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CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
Hatboro-Horsham 5, North Penn 1
The Hatters moved into a first place tie with previously unbeaten North Penn on Tuesday afternoon.
“Anytime you can knock off a team like North Penn, it’s good,” said Hatters coach Pete Moore.
The story of the game was Hatters pitcher Eric Lane, who limited the potent Knights offense to one hit and one run while striking out five and walking three in a complete game victory.
“The only hit was an infield single,” Moore said of the stellar performance from his senior pitcher who is headed to Kutztown next season. “”He was outstanding today.”
Mike Christy’s RBI single in the first that plated Alex Peterson gave the Knights an early 1-0 lead.
The Hatters made the most of their four hits, all singles off the bats of Joe Simmons (2-for-3), Lane and Alec Blyler.
“We had a really big inning in the fourth,” Moore said. “The guys made adjustments. As our guys were coming off the field in the fourth, a player said to the team, ‘This is the second time around for us.’”
Blyler had a two-run single in the inning and Ryan Murphy knocked in another with an RBI groundout. Kevin Barron, Chris Crookham, Simmons and Alex Kleidon all scored for the Hatters.
James Witner was the hard luck loser, allowing all five runs on four hits in five innings of work.
This is the second win in a row against a team at the top of the conference as the Hatters bested Pennridge, 3-1, last Thursday.
“We beat an outstanding team in Pennridge,” Moore said.
The Hatters have little time to celebrate as they face CB East on Wednesday.
Both teams are 5-1 in conference play. The loss was the first of the season for North Penn (7-1) while Hatboro-Horsham upped its overall record to 7-3.
North Penn 100 000 0 – 1 1 1
Hatboro-Horsham 000 500 X – 5 4 0
Central Bucks East 2, Souderton 1
Despite managing just two hits on the afternoon and striking out 14 times, the Patriots (5-4, 4-2 SOL) edged out host Souderton (4-7, 2-5 SOL) in a key conference matchup on Tuesday afternoon.
The win enabled the Patriots to remain within a game of conference-leading North Penn and Hatboro-Horsham.
“We were handled pretty well by their pitcher,” said Patriots head coach Kyle Dennis of Souderton starter Aaron Gulibon. “We were shut down for the better part of four innings. Their starting pitcher was very good.”
Gulibon cruised through the first four innings, striking out nine batters and giving up just two hits, but the Patriots scratched out a pair of runs – both unearned in the fifth to erase a 1-0 deficit.
The inning started with a walk to Thomas Prato, and then Collin Sheehan, who laid down a bunt, was safe on an error. After Gulibon struck out a pair, Andrew Collins laced an RBI single, and Nick Chimera followed with another RBI single to give the Patriots a lead they would not relinquish.
“We took care of the baseball when we needed to,” Dennis said. “We got production out of the eight (Collins) and nine (Chimera) hole hitters.”
The Patriots also got a solid pitching performance from Sam Andris, who went the distance, striking out four, walking three and holding Souderton to one run on six hits.
This was Andris’ first start since April 8 against North Penn when he suffered a concussion.
“He was cleared six days ago,” Dennis said. “He is now getting back into his routine.”
Souderton’s lone run was scored by Gulibon, who singled and was knocked in by Dylan Morrissette.
Also for the Indians, Tyler Mathe (double) had two of hits team’s six hits. Mitch Amenta, Nate Luscombe, Brett Moyer and Alex Meiler (double) had a hit each.
Amenta also pitched well, striking out five in his two scoreless innings of work.
Geoffry Salfi and Eric Poppke scored the two runs for the Patriots.
“It was a great game all the way around,” Dennis said. “Fortunately we were able to capitalize. Our errors did not hurt us.”
Central Bucks East 000 020 0 – 2 2 3
Souderton 000 100 0 – 1 6 3
Pennridge 11, Quakertown 4
Pennridge got back into the win column on Tuesday afternoon in a key conference contest.
The game was originally slated to be played at Quakertown’s Memorial Park, but torrential rain made the field unplayable, and the game was switched to Pennridge this morning.
With the win, The Rams improved to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the conference while Quakertown fell to 2-6 overall and 1-5 in the conference.
The Rams scored four times in the bottom of the first and never looked back. They added two in the fourth, three in the fifth and two more in the sixth. The Panthers tallied four times in the top of fifth.
Joe Unangst led the Rams’ 16-hit attack with four hits, including a double, one RBI and one run scored.
Dave Tatoian added three hit, including a homerun, and knocked in three runs and scored twice. Dan Long and Tommy Nuneviller contributed two hits each while Caleb Hand was 1-for-3 with a double and Nate Coyle had a double.
The Panthers got two hits from John Lilley, and Chris Curry was 1-for-3 with a homer, three RBIs and a run scored. Tyler Guidos, Travis Woolfenden, Jared Kishbaugh and Friday each had a hit.
Andrew Mayhew picked up the win, improving his record to 2-0. He went four plus, struck out seven, walked one and allowed four runs on seven hits.
Cooper Johnson took the loss, allowing seven earned runs on 12 hits.
Quakertown 000 040 0 – 4 7 3
Pennridge 400 232 X – 11 16 1
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Wissahickon 10, Cheltenham (5 innings)
The Trojans, who remained unbeaten in conference play, earned a convincing win in a contest that lasted just five innings due to the 10-run rule.
The Trojans scored one in the first and put the game away for good in the second, scoring four times. They tacked on three more in the third and closed the game out in the fifth, scoring twice.
The Trojans pounded out 12 hits and held the Panthers to just the just one hit – a double off the bat of Nissim Lebovitz.
Logan Williams was stellar on the mound for the Trojans, going five strong while fanning seven and walking three.
Hugh Sharkey took the loss for the Panthers, allowing two runs on two hits in two plus innings of work.
Blake Rapoport had three hits, including a double, and Alexander Tappen and Logan Willans (double) each had two hits. Nicholas Falso, Ryan Becker, Julian Osterneck, Matthew Shilling and Robert Freeston had a hit each. Falso, Tappen and Osterneck had two RBIs each, and Falso and Freeston scored two runs each.
Wissahickon upped its conference record to 7-0 (8-1 overall) while Cheltenham is 3-3 in league play (5-5 overall).
Cheltenham 000 00 – 0 1 2
Wissahickon 143 02 – 10 12 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Pennsbury 11, William Tennent (6 innings)
The Falcons (8-2, 6-1 Conference) made quick work of the Panthers, ending the game in six innings. The Falcons remained atop the conference, scoring two in the third to take a 2-1 lead. They blew the game wide open in the fourth, scoring seven runs, and they ended it in the sixth, scoring twice.
The Falcons typically pound out nine or ten hits a contest, but they needed just seven hits to score their 11 runs.
“It was nice to see our players adjust,” said Pennsbury coach Joe Pesci. “Seven is still good. We had patience the plate.”
In the big fourth that saw the Falcons score seven times, they got big hits off the bats of Kyle Marshall and Zach Szumigala. Marshall drove in a pair on a double, and Szumigala brought home four with a grand slam. The inning started with a hit batter, an error and another hit batter before Marshall’s double. Then a walk and another hit batter loaded them up for Szumigala’s blast.
Winning pitcher Zach Conley struck out eight, walked one and allowed just five singles to Bobby Day, AJ Shapiro, Matt Johnson, Ryan Lucas and John “JW” Lucas.
Marshall was 2-for-3 at the plate with two doubles and three RBIs and Szumigala was 2-for-4, with a double, grand slam, six RBIs and two runs scored.
DJ Endler and Bryen Kimbrough also added a single. Logan Buehle had a double.
“Guys are comfortable in big situations,” Pesci said. “We have different clutch hitters. It’s amazing to watch these guys come up clutch. Everybody is feeding off of each other’s energy.”
The Panthers remained winless on the season at 0-8, 0-6 in the conference.
William Tennent 001 000 – 1 5 3
Pennsbury 002 702 – 11 7 1
Perkiomen Valley 13, Norristown 5
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