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Box Score 2 LaGrange stopped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over York on Sunday in Williamson Field at Cleaveland Field. The win gave the Panthers a split of their two games Sunday after losing 7-5 to Rhodes.
The Panthers overcame leaving 13 base runners on against York and nine more against Rhodes. They went just 4-for-25 with runners in scoring position in the two games.
Starting pitcher Kenny Strack gave the Panthers seven solid innings against York. He scattered eight hits, allowed the two runs and struck out seven. Thomas Embry (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings to get the win.
The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning as Cameron Eison beat out an infield hit with the bases loaded. York came back with two runs in the fifth for a 2-1 lead.
The Panthers tied the game in the seventh. Cody Muren reached on an error to start the inning. He scored on pinch-hitter Josh Shiver's RBI single. The Panthers loaded the bases with one out, but the rally ended when Jim Reed popped into an inning-ending double play trying to bunt.
The Panthers came right back in the eighth to take the lead. Linwood Roberds and Brandon Espinosa walked, with both runners getting into scoring position on a wild pitch and passed ball. Muren was intentionally walked to load the bases. Roberds scored on David Miller's sacrifice fly to left to make it 3-2.
York put the leadoff runner on with a walk against Embry in the ninth. Embry came back to strike out the side to end the game.
In the first game of the day, Rhodes held on for the 7-5 win over the Panthers. The Lynx (7-4) scored four runs off Doug Scherer (1-2) to take a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning.
The Panthers came back with two runs in the bottom of the inning to make it 4-3. The Panthers strung together three hits, the last by Cameron Fields to drive in Scherer. Later in the inning, Roberds walked with the bases loaded to force in another run.
Trailing 6-3, the Panthers got two runs in the seventh to cut the Lynx's lead to 6-5. With the bases loaded, Fields hit into a force play as Miller and Scherer both scored on the play.
Rhodes added an insurance run in the ninth to go up 7-5. Muren led off the ninth for the Panthers with a single but was stranded at third as the game ended.
The Panthers host Capital (Ohio) on Monday at 3 p.m.