Falcon Pride Top Ten #10: Baseball Rallies for Dramatic Walk-Off Win Over Akron Ellet on Senior Night
Jun 20, 2026|Boys Baseball
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As the unofficial start to the 2026 fall sports season quickly approaches, AustintownAthletics.com will close the month of June by taking a look back at the top ten sports moments from the 2025-2026 school year. The list will feature the most memorable and notable individual and team performances, achievements, and milestones as selected by members of the Austintown Fitch Athletic Department.
The Falcon Pride Top Ten Countdown will begin on June 20 with #10 and continue through the end of the month with the #1 sports moment of the year. As always, thank you to all of Falcon Country for your continued support of our student-athletes both on the field and, most importantly, in the classroom. Keep celebrating your Falcon Pride!
#10) Baseball Rallies for Dramatic Walk-Off Win Over Akron Ellet on Senior Night
The Fitch baseball team sent their seniors out on a high note by rallying late to pull out a dramatic 7-6 walk-off victory over Akron Ellet on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at Coppola Field. Prior to the game, the Athletic Department helped the team honor its Class of 2026 with Senior Night festivities for the quartet of Reggie Danko, Cole Gamertsfelder, Gavin Loomis, and Jaden Wallace.
Ellet jumped out quickly, scoring two runs in the top of the 1st inning before adding 2 more in the 3rd to take a 4-1 lead. The Falcons chipped away steadily, scoring in the 1st, 4th and 5th innings before erupting for 3 runs in the 6th to even the game at 6-6.
Fitch then finished the comeback in the bottom of the 7th thanks to A.J. Marinelli who worked several key walks throughout the night before scoring the winning run on a passed ball on a close play at the plate, and setting off the postgame celebration.
Gavin Loomis sparked the offense at the top of the lineup, going 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and 2 stolen bases. Nick Pugliese delivered the biggest hit of the game, smashing a bases-clearing triple and driving in 3 runs. Joe Severn added an RBI single, while Greg Faunda contributed a single and scored once. Despite collecting only five hits, the Falcons showed patience at the plate with seven walks and capitalized on four errors by the visitors.
The comeback victory was epic on its own, but the memories of the win happening on Senior Night will live on for years to come for the newly graduated group of Reggie Danko, Cole Gamertsfelder, Gavin Loomis, and Jaden Wallace.
(Pictured from left to right: Jaden Wallace, Cole Gamertsfelder, Gavin Loomis, Reggie Danko)