Rockets blow two-run advantage

The Rockets boasted a two run lead heading into the final inning.

Sam Dunlavy couldn’t find three outs quick enough to secure victory and later let the game slip away in extras.

The Portland Rockets fell to the Grand Lake Mariners 10-9 on Wednesday in a 10-inning game.

A two-run home run by Peyton Smith gave the Rockets (6-9) a two-run lead in the bottom of the seventh.

Dunlavy entered the game in the ninth to relieve Mitch Waters, who threw three scoreless innings. He walked the first batter and gave up a single before recording two outs.

Before he could find the third, Dunlavy gave up a double that scored both runners tying the game at 9-9.

With a runner placed on second in the tenth inning, Dunlavy gave up a single before recording an out. The Rockets chose to intentionally walk the next batter, but it didn’t matter as the leadoff hitter put the ball in play to left field to walk off the game.

Along with Smith, Camden McEldowney and Joel Kennedy both drove in a pair of runs to lead the Rockets’ offense.

Lead surrendered

The Fort Recovery ACME baseball team watched a five-run lead evaporate as the Coldwater Cavaliers scored nine runs in the final two innings of the Indians’ 14-10 loss on Wednesday.

The Indians (2-4) exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning on singles from Grant Fortkamp, I McCain and Mason Diller, a walk by Caden Grisez and ground balls by Alex Gaerke and Gavin Evers. The big inning, coupled with a three-run second inning, gave Fort Recovery a 10-5 advantage.

After tossing a scoreless fifth inning, Logan Fortkamp struggled on the mound, giving up five runs on five singles and two walks to tie the game.

The Cavaliers kept rolling in the seventh as a triple, a double, two singles and a hit batter by Caden Homan scored four more runs.

Diller led the Indians with three hits, while Jacob Foote and Grant Fortkamp both drove in a pair of runs.