Special to The Niles Times / from Michael Guarieri’s Twitter account The Niles Red Dragons baseball team played a handful of games at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach last week. The Red Dragons beat Meade County (Ky.) last Thursday.

Special to The Niles Times / from Michael Guarieri’s Twitter account
The Niles Red Dragons baseball team played a handful of games at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach last week. The Red Dragons beat Meade County (Ky.) last Thursday.

This was a handful of games at Myrtle Beach against teams like Fordham Prep School (N.Y.), Whitley County (Ky.), Victor Center (N.Y.) and Monticello (Va.).

The Dragons saw their first six batters reach base in the bottom half of the final inning. Joe Gallo hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Zach Leonard to give Niles their victory.

Leonard and Marco DeFalco each had two base hits. The Red Dragonsa’ top four hitters all drove in a run (Leonard, DeFalco, Nick Guarnieri, Gallo). Chase Sudzina pitched the first six innings, striking out four and allowing three earned runs. Michael Holloway closed out the game by pitching the seventh inning and permitting just one hit.

The Green Waves from Brandenburg were led by Mason Lee, Colton Nevitt and Reece McElfresh who all had a pair of hits. Zach Babb had a triple while Zack Lembach and Lee both finished with a double. Byren Bennett tossed the game’s first five innings as she struck out six Dragons and didn’t allow an earned run.

The Red Dragons take on All-American Conference, White Tier opponent Struthers today at 5 p.m., at Wilder Field.