American Legion Tuesday Wrap: Beganny stakes Braman Post to early lead; Elkovitch leads as Greece Post is the first to double-digit wins

BRAMAN POST 1229 (4-6) 6
CHILI POST 1830 (2-9) 5
Brady Beganny drove in a pair of runs in the second inning to lead Braman Post. Beganny, who finished 1-for-2 in the game, brought home Nick Olmo and Caleb Wilson with the one-out single to give Braman a lead it did not surrender. Olmo went 2-for-3 in the game. Wilson was 2-for-2 with two walks. Jack Fichtner started and pitched two-and-a-third innings to pick up the win. Nate VanDeVoorde hurled 4.2 innings in relief to register the save. VanDeVoorde struck out and allowed two runs on two hits and three walks. Christian Morrison finished 2-for-4 including a two-out RBI single in the fifth that scored Jack Salerno to give Braman a 6-3 lead. Jake Wiepert went 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBI in the win. Alex Young and Isiah Stephens both singled and scored. VanDeVoorde also went 1-for-2 at the plate. Jamie Derleth went 3-for-4 with two RBI to lead Chili Post. Bobby Rule was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored. Alex Spezzano doubled, drove in a run and scored another. Noah Barravecchia singled and scored. Parker Farnham accounted for a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Nico Arena was 1-for-2.

GREECE POST 468 (10-1) 3
RAYSON MILLER POST 899 (5-2) 1
Weston Elkovitch drove in the go-ahead run with a one-out single in the fourth inning, and Greece Post went on to win its ninth straight game. Derrick Allen scored on the play. Joe Sanna paced the Greece offense going 3-for-3 including a two-out triple in the seventh that brought home Braedon Reina with an insurance run. Reina went 1-for-3 in the game. Nathan Powers struck out four and allowed one run on three hits and two walks over six innings to pick up the win. Elkovitch fanned two and retired all three batters he faced in a scoreless inning of relief to register a save. Kaleb Juliano went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Jeffrey Broadnax also scored in the win. Justin Angora drove in the lone Rayson Miller run with a second-inning double that scored Ryan Munzinger to knot the game at one. Munzinger finished 1-for-2 in the game. Owen Osborne was 1-for-3. Thomas O’Reilly and Nate Weber both reached on a walk.