DME Secures Comeback Win After Allowing Early Four-Run Lead

DME Academy Middle School weathered an early storm by beating St. Barnabas on Wednesday, turning a four-run deficit into a 12-4 victory. St Barnabas’s big inning was driven with a triple by Andrew Reyes and a double by Alex Shaw.

DME’s Chase Cook hit a single that gave his other teammates the opportunity to score two RBIs. DME then added to their lead with five runs in the fifth inning. Liam Callahan, Jackson Lowitz, Brandon Brien, and Kobe Amadeo each powered the big inning with RBI in a relentless show of force by the young hitters. 

Hunter Mottola earned the victory on the pitcher’s mound for DME Academy Middle School. Motolla lasted three and two-thirds innings, allowing one hit and zero runs with five strikeouts and one walk. Wrigley Zweifel threw two-thirds of an inning in relief out of the bullpen.

“We came out and scored big with some quality at-bats from Cook and Panetta in the first inning. We continued to have good at-bats through the rest of the game and took advantage of the opportunities the other team gave us.” Said Michael Main, Director of Baseball at DME. “There are always things to improve on but overall I am happy with the team performance and start to the season.”

Hunter Mottola, Jackson Lowitz, Anthony Panetta, Jason Bruce, Chase Cook, and Logan Wingard each collected one hit to lead DME Middle School to victory! DME is now 4-0 on the season and looks to remain undefeated. 
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