Mustangs keep rolling along with 4-3 at Yough
Laurel Highlands 4, Yough 3 — The Mustangs needed a late run Friday afternoon to remain undefeated in Section 2-AAA play with a victory at Yough.
Yough (2-10) tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the visiting Mustangs came right back in the top of the seventh.
Troy Kifer led off the inning with a walk. Dominic Peroni sacrificed Kifer to second and came around to score on Steven Salanick’s single. Zach Uhazie kept the inning alive with a single, but a ground out and strikeout ended the inning.
Kody Thomas (1-0) came on in the sixth inning to close the inning for the final two outs.
Peroni entered the seventh with runners at first and second and no outs. His defense came through by throwing out the tying run at the plate to earn his first save of the season.
Laurel Highlands (11-0, 13-3) scored three runs in the top of the second on Uhazie’s sacrifice fly, Drew DeBerry’s run-scoring double and a wild pitch.
The Mustangs travel to Bailey Park Monday afternoon to play Uniontown.
Baseball Linescore
Section 2-AAA
Laurel Highlands 030-000-1 — 4 6 1
Yough 000-003-0 — 3 6 0
W: Kody Thomas (1). Sv: Dominic Peroni (1). 2B: Drew DeBerry (LH), Brian Regotti (Y). Records: Laurel Highlands (11-0, 13-3), Yough (2-10).