Most games Altoona’s sports teams play, they warm up, play the game and go home with either a win or loss. That wasn’t the case for the boys’ varsity baseball team in their last game. 

This past Tuesday, they traveled to Camp Hill, Pa to take on the 4-3 Cedar Cliff Colts hoping to improve their record to 4-1. The game started with two runs scored in the first inning of the matchup for the Mountain Lions placing them in the lead. 

An uneventful second inning was followed by a run scored by sophomore Tanner Stroup in the third, thanks to a well hit ball into left field by sophomore Nicholas Kraft. The score was now 3-0, Mountain Lions on top. 

In the following three innings, the Colts went on a run scoring two in the fourth, one in the fifth as well as one in the sixth. The Mountain Lions were now down 3-4 and had to make a statement in the seventh to come back for the victory. 

“I thought that it was definitely possible to win the game,” sophomore Dante LaRocco said.

Although the team was ready to win the game, an unexpected factor stopped the game in the bottom of the seventh. The game’s umpire was experiencing dizziness and nausea, with no other replacements able to be found. The game had to be postponed. The game is rescheduled to be finished sometime in May. 

The team expressed their emotions, all sharing the same feelings, disappointed but eagerness to finish the game. 

“It’s a bummer, but I’m certain we will go back there and finish strong,” Stroup said. 

“I really wish we would have just gotten it over with, but now we have to focus on winning the game,” junior Logan Meyers said.

The remaining home games of the season will be played at the Mansion Park baseball field.