McLean Post 270 vs Falls Church 130
McLean Post 270 vs. Falls Church 130
14–13
· Final, 14–13

McLean Post 270 finished Thursday’s game in dramatic fashion, outlasting Falls Church Post 130, 14-13, on Nikhil Antil’s walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th at McLean High School. The teams combined for 29 hits in a game that kept producing answers late, with McLean finally breaking through after Falls Church had pushed back in the top of the inning.

Falls Church opened the scoring in the second when an error brought in a run, then Anders Peterson drew a walk to force in another, Stefan Luketic drew a walk for a third run and Andrew McGee doubled home two more. McLean kept closing the gap and tied it at 10 in the bottom of the ninth on Charlie Morgan’s single down the left-field line. Falls Church briefly moved back in front in the 10th on Mason Tillman’s sacrifice fly, and Peterson followed with a single to stretch the lead to 13-10 before McLean answered again in the home half.

Jason Seeber powered the winning rally with a two-run double, Jack Kolsky added an RBI single and Antil finished it with the hit that ended it. Kolsky led McLean with five hits in six at-bats, while Seeber, Joshua Orr, Antil and Liam Palacios each had multiple hits; Palacios also stole two bases. For Falls Church, Peterson drove in three runs and went 3-for-6, Luketic finished 4-for-6 to lead the team in hits, and Noah Plank and Brooks Gustafson also had multiple hits.

On the mound, Shane Waldschmidt started for McLean and allowed five hits and seven runs, two earned, over four innings, striking out three and walking five. Luke Greiner started for Falls Church and gave up two hits and no runs over four innings while striking out five and walking none. Seeber, Antil and Morgan also appeared in relief for McLean as the home team completed the comeback.

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