Greater Latrobe typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Belle Vernon proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged the Greater Latrobe Wildcats out 4-3. This was payback for Belle Vernon, who suffered a 15-5 defeat the last time these two teams met.
The team relied heavily on Adam LaCarte, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jake Gedekoh, who went 2-for-5 with a stolen base.
Belle Vernon pushed their record up to 12-3 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Greater Latrobe, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-3.
Belle Vernon will have a chance to go back-to-back against Greater Latrobe: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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