Dwight-Val rallies past DC

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 3:44 pm

Three outs away from extending their season-opening winning streak to five games, the David City Legion Seniors fell apart at the finish against Dwight-Valparaiso.

Dwight-Val ralled with six runs in the seventh inning to take a 9-5 victory at the David City Ball Complex May 31.

David City (4-1) had a 4-3 lead going into the last inning.

Ben Prater led off with a single.

Phil McNally hit a double play grounder, but the David City shortstop misplayed the ball. No outs were recorded.

Jared Brenner followed with a two-run triple and the floodgates opened.

Two more errors followed in the inning and Kenny Ohnoutka later singled in a pair of runs to give Dwight-Val a five-run lead.

David City tried to rally in the bottom of the seventh.

Jordan Vavrina tripled off reliever Ben Prater to lead off the inning.

Michael Buresh walked with one out before Levi Kreitman singled in Vavrina.

David City had two baserunners on with one out, but Prater struck out Nolan Vandenberg and David Holland to preserve the victory.

Prater got the win in a reversal of the team's win at Schuyler the previous week.

That night, Prater had trouble finding the strike zone as a starter and Ryley Cidlik picked him up to get the victory.

Prater walked just one batter in three innings of relief to defeat David City.

Cidlik, as he did that night, struggled again, missing down low.

He walked six over the first four innings and hit another, but didn't give up a hit over that span.

He retired Kreitman on a fly ball to right with two on to end the first. He struck out Buresh and Kreitman with two on in the third.

David City, which scored an unearned run in the first, scored again on a RBI-groundout by Will McCawley in the third to cut the Dwight-Val lead to 3-2.

The hosts took the lead by chasing Cidlik off the mound in the fifth.

Vavrina hit a leadoff double and scored on Clete DeWispelare's single.

Buresh greeted Prater with a RBI-single, but the reliever picked him off first for the first out.

Prater retired Kreitman on a fly ball and Vandenberg on a grounder to keep the deficit at a run.

Dwight-Val one run in the first and two more in the third without a RBI thanks to three David City errors.

Aaron Rerucha dodged some bullets along the way.

Dwight-Val had two on with two outs in the third, but Rerucha struck out Brandon Wallroff.

McNally and Brenner walked to lead off the fifth, but McNally was thrown out trying to steal.

Rerucha retired Cieslik on a grounder to second and Bryan Sydik on a strike out.

The David City pitcher allowed one run on seven hits in the loss. He struck out eight and walked four.

Prater struck out four in his three innings of work while Cidlik struck out nine in four-plus.

Brenner and Ohnoutka drove in two runs each for Dwight-Val. Prater was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. McNally walked twice. Brenner was 1-for-3 with a walk while Sydik was 1-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch.

Vavrina was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored for David City. Buresh was 1-for-2 with two walks. Holland walked twice. DeWispelare was 1-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch.

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