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Brett Soltysiak&#8217;s game-winning single led Tunkhannock to a come-from-behind 5-4 victory in the seventh inning of an American Legion baseball game on Friday.Trailing 4-3, Tunkhannock plated two runs to secure the win.Matthew Goodwin and Brian Muckin each had two hits. Connor Hulslander pitched a complete game.Richard Kresge hit a two-RBI triple for Mountain Post.Swoyersville 10, Nanticoke 3Both Justin and Josh Montalvo went 3 for 4 with a combined five runs scored for Swoyersville. Tyler Yankosky also chipped in with three hits and two RBI.Damian Davies pitched four innings of relief with five strikeouts.Nanticoke&#8217;s John Morgan tripled as part of a 2 for 3 game with a run scored.LEGION BASEBALLTunkhannock 5, Mountain Post 4Mountain Post`AB`R`H`BIKrehl 3b`3`1`0`0Distasio ss`4`0`1`0Chalk 1b`4`0`0`1Kindler lf`4`0`1`0Tokach p`4`1`0`0Mickowski p`0`0`0`0Caladie 2b`0`0`0`0Lehri dh`3`2`2`0Kresge cf`2`0`1`2Albee rf`3`0`0`0Darden c`3`0`1`1Totals`30`4`6`4Tunkhannock`AB`R`H`BITFaux 2b`2`2`1`0Fenwick ph`1`0`0`0Goodwin 3b`4`1`2`1CBrown ss`3`0`0`2Soltysiak rf`3`0`1`1Hulslander p`3`0`0`0Hughes 1b`2`0`0`0`Munley lf`2`0`0`0Gilpin lf`1`0`1`0Muckin cf`3`1`2`0Ceccarelli c`3`1`0`0Totals`27`5`7`4Mountain Post`110`020`0`&#8212;`4Tunkhannock`102`000`2`&#8212;`52B &#8212; Lehri, 2, Gilpin; 3B &#8212; Goodwin, KresgeMountain Post`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOTokach`6`4`3`3`2`0Mickowski (L)`1`3`2`2`1`1Tunkhannock`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHulslander (W)`7`7`4`4`2`1Swoyersville 10, Nanticoke 3Nanticoke`AB`R`H`BIReno 3b`4`0`0`1Windt 2b`4`1`0`0Pokrinchak 1b`4`0`2`0Peters c`4`1`1`0Labinski rf`3`0`1`0Piscotty lf`3`0`1`1Piestrak ss-p`3`0`0`0Shatley p`2`0`0`0Kurkoski p`1`0`0`0Morgan cf`3`1`2`0Totals`31`3`7`2Swoyersville`AB`R`H`BIJuMontalvo cf`4`3`3`1Boos 2b`0`0`0`0JoMontalvo lf`4`2`3`1Hogan c`2`2`1`0Yankosky p-1b`4`0`3`2Bayo 2b`2`0`0`2Flanley ss`3`0`1`2Sienkiewicz 2b`0`0`0`0Davies p`0`0`0`0Baron dh`4`0`0`0Pollick 1b`2`0`0`0Kobusky 3b`1`1`1`0Gavlick 3b`1`0`0`0Sott rf`2`2`0`0Totals`29`10`12`8Nanticoke`100`001`1`&#8212;`3Swoyersville`002`440`x`&#8212;`102B &#8212; Pokrinchak, Peters, Piscotty, JuMontalvo, Kobusky; 3B &#8212; MorganNanticoke`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOShotley (L)`3`9`6`5`4`4Piestrak`2`3`4`2`1`0Kurkoski`1`0`0`0`0`1Swoyersville`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOYankosky`3`3`1`0`0`3Davies (W)`4`4`2`2`0`5<style>
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American Legion Baseball: Brett Soltysiak hits game winner for Tunkhannock