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’Cats From page 13with a hard single to left-center in the fifth.Two innings later, Lanigan drew a one-out walk and moved to second on a ground out. Stalker then stepped to the plate and hammered a high fastball to left, scoring Lanigan easily with what proved to be the game-winner as his teammates mobbed him at the plate.“He got two quick strikes on me, so I was looking for a fastball,” Stalker said. “I was waiting on it and ended up driving it.”“Shawn stayed back and just roped it,” Budai said. “He’s a seasoned senior. He came through in a big fashion for uslike he’s done before.”Ironically, Hobaugh normally would have intentionally walked Stalker in that situation but decided against it because Graham - whom Hobaugh believed to beShenango’s most dangerous hitter - was on deck.After finally getting a lead, Graham got the first two outs easily in the bottom of the seventh - he had faced the minimum at that point - before Brian Reinhart reached on a high-chop single up the third-base line. Up stepped none other than Young, the Planets’ cleanup hitter with a chance to win the game with one swing of the bat.As if to heighten the drama, Graham went to a full count on Young before throwing one by him to end the game in just one hour and 25 minutes.“It was a heckuva game. Those two kids were tremendous. I’ve never seen a high school game that well-pitched,” Hobaugh said. “Chuck wanted to win that game so bad ... I guess you just have to give Graham credit.”Graham will be on the hill again in Wednesday's title game, a contest that can’t begin soon enough as far as the ’Cats are concerned.“We’d love to play it now,” Graham said.“We’re ready. If we could, we would play a doubleheader right now,” Stalker said. “That’s how fired up we are.”
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