An NRLL Minor League showdown under the Benevento lights went the Scrappers way as they knocked off the Thunder, 2-1, on Friday night.

The Thunder fired up the offense in the first inning, scoring the game’s first run when Nolan Pierce singled. But they would manage just two hits the rest of the day.

A Xander Villareal sacrifice fly in the second pulled the Scrappers even and James Wyatt’s fourth-inning RBI single accounted for what proved to be the decisive run.

Nalo Benedict was the winning pitcher. He allowed two hits and no runs over five efficient innings, striking out nine and walking one. Branden Levine took the tough loss for Thunder. He allowed three hits and one run over a brilliant 3.2 innings of work, striking out eight and walking one.