Big fourth inning sparks Maine-Endwell to Section 4 Class A baseball title

A five-run fourth inning helped Maine-Endwell rally for an 8-6 victory over Owego Free Academy in the deciding game of the Section 4 Class A baseball tournament Saturday at M-E.

Owego forced Saturday’s contest with an 11-1 win Friday, the Spartans’ first loss in the double-elimination tournament.

Liam Hadfield picked up the win Saturday. He went 6 1/3 innings and gave up four runs (three earned) on eight hits. He struck out five and walked five.

Owego scored three runs in the seventh inning before Preston Nezelek recorded a title-clinching strikeout with the bases loaded.

Ben Rollison was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs for Owego, which was looking to add a sectional title to its Southern Tier Athletic Conference championship.

Jack Hennessey hit a two-run double in the fourth to give M-E a 4-3 edge after Owego took a 3-1 advantage into the inning. Austyn Nyschot (2-for-4) followed with a two-run single.

The Spartans added two more runs in the third and two in the sixth to lead lead 8-3.

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Maine-Endwell (18-5) will take on the Section 1 champion in a sub-regional at 6 p.m. May 30 at SUNY Purchase. If the Spartans win, they play the Section 1 champ at 4 p.m. June 1 at Union-Endicott in the regional final.