Puerto Rico Beats Encino, 6-5, in Colt Series
Puerto Rico defeated Encino, 6-5, Wednesday in extra innings in the first round of the Pony Colt World Series in Lafayette, Ind.
Despite scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the score at five, Encino gave up a walk, a single and committed an error in the top of the eighth to allow Puerto Rico the winning run.
Encino will meet Hoosier, Ind., on Friday in its second game of the double-elimination tournament.
“We left 13 runners on base and we couldn’t get the key hit,” Encino Coach Ron McMackin said. “But I don’t see any team out here that we can’t play with.”
Trailing, 5-3, in the bottom of the seventh, Encino’s Rex McMackin hit a leadoff single and was then forced at second by Jeff Cirillo. J. R. Trujillo then walked and Mike Stephenson singled, driving in Cirillo.
Greg Biley walked, and when John Haselbush forced him at second, Trujillo scored.
Third baseman McMackin was 3 for 5, including a double, and had three runs batted in.
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