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Canton ties game in seventh, Beadle wins it in the eighth with a double

Baseball ImageCANTON, May 14 – The Canton High baseball team scored the game-tying run with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning and won it with one out in the eighth inning as Sam Beadle drove a double into right field to lift the Warriors to a 4-3 NCCC victory over East Windsor in eight innings Saturday at Bowdoin Field.

The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for the Warriors, now 9-7 on the year and 8-6 in the NCCC. Canton is now 6-2 in one-run games this season.

Jake Schaetzel came up big for Canton. His solo home run to center field in the sixth inning cut the Panther lead to one run, 3-2. In the eighth inning, he singled to left field and scored the game-winning run on Beadle’s walk-off hit.

He also pitched two innings of shutout relief to earn his third win of the season. Schaetzel (3-3) didn’t allow a run or a walk and he struck out four.

Canton tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning. Nate Fulham walked and moved to second on a successful sacrifice by Brandon Peters. Fulham tied the game at 3-3 on Cole Marcuccio’s single to left field.

Beadle was 3-for-4 with the game-winning RBI and a pair of doubles. Canton’s starting pitcher Ethan Burke allowed just four hits over six innings of work, fanning four and walking just two. This was Canton’s second extra-inning win over the season. The Warriors beat Granby, 8-7 in 10 innings on April 25.

Canton returns to the field Monday with another busy week – four consecutive games to close out the regular season. On Monday, the Warriors travel to Coventry for a 4 p.m. contest. On Tuesday, Canton hosts the CREC Public Safety Academy from Enfield at Bowdoin Field at 3:45 p.m. and on Wednesday, the Warriors host Somers at Bowdoin at 4:15 p.m. in the final regular season game at home.

Canton closes out the regular season with a non-league game at Litchfield on Thursday at 4 p.m.

Canton 4, East Windsor 3 (8)
At Canton
East Windsor (4-11)         020  100  00 – 3-4-0
Canton (9-7)                    000  101  11 – 4-7-1
Tim Monostream, Jordan Gardner (5) and J. McCabe; Ethan Burke, Jake Schaetzel (7) and Sam Beadle; WP: Schaetzel (3-3); LP: Gardner; 2B: Beadle (C) 2, Vin Brigada (EW), Garner (EW); HR: Garner (EW), Schaetzel (C)

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