Late-game home run helps complete sweep in John Curtis-Rummel playoff series

It wasn’t an easy Division I select regional round best-of-three series for No. 8 John Curtis.

The Patriots squeaked by ninth-seeded Rummel on a walk-off base hit in Thursday’s Game 1.

Curtis then needed a late-inning home run off the bat of designated hitter Kolston Martinez to give the team the cushion it needed to put away the Raiders 4-2 in Game 2 Friday night at Harahan Playground in a contest that was delayed by more than an hour because of lightning…

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