DURHAM, N.C. – Josh Springer hit a walk-off single to lift the Stripes past the Stars, 10-9, in the second game of the 2021 15U National Team Trials series on Sunday afternoon at Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina.

The walk-off capped a come-from-behind win for the Stripes, who have now won the first two games of the series. They were trailing by as many as four runs throughout the game on Sunday, but scored the game’s final five runs to win.

Springer’s walk-off knock came with runners on the corners and one out, scoring Jase DeSantis (Las Vegas, Nev.), who had reached on an error. The Stripes had 16 hits in the win.

Carson Page (Hahira, Ga.) led the Stripes’ offense for the second straight game, going 4-for-4 in the win. Henry Allen (Auburn, Ala.), Ethan Puig (Miami, Fla.), and Braeden Weckman (Winter Springs, Fla.) all had two hits. Konnor Griffin (Florence, Miss.) and Coy James (Advance, N.C.) both had multi-hit games for the Stars. George Wolkow (Downers Grove, Ill.) added a team-best two RBIs.

Zach Strickland (Arcadia, Calif.), who tossed three innings for the Stripes, earned the win. Samuel Cozart (High Point, N.C) got the loss for the Stars.

Key Moments

• Everett Johnson (Youngsville, N.C.) walked and Cal Miller (Centerville, Utah) singled to put two runners on base to open the game. After a wild pitch put Johnson and Miller in scoring position, Wolkow singled up the middle to plate two runs and give the Stars a quick 2-0 lead.
• The Stars’ bats kept hitting in the second, starting with a leadoff single and stolen base by Aiden Harris (Midlothian, Va.). Harris later scored on a wild pitch before Griffin hit an RBI-single to extend the lead to four.
• After Nolan Traeger (Spring, Texas) and Wolkow walked to lead off the third, the Stars added another run on the base paths, when Wolkow was thrown out trying to steal second but Traeger scored on the throw to make it 5-0.
• Page drove in the Stripes’ first run of the game in the third, hitting a ground-rule double to right-center to score Weckman. Coy Allman (Marietta, Pa.) added another run, scoring on a wild pitch before a third run in the frame made it 5-3.
• The Stars answered in the top of the fourth, as Harris led off with a walk and scored on a wild pitch. Gavin Fien (Temecula, Calif.) added an RBI-groundout as the Stars’ lead grew to 7-3.
• The first four batters reached base for the Stripes in the bottom of the fourth as they added two more runs. Dean Moss (Atherton, Calif.) drove in the first run with an RBI-single, and Dean Hannah (Waco, Texas) added a sacrifice fly to make it 7-5 in the Stars’ favor.
• Griffin and Miller both reached base in the top of the fifth and came around to score to extend the Stars’ lead to 9-5.
• A three-run fifth helped the Stripes get back into the game. Xavier Neyens (Mount Vernon, Wash.) singled up the middle to drive in a run before Allen added an RBI-single of his own and Puig drove in another run with a single to give the Stars a 9-8 lead.
• Mikey Torres (Miami, Fla.) tied the game in the bottom of the sixth with a two-out, RBI-single.
• After an error and a single put runners on the corners for the Stripes in the game’s final inning, Springer sent an RBI-single to right field to score DeSantis and win the game, 10-9.

Notable Information

• The Stripes are now 2-0 in the series, while the Stars drop to 0-2.
• Page is batting 1.000 (7-for-7) through the first two games of the series. He has two doubles and a walk, along with three stolen bases.
• The Stripes had seven RBIs in the game, all coming from seven different players.
• After also tallying 16 hits in game one, the Stripes now have 32 hits through two games.
• The Stars drew 10 walks in the loss. Johnson and Wolkow both reached twice via the base-on-balls.

On Deck

• Monday, August 30: Stars vs. Stripes (7:00 p.m. ET; Durham, N.C.; Durham Athletic Park)
• Wednesday, September 1: Stars vs. Stripes (3:00 p.m. ET; Cary, N.C.; National Training Complex)
• Thursday, September 2: Stars vs. Stripes (11:30 a.m. ET; Cary, N.C.; National Training Complex)

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