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PORTS Taking a look back at sports highlights throughout

Muskingum County for June 27 - July 8 , 2024.

Post 29 Senior Legion Batting Hard But Falling Short As Season

Continues by Matthew Dotson

Matthew Dotson
Vs Pittsburgh Big Dawgs 18U (7/7) Zanesville rallied in the bottom of the
On the road against the Pittsburgh sixth inning for four runs but they still fell
Big Dawgs, the Zanesville Post 29 Le- short and the Titans walked away after
gion team was hoping to bring home a seven with a 9 – 7 victory.
win. In the top of the first inning, Zanes-
ville grabbed a run from Grandstaff who Vs Power Baseball Club 16U (7/6)
advanced due to a walk with the bases The Power Baseball Club 16U met
loaded, taking a 1 – 0 lead. Pittsburgh up with the Zanesville Post 28 Senior
tied up the game and landed a go-ahead Legion on Saturday at Gant. Both teams
run in the bottom of the third inning. had a rough start as they went through
Zanesville answered back in the top of two innings with no score, but Zanesville
the fourth to tie the game at 2, but the opened the scoring in the bottom of the
Big Dawgs pumped out another run in third inning with a run from Watton on
the bottom of the inning taking a 3 – 2 a sacrifice fly by Better to take a 1 – 0
lead. Zanesville couldn’t manage to hit lead. Watton singled in the bottom of
the scoreboard again and after Pitts- the next inning to drive in King, Nathan
burgh tacked on their fourth run of the Better doubled pushing in Stambush, fol-
game in the bottom of the sixth inning, lowed by a triple by Grandstaff to bring
Zanesville was not able to recover and in Watton and Better and end the inning
the game went down 4 – 2. up 5 – 0. Zanesville grabbed their final
run for the game in the bottom of the
Vs Titans Baseball Club 18U (7/6) sixth inning finalizing their score, and af-
Back at Gant Stadium on Saturday, ter seven, they took the 6 – 0 triumph
the Post 29 Senior Legion hosted the Ti- over Power Baseball.
tans Baseball Club 18U. Out of the gate,
the Titans took a four-run lead in the top Vs Titans Baseball Club 18U (7/5)
of the first inning off of a double by Seto, The Titans visited Zanesville on Fri-
a single by McCutcheon, and a sacrifice day to play the Zanesville Post 29 Senior
fly by Mcauley. Zanesville was able to Legion. The Titans popped out two runs
pump out a couple of runs in the bot- in the top of the first inning taking the
tom of the second inning and another lead. After holding Zanesville down, the
run in the bottom of the third but they Titans tacked on five runs in the top of
still trailed by one. The Titans wanting the third inning thanks to three doubles
to keep their lead, fought for it with two and a single that gave them a 7 – 0 ad-
runs in the top of the next two innings to vantage over Zanesville. The Senior Le-
take an 8 – 3 lead. In the top of the sixth gion tried to battle back in the bottom
inning, the Titans added yet another run of the sixth inning but were only able to
to their tally bringing the total to 9 – 3. scrape up three runs and they fell to the Matthew Dotson
Not wanting to go down without a fight, visitors 7 – 3.