Check out the recaps for SOL baseball teams in action Wednesday.
Non-league
NESHAMINY 4, ABINGTON 3
The visiting Redskins broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the top of the sixth inning and held on to win by that 4-3 score.
With two outs in the sixth and the bases empty, Anthony Trommer lined a single to right, Luke Hardnock followed with a single, and Trommer scored when Joel Bonner collected his team’s third straight single. That run held as the game-winner.
Earlier, the Ghosts took a 1-0 lead in the first when Matt Worek, who singled, scored on Jake Kaplan’s RBI single. Neshaminy put three runs on the board in the second inning. Andrew Plenn drew a leadoff walk, and Rob DelBuono followed with a single. Mike Amrhein’s double to center plated a run, and Mike Morrow delivered a one-out single that scored a pair, giving the Redskins a 3-1 lead.
Abington knotted the score with two runs in the fourth. Darryl Andrews drew a leadoff walk, and one out later, he scored when Chase Goodson lined a double to left. Goodson scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Logan Moss, evening the score 3-3.
Bonner (2-for-4, 2B, RBI) and Morrow (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) led the Redskins’ 10-hit attack.
Three pitchers saw action for Neshaminy. Ryan Fox started and threw two innings, allowing one hit and one run (unearned) while striking out three and walking three. Steven Martin allowed two hits and two runs in 3.1 innings. He struck out six and walked three. Jimmy Seedes notched the win, closing out the game with 1.2 scoreless innings in relief. He struck out six and did not allow a hit.
Chase Wolf was charged with the loss in relief. Pat Barrett threw 1.2 scoreless innings in relief, allowing one hit while striking out three and walking none. Jack Hoetzel threw 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
Neshaminy (2-0) will host Pennsbury in Tuesday’s SOL opener, and Abington (1-1) is off until Thursday, March 30, when the Ghosts will host Hatboro-Horsham in their league opener.
Neshaminy 030 001 0 4-10-3
Abington 100 200 0 3-5-0
HATBORO-HORSHAM 10, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 3
The Hatters picked up their third win in as many games, this one playing on their home field for the first time this season. They were led by their tri-captains, senior outfielders Trey Porter and Noah Schlosser and junior pitcher Stephen Plefka.
Porter and Schlosser, the one and two hitters in the batting order, reached base a combined seven times and scored six runs. Porter was 3-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and a walk. Schlosser, described as “a human magnet for baseballs” by coach Pete Moore, was 2-for-2 with three runs scored and also got hit by a pitch twice. Plefka was the starting pitcher and earned the win, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits in four innings while striking out three.
The Hatters led 5-3 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning when they erupted for five runs to blow the game wide open.
Also for the Hatters, senior third baseman Kyle Dittus was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two stolen bases.
“Senior right fielder Adriel Tiburcio was strong defensively, and he also reached base three times,” Moore said. “
Tiburcio was 1-for-2 with two walks and four stolen bases. Junior first baseman Jaxson Bumpus had two RBIs and three stolen bases.
Sophomore shortstop and pitcher Jamie O’Neill earned the save on the mound with three innings pitched, four strikeouts and one unearned run allowed. He also recorded two RBIs at the plate.
For the Indians, who had just four hits, Will Scibona was 2-for-3 with a run scored, and Johnny Mulder had a double.
Hatboro-Horsham (3-0) will host Wissahickon Tuesday in its league opener, and Council Rock North (1-1) will be on the road Friday for a non-league game at Upper Dublin
Council Rock North 100 110 0 3-4-4
Hatboro-Horsham 202 105 x 10-8-4
QUAKERTOWN 10, PENNRIDGE 0
A trio of Panther hurlers – Vinny Pellegrini, Cooper Natisin and Carl Weiss – combined for a shutout, and the Panthers collected 10 hits on their way to no-doubt-about-it win in their non-league opener.
“Our three pitchers were excellent,” Quakertown coach Jon Pallone said. “Vinny started out on point, Cooper came in and was electric, and Carl was just nasty.
“Ten strikeouts and one walk – that’s a great day on the mound with three guys that love to compete and can pitch. Eighty-seven pitches between the three (for the game) is efficient.”
The trio also helped their own cause with productive days at the plate. Pellegrini and Weiss both had a pair of hits, and Natisin had a double.
The Panthers got all the runs they would need in a two-run second. Matt Marsten singled to lead off the inning, and he scored the game’s first run that turned out to be the game-winner when Braxton Rahn lined a two-out double to right field. Tanner Clancy’s single plated Rahn, and the Panthers led 2-0.
Quakertown added a single run in the top of the third, and that 3-0 score stood until the top of the sixth when the Panthers put three runs on the board and then added four more in the seventh. Nate Scheetz’s two-run home run to left field – his first varsity home run – highlighted the four-run seventh.
Pellegrini, who started, allowed one hit while striking out three and walking one in three scoreless innings. Natisin threw two scoreless innings, allowing one hit while fanning four and walking none while Weiss did not allow a hit in two shutout innings to close out the game. He fanned three. Pellegrini (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) and Weiss (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) led the Panthers’ 10-hit attack. Dan Qualteria scored three runs.
Quakertown (1-0) will travel to Perkiomen School for a non-league game Friday, and Pennridge (0-3) will host North Penn in Tuesday’s SOL opener.
Quakertown 021 003 4 10-10-0
Pennridge 000 000 0 0-2-5
PERKIOMEN VALLEY 2, SOUDERTON 0
Five Souderton pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts and allowed just four hits. Austin Kreyenhagen faced 10 batters in 2.2 innings, striking out seven. Greyson Norris threw two shutout innings, allowing one hit while striking out three and walking none. Jeremy Fallon and Tyler Lutz each allowed one hit in back-to-back scoreless innings to close out the game. Fallon fanned two and Lutz, one.
The Vikings scored a pair of runs in the first inning off Jackson Morrissette (only one earned), and that turned out to be all they would need as a pair of PV hurlers combined for a five-hit shutout. Justin Stasyk earned the win, allowing four hits in four shutout innings while striking out four and walking one. Derek Smith recorded the save with three scoreless innings in relief. He allowed one hit while striking out five and walking none.
Chris McKenna’s 2-for-3 day at the plate led the Indians. Jeremy Fallon, Ethan Warner and Joey Nase also recorded hits.
Souderton (0-1) will host Central Bucks South in Tuesday’s SOL opener.
Perkiomen Valley 200 000 0 2-4-1
Souderton 000 000 0 0-5-4
SPRING-FORD 7, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 3
The Rams put three runs on the board in the bottom of the first and went on to open up a 6-1 lead on their way to the non-league win in East’s opener Wednesday night.
East made it a 3-1 game in the top of the fourth when Reece Moody, who walked and stole second to lead off the inning, scored on Chase Harlan’s ground single to right field.
The Patriots added a pair of runs in the top of the sixth. Jack Mislan, who singled, scored on Colin Lynch’s double to center, and Thomas Cano-Piszel lined a two-out single to center to plate Lynch for the 7-3 final.
Harlan, who was 2-for-4 with a run scored, was the lone East player with a multi-hit game.
Sam Bliss, who earned the starting nod, absorbed the loss.
Central Bucks East (0-1) will travel to William Penn Charter Friday for a non-league game.
Central Bucks East 000 102 0 3-7-0
Spring-Ford 300 310 x 7-6-0
FRIENDS CENTRAL 13, UPPER MORELAND 0 (5 innings)
The Golden Bears managed just three hits off trio of Friends Central hurlers, who combined for the abbreviated five-inning shutout.
Jackson Townsend was 1-for-2 with a double.
Upper Moreland (1-1) will host Roman Catholic in a non-league game Friday.
Upper Moreland 000 00 0-3-1
Friends Central 1102 1x 13-8-0
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