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Mitchell Merges, Geneva stun Batavia with 7th-inning heroics

By Daily Herald

Geneva has proved to be a pretty resilient baseball team this spring, and the Vikings displayed that this week in winning a series from its arch rival Batavia.

A day after losing 13-0 and trailing 8-7 in the top of the seventh Thursday, Mitchell Merges turned the game and the series around with one swing of his bat, launching an opposite field 3-run home run that gave Geneva a 10-8 win.

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