The Cicero Juniors team came into Clay Park Central hungry for a win after dropping two close games in a row to Syracuse.

By the time the game ended, Cicero had notched 16 runs while giving up only 5 as they improved their record to 1-2 on the season.

Toeing the rubber on this night were Alex Smith and Nicholas Capece. Smith started strong, giving up no runs in the first inning. After walking 4 and giving up one run, Capece came in to strike out 2 to end the inning. Capece stayed in to pitch for the remaining 4.5 innings, giving up the final 3 runs.

Hits on the night for Cicero came from Jacob Calabria, Nicholas Capece, Ethan Matthews, Lucas Thelen, Sean Bombard, Michael Mooney, Connor Pearce, Chase Mearon, Alex Smith and Jacob Sadowski.

Runs were scored by Calabria, Capece, Matthews, Thelen, Capp, Bombard, Mooney, Pearce, Mearon, Smith and Sadowski.

Team Quote for this game: “Amazing things can happen when you work together as a team.”

MVP for Cicero: Nicholas Capece, who came in with bases loaded and pitched a great game (photo).