North used two big innings to pull away from host Mayfield, securing a 12-2 win and a season split with the Wildcats.

The game began on Monday, April 7, but was postponed due to inclement weather.

“I was very happy with the effort, the results, all of it,” said North coach Mike Duncan.

North struck first with a run in the top of the first inning.

Gerardo Torres was hit by a pitch to start the frame, and Jacob Breen followed with a two-out RBI single.

Breen then went out and shut down the Wildcat offense in the first two innings. Mayfield broke through with a game-tying run in the bottom of the third.

After a week and a half delay, the game continued with North batting in the top of the fourth.

The Rangers restarted the game with a five-run inning.

Brady Pennza hit a one-out double and scored when Patrick Keough reached on an error. Tyler Leasure and Nate Sagendorph drew back-to-back walks to load the bases, and Torres walked home a run.

Braylon Rolf followed with a two-run, two-out double, leaving the Rangers up 6-1.

North added six more runs in the top of the seventh.

Ethan Grinstead doubled and Pennza singled. Grinstead then scored on Keough’s groundout, and Leasure drew a walk. Sagendorph singled home Pennza, and Torres reached on a catcher’s interference call. Brady Trem added an RBI single, and Rolf reached on a run-scoring error.

Breen closed out the big inning with a two-run single.

Leasure closed out the Wildcats in the bottom of the seventh.

Breen went 2-for-5 at the plate with three RBI, and he picked up the pitching victory after allowing one earned run and striking out three in three hitless innings.

“I was able to work through all of the bad weather conditions; the rain and snow were tough to pitch through,” Breen said. “I was happy to keep the team in the game and put us in a good spot for today. I would have loved to finish the game, but I had faith that Tyler would close it out for us. Tyler pitched a great game today.”

Leasure allowed one unearned run on two hits, and he struck out four in four innings.

“They were both mixing up their pitches well,” Duncan said of Breen and Leasure. “We knew from our previous game and a half that they were kind of sitting on curveballs, so Ty was throwing fastballs today, and he threw some off-speed stuff, but he was throwing mainly fastballs and trying to hit his spots.”

Pennza and Keough recorded two hits for the Rangers, and Trem, Rolf, Grinstead, and Sagendorph finished with one. Rolf knocked in a team-high four runs.

“It’s been great,” Duncan said. “Everybody has been hitting. Whoever steps up to the plate, I have full confidence that they’re going to be able to get the job done.”

The Rangers, who improved to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Western Reserve Conference, host Chardon on Wednesday.