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AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Upper Moreland 12, Springfield 6
The Golden Bears (7-8, 4-6 SOL) doubled up the Spartans and in the process picked up their fourth league win of the year. It was the Golden Bears first win in last three games after back-to-back losses to Upper Dublin and Wissahickon.
“We need to win every game,” said Upper Moreland head coach Ken Irwin. “Right now we just need wins and we need to save our pitching. I really believe they will do it.”
After the Golden Bears staked themselves to an 11-0 lead, the Spartans stormed back to score five runs in the fifth and ruined what Irwin and the rest of the team had hoped would be an easy victory in five innings.
‘I would have rather won a 10-run game and be moving on,” said Irwin.
Ryan Lowery went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, and both Christian Leighton and Paul Ciampoli had three hits and two RBIs each to lead the Golden Bears. Nick Delucas had two hits and three RBIs and Connor Casey had two hits.
“We need to play inning by inning and pitch by pitch,” said Irwin. “Beating Springfield is huge for us. They are in third place.”
Joe Bates (3-2) picked up the win, striking out two and allowing two hits in four innings pitched. Freshman Kevin Walder gave Upper Moreland a much-needed lift as he pitched two innings and allowed just one hit.
Springfield’s Chis Binet went 1-for-3 with an RBI while Deandre Johnson took the loss for the Spartans (9-6, 8-5 SOL).
Springfield 000 051 0 – 6 4 2
Upper Moreland 611 301 X – 12 13 3
Upper Dublin 2, Plymouth Whitemarsh 1
Upper Dublin (10-6, 10-1 SOL) remained in contention for the conference title by beating Plymouth Whitemarsh (3-11, 3-8 SOL) on Tuesday afternoon. The Flying Cardinals are one game behind front running Wissahickon with just two weeks to play.
The Flying Cardinals got a strong performance from pitcher Christian Huckfeldt, who went the distance, He held the Colonials to just four hits and one unearned run while striking out four.
Evan Bischoff gave the Colonials six solid innings on the mound, allowing eight hits and two runs while fanning one.
Upper Dublin scored single runs in the first and fourth while PW scored its run in the top of the fourth.
The Cards got on the board in the first after John Lee singled, stole second and scored on a Justin Horn single. The Colonials tied the game up in the top of the fourth. Evan Bischoff singled, and Nick Satterwaite came in as a courtesy runner, eventually scoring on an error.
The Cards scored the winning run in the bottom of the fourth when Huckfeldt led off the inning with a double, advanced to third on an error and scored on a single by Thomas Juelke.
Lee led the Cards offense with two hits and a run scored. Justin Horn, Cole Swiger and Mark Lunney each added a hit in the victory.
PW was led by Bischoff who had two hits. Joe Jordan and Zach Metz each added a hit.
Plymouth Whitemarsh000 100 0 – 1 4 1
Upper Dublin 100 100 X – 2 8 1
Wissahickon 4, Upper Merion 2
The Trojans (13-2, 11-0 SOL) remained unbeaten in conference play and a game up on second place Upper Dublin.
They scored three runs in the first three innings, (one in the first and two in the third) and that would be all they would need to down visiting Upper Merion (1-12, 1-9 SOL) who was searching for its second league win.
Wissahickon scored one run in the first on a fielder's choice. They added two more runs in the top of the third. The inning got off to a hot start when Alexander Tappen tripled, plating Ryan Becker who had singled. That was followed up by an RBI single from Matthew Shilling. The Trojans scored an insurance run in the fourth.
Upper Merion got single runs in the fourth and sixth innings. Andrew Del Giudice got hit by a pitch to lead off the fourth, stole second and eventually scored on an error. In the sixth, Alex Del Giudice led off the inning with a homer to leftfield.
Logan Willans earned the win for Wissahickon, allowing one earned run on five hits while striking out eight and walking one over six innings. Shilling threw a scoreless seventh.
Jarrett Quinn absorbed the loss for the Vikings, allowing seven hits and four runs in five innings while walking four and fanning seven. James Picariello threw a pair of scoreless innings in relief.
At the plate Tappen went 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs. Becker added two hits and Nicholas Falso, Shilling, William Brownlowe and Robert Freeston had a hit each.
Mike Hutchinson led Upper Merion with two hits while Jared DeSanto, Troy Thomas and Andrew Del Giudice had a hit each.
Wissahickon 102 100 0 – 4 9 1
Upper Merion 000 101 0 – 2 6 1
Norristown 9, Cheltenham 6 (8 innings)
In a back and forth contest, the Eagles battled back from a three-run deficit to tie the game in the seventh and win it in the eighth.
The game featured four lead changes and two ties. The Eagles tied the game in the seventh when Anthony Wayne singled and came around to score on a balk three batters later.
The Eagles had 11 hits, all singles with Anthony Wayne and Robert Collins leading the attack with three hits each. Terrell Dale added two hits and Tom Piccari, Tom Detwiler and Charles Grello had a hit each.
Wayne scored three runs and knocked in a run and both Grello and Collins scored two runs each.
The Panthers got two hits each from Jack Gordon and Hugh Sharkey. Joel White, Gilbert Owens, Alex Haasz, Josh Ryan and Gabe Hofferman had one hit each. Ryan scored twice while Gordon knocked in two runs.
Dale picked up the win as he pitched a scoreless eighth, allowing just one hit.
Hofferman took the loss as all three runs he allowed were unearned.
Norristown 000 320 13 – 9 11 3
Cheltenham 003 120 00 – 6 9 4
CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
Central Bucks South 5, Central Bucks East 4
The Titans played the role of spoiler on Tuesday afternoon when they handed the Patriots a loss than knocked 
them into a second place tie with two other teams.
After trailing 4-2, late in the contest, the Titans scored three runs in the sixth and held off a determined East squad that was looking for its ninth straight league win.
“It kind of all came together today,” said Central Bucks South head coach Mike Schaefer. “When we played them the first time around, we played them well except for one bad inning.”
That had been the Titans’ MO all year long. They have never gotten the right bounces and their offense has been extremely inconsistent since day one.
In their last 10 league games, they have scored a total of 20 runs, and today they almost tripled their average of two a game.
“It has been one of those seasons,” said Schaefer. “We haven’t gotten the right bounce.”
Both Danny Klepchick and Mike Kuypers pitched well for the Titans. Kuypers picked up the win in relief as he pitched a perfect final two innings with the lone blemish being a walk.
Klepchick was nearly just as solid as he allowed three earned runs on seven hits while striking out eight in five strong innings.
“We have gotten really good pitching and good defense,” said Schaefer.
Kyle Strahan and Tyler Rossi led the Titans’ eight-hit attack with two hits each while Mike Anastasia, Alex Happ, Tommy Dugan and Eric Gross had a hit each. Strahan also had two RBIs. Happ, Dugan and Steve Trachtenberg had an RBI each.
In the second, Strahan delivered an RBI single to plate Kyle Rossi, who had singled. Singles by Tyler Rossi and Happ (RBI) accounted for the Titans’ second run in the third. The three-run sixth was highlighted by singles from Anastasia, Dugan (RBI) and Strahan (RBI) and an RBI groundout by Steven Trachtenberg.
“In the last 14 innings, we scored two runs,” said Schaeffer. “I can’t remember the last time I waved a guy in. Three runs in an inning was nice.”
Nick Chimera led the CB East offense with two hits while Cameron Komanchak, David Yanni, Carter Usowski, Andrew Collins and Eric Poppke had a hit each. CJ Gillmer, Yanni, Poppke and Chimera each knocked in a run.
Central Bucks South 011 003 0 – 5 8 1
Central Bucks East 001 210 0 – 4 7 1
Pennridge 3, Souderton 2 (9 innings)
The Rams stayed in contention for the conference title with a come-from-behind victory over the Indians on Tuesday.
The Rams were down 2-0 for almost the entire game until they scored twice in the seventh and the winning run in the ninth.
“Our pitchers kept us in the game,” said Pennridge head coach Tom Nuneviller. “They did a really nice job.”
Five Pennridge pitchers were used on Tuesday with Dan Long picking up the win. He went one inning and struck out one. He needed just 11 pitches to get out of the inning.
Dave Tatoian got the start, followed by Andrew Mayhew, Austin Rodenberger and Dan Shane. The five combined to strike out eight and allow two earned runs on 10 hits and just one free pass.
Pennridge pitchers retired the last eight batters to come to the plate in order in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.
Shane scored the tying run in the seventh on a two-run single by Tatoian after Souderton had intentionally walked Long.
Long then won the game in the ninth on a walk-off RBI single that scored Shane, who had led off the inning with a single.
Long, Tatoian and Andrew Mayhew each had two hits while Joe Unangst added a double.
Tatoian had two RBIs and Long added one.
Souderton’s Dylan Morrissette had two hits while Tyler Mathe, Connor Lennon, Aaron Gulibon, Blake Gular, Luscombe, Jay Stadnycki, Brett Moyer and Matt Reinert each had a hit.
Gulibon and Luscombe each knocked in a run in the two-run first inning. The Indians would not score the rest of the way..
“We gave them a couple of extra outs in the first,” Nuneviller said.
Nate Luscombe took the loss as he pitched two innings and allowed one run on two hits while fanning one.
The win puts the Rams (12-3, 8-3 SOL) in a three-way tie for second with Hatboro-Horsham and Central Bucks East and just one game behind front running North Penn. The Rams can vault into a first place tie on Thursday if they can upend North Penn on the road.
“Everyone in this league is really tough,” said Nuneviller. “If you don’t come out with your top game, then anybody can beat you. Our league is just so tough.”
Souderton 200 000 000 – 2 10 1
Pennridge 000 000 201 – 3 11 0
Hatboro-Horsham 5, Quakertown 0
Hatboro-Horsham traveled to Quakertown and defeated the Panthers 5-0 at Quakertown Memorial Stadium. Seniors Eric Lane, Justin Gregorio and Alex Kleidon led the Hatters on the warmest afternoon of the spring season.
The Hatters jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Kleidon tripled and scored on a wild pitch, and then Joe Simmons, who reached on a walk, scored on a Kevin Barron double.
The Hatters added three more runs in the sixth inning. Shaun Thomas reached base on a single with one out and was pinch run for by Kyle Katz. Katz advanced to third on a single by Gregorio (2-for-3), and the bases were loaded when Chris Crookham was hit by a pitch. Kleidon then struck again with a single that scored Katz and Gregorio. Crookham scored on an RBI groundout by Lane to put the Hatters on top 5-0.
The five runs were more than enough for Lane, who went the distance and threw a complete game shutout while allowing six hits and one walk and striking out seven. The senior left-hander lowered his ERA to 0.92 on the season while improving his record to 4-0.
Gregorio’s two-hit game was his fourth multiple hit game in the past five league games. The senior second baseman is now hitting .455 in league play, leading the Hatters.
Kleidon was 3-for-4 and just a homer short of the cycle. He has now hit safely in three of the past four league games and has raised his league average to .290.
The Hatters (10-6, 8-3 SOL) remain in the running for the conference title with a shutout over the host Panthers.
The Panthers (4-11, 2-9) got two hits from Cooper Johnson and Matt Bukavich and a hit each from Travis Woolfenden and Zack Metz (double).
Hatboro-Horsham 200 003 0 – 5 8 0
Quakertown 000 000 0 – 0 6 2
North Penn 7, Central Bucks West 3
The Knights (11-3, 9-2 SOL) took over sole possession of first place in the conference, thanks to their win and a Central Bucks East loss.
The Knights scored twice in the first and third innings and added three insurance runs in the sixth.
The Bucks scored single runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings.
Winning pitcher Kellen Williamson, who is 5-0 on the year, kept the Bucks bats at bay. Paul Haynie picked up his first save of the season.
Nick Evans took the loss for the Bucks as he allowed four earned runs on eight hits in five plus innings of work.
Douglas Apple had three hits and three RBIs for the victors while Mason Nadeau and Jared Melone each had a double. Nadeau added two RBIs.
Robert Philips led the Bucks (3-13, 1-10) with two hits while Thomas Philips, Steven Gebre, Greg Vuono, Frank Amsler (double) and Shane Heacox had a hit each. Gebre and Amsler knocked each had an RBI.
Central Bucks West 010 110 0 – 3 6 2
North Penn 202 003 X – 7 9 2
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Pennsbury 5, Harry S Truman 4
The Falcons (14-2, 10-1 SOL) came from behind on Tuesday afternoon and clinched at least a tie for the conference title with their win over Truman.
After breaking out to a 3-0 lead in the first, Truman scored four runs in the third and fourth innings combined before Pennsbury won the game in the seventh, scoring twice.
The Falcons now hold a three game cushion over Council Rock South and Council Rock North, who have four losses each.
“If we win one, we clinch outright,” said Falcons head coach Joe Pesci.
Brody McFadden, who went 2-for-4 on the day, had the game-tying RBI double with two outs in the seventh, and Logan Buell, who went 1-for-4, had the game winning single.
Pat Lawrence, DJ Endler and Billy Bethel had a hit each. Endler added an RBI.
“We just keep battling,” said Pesci. “Truman is solid team. We always battle with them. Tim (Monaghan) is doing a great job.”
McFadden picked up the win in relief as he allowed just one hit and struck out one in one and two-thirds innings.
Aaron Wolf took the loss working six plus innings and allowing three earned runs on five hits.
Matt Shea, Evan Miller, Matt Walczak and Chris Mangold each had a hit for the Tigers. Miller added an RBI, and Shea had two RBIs and a double that gave the Tigers the lead in the fourth.
“Hopefully these intense situations will prepare us for the playoffs,” Pesci said. “It is a testament to our players that they battle.”
Harry S Truman 002 200 0 – 4 4 3
Pennsbury 300 000 2 – 5 6 4
Council Rock North 15, Neshaminy 2 (5 innings)
The Indians (7-6, 7-4 SOL) scored early and often in their decisive win over the Redskins on Tuesday afternoon in a game that lasted just five innings due to the mercy rule.
The Indians scored six runs in the top of the first and never looked back. Highlighting the inning was a grand slam by Jared Schram. For good measure, they added seven more runs in the third. Neshaminy plated solo runs in the fourth and fifth innings.
Eight different players got in on the hitting action for the Indians with Noah Hartwell and Mike Hand collecting two hits each. Brandon Mcilwain, Cole German, Seth Luez, Sam Pfleger, Schram (homerun) and Cole Hofmann had a hit each. Schram racked up six RBIs to lead the Indians.
Neshaminy (5-10, 3-8) got three hits from Matt Grudza and a hit each from Kyle Skeels, Jordan Angjelo and Matt Graham. Graham collected an RBI.
Hand picked up the win, allowing one earned run on four hits in four innings of work. TJ Arnao took the loss.
Council Rock North 607 11 – 15 10 3
Neshaminy 000 11 – 2 6 3
Abington 3, Bensalem 0
Abington’s Greg Troyer was the story of the game as he pitched a complete game two hitter in Tuesday’s contest. The win put the Galloping Ghosts (10-5, 7-4 SOL) into a three-way tie for second place with Council Rock South and Council Rock North.
Troyer allowed just two singles, one in the second and the other in the seventh. At one point, he set down 12 straight between the third and sixth inning.
Abington didn't relinquish the lead after scoring one run in the first inning when the Ghosts scored on a groundout by Connor Breslin.
Brendan Gallagher led the offense for Abington with two hits and two runs scored. Aidan Coyle, Nick Bein and Chris Clewell (double) had a hit each. Clewell knocked in two runs and Connor Breslin had an RBI.
Joey Benedetti and Jerry Crespo had the lone hits for Bensalem (6-7, 4-7).
Joey Benedetti ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, despite striking out sseven and allowing only three runs on five hits.
Bensalem 000 000 0 – 0 2 0
Abington 100 002 X – 3 5 1
William Tennent 13, Council Rock South 7
The Golden Hawks (8-6, 7-4 SOL) conference championship hopes took a big hit in their tough loss to a William Tennent squad that has scored 29 runs in its last two games. The Panthers (3-13, 2-9 SOL) scored 16 in a non-league win over Central Bucks East on Monday afternoon.
“This was a strange game,” said Tennent head coach Rick Penecale.
Tennent scored nine runs in third and fourth innings combined to break the game wide open.
In a four-run third that put the Panthers on top 7-6, they plated runs on an RBI double by Greg Delgado, a sacrifice fly by Ryan and singles by Bobby Day and Cole Browne.
William Tennent increased its lead with five runs in the fourth. Nick Cataldi singled, scoring Tim Brodhag. That was followed up by Delgado's two-run double, scoring Cataldi and Lucas.
The Golden Hawks scored four runs in the first, but their offense stalled a bit, scoring just three runs the rest of the way.
John Lucas led the 16-hit attack for Tennent with three hits, including a double, and a run scored.Day, Paul McElroy (home run), Brodhag (two doubles), Delgado (two doubles) and Browne each had two hits.McElroy – who had a three-run home run in the first – and Delgado had three RBIs each while Browne knocked in two. McElroy, Brodhag and Delgado each scored two runs.
“We have been really inconsistent with the bats,” said Penecale. “The younger kids have been getting confidence in themselves. They have a great attitude and have been working hard.”
For the Golden Hawks, Shaun Stackhouse (triple) and Cody Kutler (double) each had two hits while Nick Fabiano scored three runs and Stackhouse knocked in two.
Cataldi picked up the win as he surrendered five earned runs on seven hits while striking out three.
“We seem to make too many errors,” Penecale said. “We have given away too many games.”
Josh Blaustein took the loss as he allowed seven earned runs on six hits.
Council Rock South 402 010 0 – 7 9 0
William Tennent 304 510 X – 13 16 6
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