GREENE – Greene took an early 2-0 lead after one inning and held onto the lead for the remainder of the game, defeating Sherburne-Earlville 8-3 Monday evening, despite the Marauders three-run fourth.

In the first inning, Greene saw the bases loaded after two singles by Bryson Smith and Kolby Finch. In between the hits, Jordan Carhart walked.

As Dallas Roe made contact on the third pitch of the at-bat, he sent a hard ground ball to the S-E shortstop. Attempting to make a play for an out, the shortstop was unable to come up with the ball cleanly. That allowed Smith to score from third as well as Carhart to cross home plate from second for a score of 2-0.

Roe ended up at second and Finch landed at third on the play.

With a second error in the inning, the Marauders defense faced a jam. Fortunately for Sherburne-Earlville, Troy Fleming struck out the next two batters, shutting Greene’s scoring opportunity down and ending the inning.

Greene, however, tacked on another three runs in the bottom of the third to take a 5-0 lead.

In the top half of the fourth, the Marauders offense got moving, tallying three runs themselves.

The first two batters of the frame hit into ground outs for S-E. Mitchell Winton stepped to the plate, hoping to avoid the third out of the inning and keep their scoring hopes alive.

He did just that as he sent a screaming line drive to center field on the first pitch of the at-bat. Needing to see two pitched during his plate appearance, Nick Ragonese drilled a shot to the exact same place in the outfield, advancing Winton to second.

Blaine Blinebry was hit by a pitch and Greene’s defense was beginning to feel the pressure as they saw the Marauders closing in on a run.

Sherburne-Earlville’s Taylor Gryzmkowski hit the ball to the identical location of his teammates. As he made his way to first, Winton and Ragonese both reached home for the Marauders first two runs of the game. Blinebry moved to second on the play.