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WASHINGTON, Pa. — The Tri-City ValleyCats got the jump on the Washington Wild Things early and held on for a 6-4 victory at Wild Things Park on Friday night.
The ValleyCats (6-7) went up 2-0 in the first inning when Trey Hair hit an RBI double and Carson McCusker scored on a passed ball.
McCusker’s two-run single in the fourth gave Tri-City a 4-0 lead before the Wild Things started to answer with some offense of their own.
Aaron Altherr hit a solo homer in the fifth for a 5-1 lead, and he hit an RBI single in the sixth to give the ValleyCats a 6-2 lead.
Washington got one back in the bottom of the sixth and cut it to 6-4 in the eighth.
Reymin Guduan pitched the ninth inning for the ValleyCats, getting a flyout and a strikeout before Washington’s Nick Gotta singled. Guduan struck out Abraham Sequera to end the game.
Tri-City 200 211 000 — 6 13 1
Washington 000 111 010 — 4 10 1
