Staff Report
FARMINGTON — In a pitching duel, Brandon Varney threw a complete game as Rogers Post 153 squeaked out a 2-1 victory over Franklin County in nine innings.
Varney fanned 12 Franklin batters, allowing six hits, walking one and hitting two.
His counterpart, Amos Herrin, went into the ninth inning, striking out nine batters and walking three before Jake Davenport came in relief with one out in the ninth.
Nick Lawrence drove home Drew Lashua with a double in the top of the ninth for the game-winning run. It was one of three doubles on the day for Rogers Post (8-5), with Lashua and Lew Jensen notching the other two.
Jensen opened up the scoring as he came home on an error in the second inning.
Sebastian Lombardi scored Franklin County’s (10-4) lone run in the bottom of the fifth on a Ryan Pratt single.
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