SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Stripes rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Stars 9-5 on Monday at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, to even the series in the second game of the 2019 USA Baseball 17U National Team Development Program (NTDP).

Izaac Pacheco (Friendswood, Texas) led the Stripes in scoring, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and one single. Luke Leto (Portage, Mich.) tallied three of the Stripes' nine RBIs with Max Muncy (Carmarilla, Calif.) and Joseph Mack (Williamsville, N.Y.) following with two each. On the other side of the contest, Braylon Bishop (Texarcana, Ark.) led the Stars hitting corps, going 3-for-3 while Marcelo Mayer (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Mark Black (Pittsburg, Pa.) earned two RBIs each. 

Five pitchers for the Stripes made an appearance on the bump while four for the Stars had throwing time. All but two pitchers threw for two or more strikeouts during their short appearances.

Key Moments
• The Stars scored first, bringing home Kurtis Reid (Hamilton, Ohio) and Mayer in the bottom of the first inning off a Stripes error and bases-loaded walk, respectively, for a 2-0 lead. 
• Another bases-loaded walk from Mayer scored Rawley Hector (Van Alstyne, Texas) to increase the Stars lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the second. 
• The Stripes got two runs of their own to cut the Stars lead to 3-2 in the top of the fourth inning when Mack hit a single to score both Pacheco and Ryan Spikes (Covington, Ga.). 
• Pacheco and Leto both crossed home off a triple from Muncy, who went on to score off a Mike Bello (Oak Ridge, N.J.) single to give the Stripes a 5-3 lead in the top of the sixth. 
•Leto hit an inside-the-park homerun in the top of the seventh inning to bring Nick Bitsko (Doylestown, Pa.) and Noah Smith (Chicago, Ill.) in and increase the Stripes' lead to 8-3. 
•The Stars answered in the bottom of the seventh, scoring two runs to make it an 8-5 ballgame when Mayer drew a bases-loaded walk and Black was hit by a pitch. 
•The Stripes put the game out of reach with an insurance run in the top of the eighth inning when Hunter Teplansky (Flower Mound, Texas) scored off a sac fly from Josh Hartle (King, N.C.) to secure the 9-5 win. 

Notable Information
• The Stripes get one in their win column to even the series, 1-1. 
• The two teams combined for 14 total strikeouts, with the Stars tallying nine and the Stripes getting eight. 
• The Stripes out-hit the Stars 12-5 in the game. 

On Deck
• Game three will take place on Wednesday, July 24, at 11:30 a.m. CT at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. 

Social
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