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Sheetz overcame a 10-0 deficit and scored 18 unanswered runs to beat Cumming Motors, 18-10, to sweep a best-of-three Altoona Teener Major League semifinal series at Seitz Field on Thursday night.
Shane Gority drove in five runs on three hits, including a triple, for Sheetz -- which had 19 hits to Cumming Motors' 17 hits.
Jayson Jimenez added four RBIs on two hits.
Eli Adams had four hits, including a home run, for Cumming Motors, and Brady Carruthers added three hits for Cumming Motors.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Cumming Motors 403 300 0--10 17 1
Sheetz 000 666 X--18 19 0
2B--Jimenez, Moyer, Muccitelli (S); Carruthers 2, Adams, McGeary, Stotler (CM). 3B--Gority (S). HR--Adams (CM). RBI--White 3, Shields, Adams, Carruthers, Stotler, McNeal, Vasil (CM); Gority 5, Jimenez 4, Sheehan 3, Buchanan 2, Butler 2, Moyer, Nordick (S). Multiple hits--Gority 3, Muccitelli 3, Jimenez 2, Moyer 2, Buchanan 2, Nordick 2, Sheehan 2 (S); Adams 4, Carruthers 3, McGeary 2, Stotler 2, White 2 (CM). WP--Buchanan. LP--Shields. SO--Shields 3 (CM); Buchanan 2, Butler 1 (S).
Best-of-three series: Sheetz wins 2-0.
Civics locks up spot in final
Lucas Farabaugh scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to seal Eldorado Civics Association's 9-8 win over Old School Printing that clinched a spot in the Altoona Teener Major League finals at Seitz Field.
Civics won the best-of-three series 2-0 and will take on Sheetz for the league championship starting Sunday.
Vinnie Hite homered, doubled and drove in three runs for Civics.
Lucas Hoyer doubled twice and drove in two runs for Old School Printing.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Old School Printing 120 023 0--8 9 5
Eldorado Civics 221 201 1--9 11 5
2B--Hoyer 2, Lockard (OS), Pyo, L. Farabaugh, Hite (EC). HR--Hite (EC). RBI--Lockard 2, Hoyer 2, Woodring, Kessinger (OS); Hite 4, L. Farabaugh, Pyo, Akins, Holzer (EC). Multiple hits--Hite 3, Akins 2, Gibson 2 (EC); Miller 2, Woodring 2, Hoyer 2 (OS). WP--Akins. LP--Hoyer. SO--Miller 2, Hoyer 1 (OS); Holzer 5, Akins 4 (EC).
Best-of-three series: Eldorado Civics Association wins series 2-0.