In a hard-fought battle, Holy Cross edged St. Paul 2-1 with a walk off win in the bottom eighth inning yesterday at Holy Cross High School. Eli Wall picked up the win in relief for Holy Cross while reliever Brian Anderson took the loss for St. Paul.

St. Paul scored its sole run in the top of the fourth inning. Catcher Cal Chance led off with a walk, and advanced to second on a wild pitch. He went to third on Coby Dagata’s ground out, and scored on AJ Corrado’s sacrifice fly to deep center.

Holy Cross scored one in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score. James LaFleur and Eli Wall had back-to-back walks to start the inning. Then Drew Caouette had a bunt single to load the bases with no outs. Dagata struck out the next batter for the first out, but then Ryan Markowski walked forcing in a run. Dagata got the next two hitters to end the threat, but the game was tied 1-1. 

In the bottom of the eighth with one out, Tommy Okesson singled through the right side. Carsten Donovan was hit by a pitch to put two on, and C.J. Hernandez beat out an infield hit to load the bases. Garrett Mowad followed with a sacrifice fly to deep left, and the game was over 2-1.

Of Note

For St Paul

Keaton Kroll was 2 for 3

For Holy Cross

Drew Caouette was 2 for 3

                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8   R   H   E

St Paul (8-6)            0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   1    6   1

Holy Cross (10-3)    0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1   2    6   0

2 outs when the winning run scored

Pitching                      W/L   IP  K  BB  HB  H  R  ER

St Paul

   Coby Dagata                    6    8   5     0    2   1   1

   Brian Anderson         L    1.2   2   1    1    4    1   1

Holy Cross

   Ryan Makowski                7    6   1     0    6   1   1

   Eli Wall                     W     1    0   2     0    0   0   0

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