Mike Vukovcan Dramatics tonight with the Hopewell Vikings Colt League team as David Villanueva’s walk-off RBI single led Hopewell to a 4-3 win over New Brighton.
Hopewell entered the final inning trailing 3-2 but found a way to manufacture 2 runs for the win.
Aidan Erickson led off the 7th inning with a walk.
Erickson then stole second base, which was followed by a walk to Parker Hoth.
Hopewell took advantage of some wild pitching as Erickson moved to third on a wild pitch and would also score on one. That tied the game at 3.
After advancing to second on that same wild pitch, Hoth moved to third thanks to a successful sacrifice bunt by Owen Ackerman.
That led to Villanueva’s heroics as he then hit a hard ground ball into left field to score Hoth.
Final Score: Hopewell 4 New Brighton 3
Vikings Game Notes:
-Sophomore Collin Davis started and was fantastic in his Colt debut. Davis went 4 innings, allowing 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks and struck out 3.
-Camden Hoth pitched the 5th and 6th  innings, allowing only 2 hits, 2 runs (1 earned run)
-Ackerman pitched the final inning, allowing 0 hits, 1 run (0 earned runs).
-Josh Gill led off for Hopewell and went 1-3 with an RBI.
-Erickson drew a walk and scored 2 runs, while Parker Hoth drew 2 walks.
Hopewell improved their record to 2-1 and will return to the field tomorrow night as they host Weirton at 6 pm from Hopewell HS.
