baseball

BASEBALL 

Westfield Technical Academy 10, 

Franklin Tech 9 (8 inn.) 

Franklin Tech rallied for five runs over the sixth and seventh innings forcing extra innings, but the “Cardiac Cats,” (AKA the Westfield Tech Tigers baseball team) won it in extra innings.

Tobey Barlow singled, stole second and third bases, and scored on a Deven Werbiskis sac-fly in the top of the eighth inning. Werbiskis finished 3-for-5 with two doubles, three runs and two RBIs.

Josh Sturmer finished a home run short of the cycle, going 3-for-4 with three runs and a RBI. Dacota Durkee went 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs.

Riley Sullivan struck out eight batters in 6 2/3 innings. Barlow allowed not hits, no runs, one walk and struck out one batter in 1 1/3 innings of relief.

Westfield Tech improved to 4-1.