JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Sal Mineo (Ohio State) went 4 for 5 with a home run, three runs batted in and five runs Tuesday to lead Tri-State to a 17-4 rout of Bristol in Appalachian League baseball.
The State Liners (11-17) are playing in Johnson City, Tennessee, while their ballpark is being renovated.
Bristol led 3-2 after two innings before the Coal Cats (9-16) tied it in the third, then scored four runs in the fourth and eight in the fifth to pull away.
Bishop Quarles (Bryant & Stratton) was 3 for 5 with a double and three runs batted in. Chandler Murray (Kansas State) tripled and drove in three runs. Ryan Maggy (West Virginia) homered and knocked in two runs. Luke Kosko (Cincinnati) went 2 for 3 and Tyler Smolinski (Kansas State) was 2 for 4.
Reliever Brynden Rodriguez (Lenoir-Rhyne) was the winning pitcher.
For Bristol, Chris Patterson (Missouri) went 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Patrick Gillen (North Carolina-òòò½ÊÓƵheville) was 2 for 4 and drove home two. Collin Dobson (Central Missouri) went 2 for 4. Alex Sotiropoulos (Columbia) took the loss.
TRI-STATE 111 482 0 òòò½ÊÓƵ” 17 16 2
BRISTOL 120 100 0 òòò½ÊÓƵ” 4 11 3
Gibson, Rodriguez (5), Jones (6) and Gonzalez; Sotiropoulos, Romagno (4), Savona (5), Almonte (7) and Wright.
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