four hits, only one of which was hit hard. Starter Adam Leverett went 3.1 innings with four strikeouts giving up two hits and two walks.
The Cutters are 22-15 in the second half of the season with just two games to play. Williamsport was 10-27 in the first half of the year.
The last road game of the season is Sunday at 6:05 p.m. at State College with LHP Junior Tejada scheduled to start. The Cutters play their season finale on Monday afternoon at 1:05 p.m. at BB&T Ballpark with RHP Leonel Aponte throwing the first pitch on Fan Appreciation Day.
SC 2 6 1 (9)
WIL 3 6 1 (5)
W – Anton Kuznetsov (3-1)
L – Fabian Blanco (3-1)
Crosscutters Record: 32-42
