Relentlessness.

That would be the word that best described the Tri-Valley offense on Wednesday against Marian.After leaving a host of players on base in the early innings, the 'Dawgs continued to hit the ball hard throughout the game.The Tri-Valley (10-2) bats finally were able to get some things going in the sixth and seventh innings, scoring three runs in that span to rally for a 4-2 Schuylkill League victory over the Colts.Marian was in command of the game early on, getting out to a 2-0 lead. The Colts (6-6, 4-3) used a combination of hitting and solid pitching from ace Danny Keer to get ahead of the 'Dawgs.Keer allowed just one hit in five innings of work, striking out five and allowing just one run.On the offensive side, the Colts were hot early, collecting five hits in the first three innings of play.Gabe Bauer got things started the right way in the first, leading off with a double, and two batters later was brought home by Keer's RBI single.Marian left two runners on in the second with Ryan Cappel and Aaron Mason each collecting hits in the inning. In the third, a double by Keer, who had three hits on the day, setup the Colts. An infield error on the next at bat scored courtesy runner Quest Wilson, and Marian looked to be in the drivers seat."We took advantage of what they gave us early on and Danny (Keer) was once again a warrior for us today," said Colts manager Tony Radocha. "But we had some defensive miscues at inopportune times today, and at the end of the game, we just couldn't get the timely hits that we needed."We did a lot of good things early on. We just have to be more consistent. Tri-Valley will always be fundamentally sound and they will always keep coming."The 'Dawgs did exactly that as they kept putting people on base. Tri-Valley left a total of seven runners on between the second, fourth, and fifth innings.Tri-Valley did get a run across in the fourth when Logan Yoder scored after an error in center field followed by a bloop hit from Dawson Boltz.But the real damage was done in the later innings.With Alex Kubishin in relief for the Colts, the 'Dawgs scored two in the sixth inning with Dawson Schwalm and Will Kimmel each knocking in a run."It was definitely frustrating early on not being able to get that key hit, and we had a couple of hard hit balls right at them, but hey that's the game of baseball," said Tri-Valley head coach Bob Felty Sr. "I just told our guys that they had to keep plugging away and we had some bloop hits that went our way. The main thing is you have to keep playing the game hard, and our guys did that today."Tri-Valley added some insurance in the top of the seventh when Payton Poletti knocked in Chase Deeter.After collecting seven hits over the first five innings, the Colts couldn't get anything generated in the last two, going down in order in both the sixth and the seventh.STEADY SCHWALM ... Dawson Schwalm had a rough start to the game, giving up two runs and five hits over the first three innings. But he settled in, allowing just two hits over the next three innings, before Kimmel came in to close the game.GETTING ON ... It was only a matter of time before Tri-Valley started to score some runs. They had no trouble getting baserunners on throughout the day, putting a total of 17 batters on base.Tri-Valley 000 102 1 - 4 5 1Marian 101 000 0 - 2 7 3Schwalm, Kimmel (7), and Boltz; Keer, Kubishin (6), and Nolter. W - Schwalm. L - Kubishin.