Check out the results for SOL baseball teams in action Friday. Photos of the Pennsbury/Hatboro-Horsham game are provided courtesy of Darryl Rule of J&D Photography (http://jdphotopa.zenfolio.com/). Check back to view a gallery of game action photos. Photos of the Neshaminy/Pennridge game are provided courtesy of Jesse Garber (http://jsgarber.zenfolio.com/p970522463).
BENSALEM 10, UPPER MERION 4
Trevor McGee did not allow a hit in five strong innings on the mound for the Owls in Friday’s non-league contest. The Vikings, the recipients of five walks, plated an unearned run in the fifth, but McGee was in command, fanning 10. Stephen Aldrich allowed one hit and one run while striking out two and walking one in one inning of relief. Justin Parker closed it out, allowing three hits and a pair of runs while striking out one and walking one.
The Owls collected 11 hits off four UM hurlers. Bill Kohler was 2-for-4 with three RBIs out of the leadoff spot. Joey Benedetti was 2-for-2 with a triple, two RBIs and a run scored. Brian Swentkowski was 2-for-3 with two RBIS and two runs scored. Shawn Puskar had a double and RBI, and Rick Massott added a triple, RBI and run scored. Keith Parrish also contributed an RBI.
For the Vikings, Joe White had a double, and Jonathan Eyer was 1-for-1 with an RBI and run scored. Matt Choi and Richard Metricarti both had a single and RBI.
The Owls scored a pair of runs in the third and all but put the game out of reach with three runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth to go on top 9-0 before the Vikings scored single runs in the fifth and sixth and two in the bottom of the seventh.
Bensalem (4-0, 1-0 SOL) will host Council Rock South on Tuesday, and Upper Merion (1-2, 1-0) will host Pottstown on Monday.
Bensalem 002 341 0 10-11-1
Upper Merion 000 011 2 4-4-1
NESHAMINY 8, PENNRIDGE 3
The visiting Redskins scored a single run in each of the first four innings, and for good measure, they tacked 
on four runs in the sixth before the Rams scored three in the bottom of the sixth in a game that was halted in the top of the seventh because of lightening.
Matt Grudza earned the win for the ‘Skins, allowing just three hits and three runs while walking two and striking out two. He helped his own cause by reaching base on all four trips to the plate. The Redskin senior was 2-for-2 with a single and double. He also drew a walk and was hit by a pitch.
Mike Burns also had a productive day at the plate, singling and driving in four runs. Eric Gale doubled and drove in a run, and Corey Joyce also had a double. Billy Meyer and Tristian McDonald each had an RBI for the Redskins, who held an 8-3 advantage in hits and benefitted from five Ram errors.
For the Rams, Brendan Knouse doubled and drove in a run while Ryan Gordon singled and drove in a run.
Jason Souder absorbed the loss on the mound.
Neshaminy (1-3, 0-1 SOL) will travel to Abington on Tuesday, and Pennridge (1-0, 2-2) will be on the road at Central Bucks West on Tuesday.
Neshaminy 111 104 8-8-1
Pennridge 000 003 3-3-5
PENNSBURY 3, HATBORO-HORSHAM 2
Pete Moore and Joe Pesci have a long history on the baseball diamond, and there’s no such thing as a meaningless game when their two teams meet. In Friday’s non-league meeting, the Falcons and Hatters found themselves locked in a good one.
“We play them every year – it’s two good programs, and we’re two intense coaches,” Pesci said.
The outcome wasn’t decided until the bottom of the sixth when the Falcons pushed the go-ahead run across. Tyrone Hodges drew a leadoff walk, and freshman Justin Massielo followed with a single down the third base line. Justin Ward turned his sacrifice bunt into a base hit, loading the bases with none out. Hodges beat the throw to the plate on Nick Price’s grounder to short, and the Falcons had the only run they would need.
In his first varsity inning, Alec Wilson threw a one-two-three seventh to earn the save for Vaughn Ward – who worked two scoreless innings in relief of Nick Price.
The Falcons collected just six hits off a trio of hurlers, and Price had his team’s two RBIs, delivering an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth to knot the score 2-2.
The Hatters collected seven hits, and it was 
Jarrett Prendergast’s two-run single in the top of the fourth that gave H-H its only lead of the game. Prendergast and Colin Kennedy both had two hits to lead the Hatters.
Kennedy also started the game on the mound, allowing two hits and one unearned run while fanning three and walking three in three innings. Nick Arbaugh worked an inning in relief, allowing two hits and one run, and Alex Crim, who was charged with the loss, threw the final two.
Pennsbury (2-1, 1-0 SOL) will be on the road at Council Rock North on Tuesday, and Hatboro-Horsham (3-1, 1-0) will travel to Central Bucks South on Tuesday.
Hatboro-Horsham 000 200 0 2-7-1
Pennsbury 10 101 x 3-7-0
UPPER MORELAND 20, HARRY S TRUMAN 6 (5 innings)
The Golden Bears exploded for 16 hits – 10 for extra bases – and 20 runs in Friday’s mercy rule win over the Tigers.
“If we can keep doing that, it will be a lot of fun,” said UM coach Ken Irwin, whose team has scored 30 runs in its first two games combined.
For the first two innings, the teams exchanged two spots, and the score was deadlocked 4-4 heading into the top of the third when the Golden Bears scored four. They added seven in the fourth and five more in the fifth. The Tigers managed just three in that span as the Bears won going away.
The list of offensive heroes was a lengthy one.
Randy Meehl was 1-for-3 with a triple, four RBIs and two runs scored out of the leadoff spot. Connor Casey was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run scored, and Jon Searles was 3-for-4 with two doubles, one RBI and two runs scored. Tom Jacob was 2-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored, and Christian Leighton was 2-for-4 with one RBI and two runs. Nick DeLucas was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Ryan Lowry was 1-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Brandon Kohn was 1-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored.
The Tigers, who collected seven hits off a pair of UM hurlers, were led by the 2-for-3 effort of Romeo Sturkey, who hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first. Casey Van Horn contributed a double, RBI and run scored. Nate Erhard also had an RBI.
Searles earned the win on the mound, allowing six hits and three earned runs in three innings. He fanned two and walked two. Tom Jacob closed it out, allowing just one hit and walking one in two shutout innings.
Upper Moreland 224 75 20-16-4
Harry S Truman 221 10 7-7-5
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