By: Michael Paltzer
On Wednesday, the Wallenpaupack varsity baseball team played against Wyoming Valley West. Starting for Wallenpaupack was Eli Peifer; in his first inning of work, Peifer struck out one while surrendering two runs. In the bottom half of the first, Paupack managed to get one run back. During a shaky first inning, Peifer shut down Wyoming Valley West’s offense for the next four innings.
After a quiet bottom half of the second, Wallenpaupack tied up the game in the bottom of the 3rd after an RBI double from Jordan Santiago making it 2-2. Heading into the sixth inning Wallenpaupack called upon Mark Nilsen to relieve Peifer.
In Nilsen’s two innings of work, he struck out two, walked three, and no runs allowed. In the bottom half of the seventh with one out, Gannon Decker stole third and scored on an error to win the game for Wallenpaupack. With final score of 3-2, Wallenpaupack took home their second win of the season.
