A Brandt Balser walk off single in the bottom of the eighth gave Hicksville a 9-8 win over visiting Fairview in junior ACME action last Friday night at the home of the Aces.<\/p>\n
Each team scored one run in the first inning before the Apaches picked up three runs in the top of the third for a 4-1 advantage.<\/p>\n
After Hicksville answered with two runs in the bottom of the third, Fairview responded by plating three more runs in the top of the fourth to grab a 7-3 lead.<\/p>\n
However, the Aces weren\u2019t done.<\/p>\n
Hicksville got one in the bottom of the fourth before adding four more in the home half of the sixth to post an 8-7 advantage.<\/p>\n
Fairview answered with a single run in the top of the seventh to knot the game at 8-8 but the Aces then won it with a run in the bottom of the eight.<\/p>\n
Jacob Miller got the win for the Aces, tossing the complete eight innings and striking out ten Apache batters.<\/p>\n
Scott Keeran posted three singles and a run batted in while Brandt Balser, Austin Gillespie and Gabe Bland each added a pair of singles. Jacob Miller, Chase Railing and Gary Thatcher all recorded a single as well.<\/p>\n
Miller and Balser drove in two runs apiece with Gillespie also picking up a RBI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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