Franklin Regional tops Mars in suspended Class 5A playoff game
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 | 7:50 PM
Franklin Regional’s Timmy Quinn hits a three-run home run against Hempfield on March 26.
A WPIAL Class 5A baseball quarterfinal between top-seeded Franklin Regional (17-1) and No. 8 Mars (13-7) that started Friday night had to be finished Saturday afternoon after a bank of lights went out at North Allegheny.
The delay did not bother Franklin Regional’s Chris Pagano and Timmy Quinn.
Pagano was the winning pitcher and Quinn delivered the game-winning hit to give the Panthers an 8-5 victory. Franklin Regional will meet No. 13 Peters Township in Monday’s semifinals.
Taking over with two outs in the fifth – the spot at which the game was suspended Friday night – Pagano did not allow a hit the rest of the way, striking out four and walking two.
The score was tied 5-5 when the game was suspended. Quinn broke that tie with a two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth. Andrew Muraco scored on a wild pitch to account for the final run.
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