OSWEGO — Vona’s Restaurant defeated the Elks Lodge 13-9 to take over sole possession of first place in the Oswego Little League Majors division. Both Vona’s and Elks came into the game with only 1 loss on the season. Following the contest Vona’s sits at 7-1, while the Elks fell to 5-2 with both losses coming at the hands of the Vona’s Restaurant team.

After a back and forth first 3 innings of play saw Vona’s take a 6-3 lead, the Elks stormed back with 4 runs in the 4th inning to take a 7-6 lead. However, Vona’s tacked on 7 runs of their own in the home half of the 4th to take control of the game. Maddon Carr led off with a double to left-center field. He would score on Shawn Cooper-DeVaul’s 2 RBI single. After a couple walks were delivered Everett Farella came to the plate with the bases loaded and laced a hit that scored all 3 base runners. This would prove to be the game winning hit for Vona’s as the Elks were only able to tack on 2 more runs in the 6th inning.

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