Check out the recaps for SOL baseball teams in action Thursday.
Upper Moreland 12, Wissahickon 4
A five-run first inning set the stage for a huge offensive output for Upper Moreland, which scored 12 runs on 14 hits in this huge crossover win for the Golden Bears.
“This is a very good win for us today, especially coming off the Hatboro-Horsham win Tuesday,” said UM coach Dan Heiland. “I was happy to see that we came out with the same energy and competitive fight as we did Tuesday. We were able to close out the week 2-0. We’re making steps in the right direction.”
On the mound, Greg Wiley pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowed two runs (unearned) on two hits and two walks, while striking out 10. Josh Henderson went 1 1/3 innings in relief, and Ryan Lennox closed out the game with a scoreless seventh.
“Greg Wiley was very dominant for the 4 2/3 innings that he pitched,” Heiland said. “He was getting ahead in counts, not allowing the Wissahickon hitters get comfortable in the box.”
The UM first inning saw Charles Jones score one with an RBI single with the bases loaded, another with a bases loaded error, and then a two-run double by Josh Henderson. A Lennox groundout scored another run to make it a 5-0 game.
After Wissahickon rallied to get as close as 5-2, the Bears put the game away with three in the fifth and four in the sixth.
Lennox went 2-for-4 with a double and five RBIs for UM. Townsend and Jones had three hits each, while Henderson had two hits, two doubles and two RBIs.
Kasey Weiss had a hit and a RBI for Wissahickon.
UM (4-5, 2-3 SOL) is back in action Monday at home against Upper Dublin. Wissahickon (5-5, 3-2) plays at Lower Moreland on Monday.
Wissahickon 001 012 0 – 4 4 4
Upper Moreland 500 034 x – 12 14 2
Hatboro-Horsham 11, Lower Moreland 4
The Hatters rallied from a 3-2 deficit with nine runs over the last three innings to pull away for the much-needed win. Even more important than the offense, however, was defense, according to H-H coach Pete Moore.
“Today there were three keys to our win,” Moore said. “ First and foremost, we committed zero errors one game after committing ten. We talked a lot before the game about the importance of everyone just doing what they can do and trusting that our teammates will also do their job. The sum of our parts gives us a chance to be a very good baseball team.”
This outcome of the game was up in the air most of the way, as the teams traded runs in the first inning.
A Jimmy Tooley groundout scored one in the Hatters first, followed by a Nick Katherine RBI single for an early 2-0 lead. But Lower Moreland had an answer and scored three times in the bottom half of the inning, as Donato Incollingo had an RBI single, and Mike Pennisi drove in two with a two-out single as the Lions went up 3-2.
That lead held until the fifth, when H-H plated four runs, starting with a RBI triple by Ryan Toporowski. Another run scored on an error, and Trey Porter drove in two with a single to left.
Toporowski had another RBI triple in the sixth, and then he stole home for another run.
Cole Fisher had a RBI double in the seventh, Tooley singled home a run, and Katherine had a RBI double for his team’s 11th run.
Katherine went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to lead the Hatters offensively.
“Nick really turned the corner this week and is playing with a lot of confidence, which is great for us,” Moore said.
Fisher went six innings to pick up the win on the mound with nine Ks, while Ryan San Angelo closed out the game with a scoreless seventh out of the bullpen.
“Another key was our starting pitcher, Cole Fisher, and his ability to turn in a quality start of six innings after a few unlucky breaks in the first inning that allowed three runs to score,” Moore said. “While they were all earned runs in the boxscore, they were not indicative of the stuff Cole had. I told our guys after the first inning that we were going to be fine because Cole had great stuff today and I know our offense has been clicking lately, so I had a feeling we would score some runs. We just had to calm down and make plays that we are capable of making.
“I believe that the team that throws strikes, makes the routine plays and has good situational hitting will win most of the games in our league. Sounds simple, but with having missed so much time on the field, these guys are still getting back into the swing of things at the varsity level. We have great kids at H-H and I believe that the work they are putting in at practices will start to turn into more wins in the second half of the season for us.”
Robbie Link had a home run for Lower Moreland, while Matt Dymowski and Jack Doneker had two hits each.
Hatboro-Horsham (4-6, 2-3 SOL) is back on Monday at home against Cheltenham. Lower Moreland (3-5, 2-3) hosts Wissahickon on Monday.
Hatboro-Horsham 200 042 3 – 11 8 0
Lower Moreland 300 010 0 – 4 7 1
Plymouth Whitemarsh 13, New Hope-Solebury 3 (5 innings)
A three-run top of the first for New Hope didn’t slow down the Plymouth Whitemarsh bats, as the Colonials remained hot, and undefeated, on the way to another mercy-rule shortened, five-inning victory.
The visiting Lions took advantage of a pair of walks and a hit batter to loaded the bases with one out, and after an error scored two, a double by Brooks Saft drove in another and just like that it was a 3-0 game.
PW answered with one in the bottom half of the inning, as Joe Jaconski reached on an error and scored on a RBI single by his brother Jesse Jaconski.
“We definitely got off to a rough start, and it is a position we haven’t been in much this year,” said coach Chris Manero. “But, I think coming back and scoring right away in the bottom of the first helped everyone relax a little bit.”
The Colonials then took the lead with three in the second as a hit batter and two walks loaded the bases, one scored on a wild pitch, one on a Joe Jaconski RBI single and then they took the lead with a bases loaded walk to Michael Miller.
PW put the game away with six in the third and three in the fourth to account for the final 10-run advantage.
Joe Jaconski went 4-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and four RBIs on the day, while Jesse Jaconski went 2-for-3, Luke Caucci had three RBs and Joe Redmond two RBIs.
“Joe and Jesse Jaconski continue to power our lineup from the top and they have each had a monster first half of the season,” Manero said. “But when your leadoff hitter leads the team in RBI, you know the second half of the order is also getting on base often. I think that has helped us to consistently score a lot of runs.”
Tom Yanoshiik was the winning pitcher for PW, going all five innings, allowing three runs on two hits and three walks, while striking out two.
“Tom settled in a bit after his first inning on the mound, and I think that was just another good example of how these guys feed off of each other,” Manero said. “The bats helped him get a little more comfortable today, but on other days it has been our pitching that has set the tone and taken the pressure off of the lineup a bit.”
Now 9-0 (5-0 SOL), PW plays at Springfield on Monday. New Hope (5-5, 3-2) looks to bounce back at Abington on Monday.
New Hope-Solebury 300 00 – 3 2 4
Plymouth Whitemarsh 136 3x – 13 8 2
Abington 12, Cheltenham 0 (6 innings)
Things clicked early offensively for Abington, and the pitching of Ryan Van Buren left no room for doubt, as the Ghosts took care of rival Cheltenham in five innings.
Van Buren threw 54 pitches in four innings, allowing just two hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight. Jameson Giannattasio threw a scoreless fifth inning to close the game out early.
Offensively, the Ghosts struck for four runs in the first and one in the second to take command.
With two outs in the first, Luke Sydlowski and Anthony Ehly singled and then Alex Dardaris drove both runs in with a triple to left. Then, after back to back walks, Cody Frazier drove in a pair with a double.
Sydlowski then connected on a two-out, solo home run to left in the second inning to make it a 5-0 game.
Colin Hamsher had an RBI single in the fourth, a run scored on an error, Dadaris picked up an RBI on a sac fly and then Henry Tyler drove in a run with a single
The top of the fifth saw Ehly score two with a single and Dadaris picked up another RBI with a groundout.
Ehly and Dadaris each had two hits and three RBIs, while Sydlowski and Tyler had two hits each with one RBI.
With the win, Abington is now 5-4 (3-2 SOL) on the season. It hosts New Hope-Solebury on Monday. Cheltenham (0-7, 0-5) plays at Hatboro-Horsham on Monday.
Abington 410 43 – 12 12 1
Cheltenham 000 00 – 0 2 1
Quakertown 16, Springfield Twp 4 (5 inning)
Senior catcher Justin Butler had two home runs – both in the first inning – as Quakertown busted out early and never looked back on the way to the big win in a five-inning, mercy-rule shortened game.
Butler, who has committed to attend and play college ball at Lehigh, finished 4-for-4 on the day with three runs scored and five RBIs.
Quakertown scored 16 runs on 14 hits – including five doubles, a triple and Butler’s two homers – scoring 10 runs in the first and six in the second inning.
Anthony Rostick went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Vinny Pellegrini and Tyler Woodman had two RBIs each, while Ethan Beil had two hits and a RBI.
Pellegrini allowed just one earned run over four innings, allowing four hits and not walking a batter, striking out three to pick up the win.
Quakertown (4-5, 2-3 SOL) plays rival Pennridge at FirstEngery Stadium in Reading on Friday night. Springfield (4-4, 4-1) hosts Central Bucks East on Friday.
Springfield 201 01 – 4 5 1
Quakertown (10)60 0x – 16 14 5
Upper Dublin 5, William Tennent 1
David Sharp pitched 6 1/3 innings, threw 99 pitches, allowing just one run on two hits, while striking out six to pick up the win as Upper Dublin won its second straight game after opening the season with seven losses in a row.
Tennent scored one run in the top of the first to grab the early lead, on a DJ Dickson RBI groundout, but that would be all the offense the Panthers would muster against Sharp.
Then, the UD offense perked up with two runs in the bottom of the third, on back-to-back RBI doubles by Ethan Madnick and Tristan Cairnes.
Leo Soriano had a two-run double and another scored on an error for three more UD runs in the bottom of the sixth.
“Our guys are starting to execute our plans offensively and defensively,” said Flying Cardinals coach Ed Wall. “We are taking care of the baseball and having better at-bats.
“What’s great is it’s not one person. Everyone is contributing.”
Upper Dublin (2-7) hosts Souderton in a nonleague game Friday. Tennent (4-4-1) is back in action Saturday with a nonleague game against undefeated Bensalem at Arm & Hammer Stadium in Trenton.
William Tennent 100 000 0 – 1 2 3
Upper Dublin 002 003 x – 5 6 2
Bensalem 14, Central Bucks East 0 (5 innings)
The battle between division leaders proved to be one sided, as the Owls scored 10 runs in the top of the third and rode the pitching of Matt McShane to blank CB East in a mercy-rule shortened five innings.
McShane threw 88 pitches over five innings, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out eight. CB East had at least one runner on base each inning, and the Owls did commit three fielding errors, but McShane recorded the big outs when necessary to keep the Patriots off the scoreboard.
Offensively, Bensalem had just five hits, but CB East pitchers walked 15 batters and hit four others.
After Jack Nugent doubled to lead off the bottom of the first for East, McShane worked out of trouble, ending the inning with a pair of strikeouts and stranding Nugent on third.
Greg Phalen then led off the second with a solo homer to center field to put the Owls up 1-0. The next five batters reached by HBP or walk, plating two more.
The 10-run third started with a Ryan Rooney one-out double. Three walks and a hit batter followed, and then with two outs, three more walks and another hit batter were followed by a grand slam to right by Logan Young.
Phelan added an RBI double in the fourth to end the scoring and finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
Bensalem (6-0, 3-0 SOL) remained undefeated with the win and is back in action Friday and Saturday. The Owls play at Executive Education Academy Charter on Friday, and then take on William Tennent at Arm & Hammer Park in Trenton on Saturday. CB East (6-2, 3-1) plays at Springfield Township on Friday.
Bensalem 03 (10) 10 – 14 5 3
CB East 000 00 – 0 2 0
Council Rock North 12, Central Bucks South 6
The Indians scored seven runs in the first two innings and stayed one step ahead of host CB South the rest of the way to pull out this crossover battle.
“Winning baseball games in our league is tough as is, and then facing these teams in the crossover is equally challenging,” said CR North coach Matt Schram. “Every team is loaded with talent and arms.”
The two teams combined for 17 hits, but CR North never trailed.
In the first, with two outs, Shane Anhalt drove home two with a double to right, and Leor Kedar followed with an RBI second.
Then in the second, the Indians scored four runs, with one runs scoring on a dropped third strike, another on a double by Austin Stalker, and then a Josh Huddy two-RBI double to make it a 7-0 game.
Huddy finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs for CR North, while Stalker and Anhalt each had two hits and two RBIs. Collin Manel added two hits and three runs scored.
On the mound, Alex Chase was the starting pitcher for the Indians and picked up the win, going the first four innings. Pat Dougherty allowed just one run on two hits and didn’t walk a batter in three innings of relief.
For CB South, Josh Yang had a double and a RBI, Colin Mitchell and Dakota Beck had RBIs and Eric Damico went 2-for-3. CR North (6-3) plays Holy Ghost Prep Saturday night at Bensalem Ramblers Field. CB South (5-3) has a nonleague game Friday at Great Valley.
CR North 340 130 1 – 12 11 4
CB South 011 130 0 – 6 2
Council Rock South 5, Central Bucks West 1
Matt Camp was dominant on the mound and the Golden Hawks broke open a 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom of the fifth to post the crossover victory.
CR South’s Ryan Wheet had a two-out RBI single in the first to put his team in front, but there the score stood until the fourth inning.
The visiting Bucks tied it up with an unearned run in the top of the fourth, but the Hawks answered right back with three runs in the bottom of the inning.
Camp singled with one out, Alex Cucinotta walked and then Joey Purcell put CR South back in front with a RBI single. Ben Haines later drove in a run with a single and a fourth run came across on an error.
Ryan Bauerle, who went 3-for-3 on the day, added an RBI single in the sixth for the Hawks.
“We stuck to our plan at the plate all day,” said CR South coach Greg Paprocki. “It was truly a team effort. Every guy who stepped in the box battled against a very good pitcher (CB West starter Cole Fehrman).
“Our three-run inning really came from our solid approaches at the plate. We stuck to our plan and executed. Great team win.”
Camp pitched the first five innings, allowing just one earned run on four hits and three walks, while striking out five. Trey Sajeski pitched two shutout innings of relief to finish the game off.
CR South (4-3, 2-2 SOL) has a nonleague game Friday at Archbishop Wood. CB West (3-6, 3-2) plays at undefeated Bensalem on Monday.
CB West 000 100 0 – 1 4 4
CR South 100 301 x – 5 9 2
Souderton 9, Harry S Truman 5
After back-to-back losses, Souderton needed a win against visiting Harry S. Truman and found a way to do just that, rallying from down 4-1 with a seven-run fifth inning to put this one away.
The teams combined for 14 runs, 11 hits and 10 errors. The Indians only had five hits, but they made the most of them.
In the critical fifth, trailing 4-1, Souderton loaded the bases with a walk, a Jacob Horton double and a hit batter. An error scored one run, Alex Morales followed with a RBI single, and then a Luke DeSpain sacrifice fly tied the game at 4. Two more errors plated three more runs and the Indians were in control.
Morales, DeSpain, Dante Bruno and Ryan Kagarise all had RBIs for Souderton.
“After a one-out walk to Luke Pollock, Jacob Horton sparked the big inning with a double down the left field line,” said Souderton coach Mike Childs. “Justin Decesare got hit by a pitch loading the bases. Alex Morales hit a line drive to left scoring two runs.
“Then we put the ball in play and took advantage of their mistakes to score some additional runs. We didn’t start off well, but this was a big win to hopefully get the ball rolling and put us on track before a big week next week against the rest of the Patriot (Division).”
Zach Crouthamel went the first five innings on the mound to pick up the win, allowing just two earned runs on five hits, while striking out 10. Xander Giordani pitched two innings, allowed one run and struck out three to finish it off.
Truman, which led 3-0 at one point thanks to an Ethan Helbling two-run single, finished with six hits on the day, led by James Baker, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
Souderton (4-4, 2-3 SOL) is back in action Friday with a nonleague game at Upper Dublin. Truman (2-8, 1-4) is off until Monday when it plays at CB South.
Truman 030 100 1 – 5 6 6
Souderton 010 071 x – 9 5 4
Pennsbury 8, Pennridge 4
Offensively, Pennsbury jumped up again on Thursday, but once again, it needed to hold off a hard-charging opponent late and did so for the win over Pennridge.
“Look, we’re really talented and we grab leads and then we just don’t hold on; we don’t close games out,” said Falcons coach Joe Pesci. “Today, we were up 3-0, gave up two runs, then hung three to go up 8-2. But we give up two runs in the top of the seventh and they got bases loaded and had a chance to tie the game.
“(Justin) Mitrovich was incredible for six innings (on the mound), but we weren’t able to close the game out.”
Mitrovich allowed just two earned runs over six innings for Pennsbury, scattering six hits and one walk while striking out 10. With the game on the line in the seventh, Gavin Hawkes came out of the bullpen and after a walk, recorded the final two outs to finish it off.
The Falcons started quickly on offense, as Charlie Evans led off the bottom of the first with a solo home run to center field. Danny Ciotti had a two-run single in the second to make it a 3-0 game.
Pennridge cut the lead to 3-2 with two runs in the fourth as Bobby Croyle and Tim Mastroviovanni had RBI singles, only to see Pennsbury bounce back with three of its own in the fourth, and then two more in the fifth.
Ciotti and Evans had back-to-back two-out triples in the Pennsbury fourth, and then Ryan Zuckerman hit a two-run homer to centerfield to make it 6-2.
Joe Limongelli had a RBI single in the fifth, and Alex Martin drove in a run with a sac fly.
“We’ve been getting quite a few hits a game,” Pesci said. “Our biggest achilles heel has been strikeouts; we’re averaging six or seven a game. But we have firepower. Charlie (Evans) has been phenomenal, Zuckerman gets a big hit for us once a game. Callin Fang has hit for us all year. Danny Ciotti went 3-for-3. He hits ninth for us, but he’s like a second leadoff guy.”
The Pennridge seventh started with a walk, followed by a Nick Chellew double, a sac fly by Carson, a hit by pitch and then two more walks.
With the bases loaded and trailing 8-4, Pennridge had two chances, but Hawkes recorded a strikeout and pop out to end the game.
Pennsbury (5-4) is back in action Monday at Souderton. Pennridge (2-6) plays rival Quakertown Friday at FirstEngery Stadium in Reading on Friday night.
Pennridge 000 200 2 – 4 7 1
Pennsbury 120 320 x – 8 11 0
Wednesday, April 21
Central Bucks South 12, Downingtown East 4
The visiting Titans led wire to wire, scoring four runs in each of the first three innings to earn the non-league win.
A highlight of the four-run first was the three-run home run by Owen Petrich. The Titans upped that lead to 8-0 before the Cougars scored four in the second. South got those runs back in a four-run top of the third. The Titans benefitted from eight walks and four Cougar errors to plate six unearned runs.
Leading the Titans’ 12-hit attack were JT Anderosky (3-for-5, stolen base, 3 runs) and Carter Hinds, 2B, RBI, 3 runs). Petrich was 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs as the Titans two, three and four batters were a combined 8-for-14. Dakota Beck doubled, drove in a run and scored a run, and Jimmy Kelly had a triple, RBI and run scored.
Clay Nehring got the start and threw two innings, allowing five hits and four runs. Noah Collier threw five strong shutout innings to close it out, allowing one hit while striking out seven and walking three.
Central Bucks South 444 000 0 12-12-0
Downingtown East 040 000 0 4-6-4
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