Falcon baseball team (5-6) edges closer to .500 record

Oswayo Valley's Brandon Slater avoids the tag of catcher Zach Buckler during a high school baseball game at CARP Field in Coudersport. The Falcons dropped two games to OV during the week, but rebounded to beat Port Allegany on Thursday. Paul Burdick Photo

Coudersport moved a step closer to the .500 mark in high school baseball by beating Port Allegany, 8-4, Thursday afternoon at CARP Field. Brian Wetzel was the winning pitcher.

On Tuesday, the Falcons (5- 6) couldn't hold a 3-1 lead at Shinglehouse and ended up dropping a tough 8-7 decision the Green Wave.

Sophomore Zach Buckler's two-run homer helped the visitors go on top 3-1, but Brandon Meacham's threerun blast in the bottom of the second gave OV a lead it would never relinquish.

The previous day, Coudersport let a 3-2 lead slip away in the late innings as the Falcons dropped an 8-3 game to Oswayo Valley at CARP Field.

Junior pitcher Brandon Slater was a tough nut for Coudersport to crack with his broad repertoire of pitches. Still, the Falcons plated three runs in the bottom of the third to go up 3-2. OV evened the score in the fifth and pushed across three runs in the sixth to give Slater a cushion.

Senior Kirk Duffee, who shared mound duties with Wetzel, had two of Coudersport's eight hits.