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Deltas come back for opening game win

The Deltaville Deltas used a six-run sixth inning to erase a mid-game deficit, and won their opening night game by the score of 12-7 on Saturday. With several new faces joining Deltas’ veterans in the lineup, the Deltas got on the board in the bottom of the first inning. Newcomer Nathan Vaughan led the game off with a single and scored on an RBI from 15-season veteran Alexander Crittenden. The Trash Pandas evened the score at 1-1 in the fourth, and in the fifth a pair of defensive errors by the Deltaville defense led to a five-run inning for the visitors. Trailing 6-1 after the disastrous fifth inning, the Deltas scraped back immediately. In the bottom half of the frame, a hit by Colton Smith and RBIs from Spencer Crittenden and Andrew Cole cut the lead to 6-3. In the sixth, the Deltas took advantage of three walks by the Trash Panda bullpen with three more hits. Capping the six-run rally was a bases-loaded infield hit by Vaughan, who hit a soft ground ball up the 1st baseline. The spe...

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