Northern Tier Sports ReportMILL HALL — RTL fell 8-5 to Selinsgrove during the opening round of Section III Minors baseball All-star action Saturday.
Selinsgrove led 2-1 after one, then made it 3-1 going into the third. They pushed their lead to as much as 5-1, but a 4-run bottom third from RTL got them back into the game, 5-5.
That’s as close as they got, though, as Selinsgrove scored a run in each of the final three innings to pull away.
Emerson Clouse (2-for-3) had a double with two runs scored for RTL while Wesley Carr (2-for-3) also scored.
Cayden Benjamin and Elliott Campbell each scored, and had an RBI, with Ethan Shaffer and Forrest Fisk both driving in a run.
Adrien Campbell (2-for-3) had an RBI, as Ashton Cole (1-for-3) and Brantley Cron (1-for-2) both scored.
RTL saw six different players take the mound, with Shaffer getting the start.
Clouse came on to pitch 1 1/3-innings with two strikeouts, followed by Carr and Campbell also throwing.
Cron went 2 2/3-innings with three strikeouts, while Benjamin pitched the final third, striking out one.
RTL falls into the consolation bracket, and continues play on Sunday.
