By Scott Huff
Suburban One League National Conference
How about those Bensalem Owls????
Bensalem (3-5) won its third straight conference game and at the same time handed Truman (7-2) its second straight conference loss as the Owls captured a 3-2 win.
“There are no gimmes in this league,” said Truman head coach Jeff Vitale. “We beat them by a run earlier in the year, and they got us back this time. They have a very good baseball team.
“We went 13 innings between the CR South game and the Bensalem game without scoring a run,” added Vitale. “James Wallace drove a couple of runs home for us in the bottom of the seventh, and we brought the tying run to the plate. We came back but not far enough.
“I knew that after we went 7-0 in the first half of the season, it was going to be tough to do it again,” continued Vitale. “Honestly, any team in this league can beat you.”
Bensalem Owls 100 020 0 - 3
Truman Tigers 000 000 2 - 2
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Council Rock South (7-2) won its fifth straight conference game as the Golden Hawks flew to a 7-3 victory over host Abington (3-5).
“There is one thing that I know for certain, both Abington and Bensalem are going to decide which team wins this conference,” said Council Rock South head coach Greg Young. “Abington has a solid team defensively, and they also have some very good pitching.”
Rock South got some solid pitching from sophomore Brian Fleming. Fleming earned the save by getting the final four outs of the game to secure the win for the Hawks. Jeff Miller recorded the win for CR South.
“Brian came into the game when we were up by just 4-3, and Abington had runners of second and third,” said Young. “But he got out of trouble in that inning, and we got three runs in the top of the seventh inning to make it comfortable.”
Senior Billy Fleming led the Hawk offensive attack with three hits, while Justin Thomas and Bret DeStefano each collected key RBI doubles.
Council Rock South Golden Hawks xxx xxx x – 7
Abington Ghosts xxx xxx x – 3
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Pennsbury (4-6) received a grand slam homer by Ken McCormick and a three-run homer by Phil Herring as the Falcons – who trailed 3-0 early - flew by visiting Neshaminy (4-5) – 9-3.
“The game started out pretty well for us,” said Neshaminy head coach Dennis Cox. “But we stopped scoring. We don’t score many runs, and they did a good job of hitting the baseball.”
McCormick cranked his four-bagger in the third inning to give the Falcons a 5-3 lead.
“That hit really turned the game around in their favor,” said Cox. “We just couldn’t get anything together.”
Zack Yencha registered the victory for the Falcons. Yencha threw a complete game and picked up his third win of the season.
“Zack has some trouble the first three innings, but he coasted through the rest of the game,” said Pennsbury head coach Joe Pesci. “He has been our most significant pitcher – no question.”
Tim Sheaffer and Tyler Pennett contributed doubles for the Falcons, who scored nine unanswered runs on 11 hits. With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, the Falcons strung together four hits, topped off by Herring’s three-run shot.
Neshaminy Redskins 120 000 0 – 3 7 0
Pennsbury Falcons 014 004 x - 9 10 0
Suburban One League Continental Conference
Pennridge (7-1) prepped for its first-place conference showdown on Monday against North Penn (6-2) as the Rams edged visiting Hatboro-Horsham (3-5) - 4-2.
“Monday is going to be a real battle,” said Pennridge senior winning pitcher Oscar Mikols. “I was a little nervous going into the game because we can’t afford to take a step back.”
Mikols was superb for the Rams as he tossed a much-needed complete games. Both Hatter runs were scratched out, and Mikols held them in check for most of the game.
“I was hitting my spots for the most part,” said Mikols. “I try to let them put the ball in play. I have good fielders behind me, and they help me out quite a bit.”
Senior Jared Schaffer – the ace of the Pennridge staff – blasted a homerun to spark the Ram offense. Senior shortstop Dylan Tice had the only other extra base hit of the game – a double.
Hatboro-Horsham Hatters 000 110 0 - 2 6 2
Pennridge Rams 301 000 x - 4 7 2
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Quakertown (2-6) took out the lumber as the Panthers spanked the Big Red of Souderton (3-5) – 13-5.
Q-town scored six runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to secure the win. Collin Utterback – who homered – had three hits for the Panthers, while Tyler Coleman collected three hits and three RBI. Eric Sloss also had three RBI for the winners.
Coleman was the winning pitcher for Quakertown.
Quakertown Panthers 000 016 6 - 13 11 2
Souderton Big Red 001 031 0 - 5 10 1
Suburban One League American Conference
Upper Moreland (9-2) rallied from a 4-3 deficit to defeat host Wissahickon (5-7) – 7-4.
“I told the coaching staff after the game that this was very good for us,” said Upper Moreland head coach Ernie Rehr. “We haven’t been in a close game for a while, and it was great to have that competition. We needed to have a good challenge, and Wissahickon gave it to us.”
Sophomore Robert Knox threw a sensational final three shutout innings to record the win. Knox – who has yielded just a single run in the 13 2/3 innings he has pitched this season – was very impressive.
“Robert was in control the entire game, and he never got rattled,” said Rehr. “They only had one runner reach third base in the three innings that he pitched. He gave us the chance to win the game.”
Senior catcher Dave McInerney was once again awesome at the plate with a triple and a homerun.
“Dave hit a ball that was hit over 400 feet on his triple,” said Rehr. “And his homerun gave us the insurance we wanted.”
Upper Moreland Golden Bears 021 012 1 - 7 7 2
Wissahickon Trojans 001 300 0 - 4 7 2
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Plymouth Whitemarsh (6-5) rallied from a 6-0 deficit to defeat visiting Norristown (5-5) – 17-7.
The hitting star for the Colonials was Austin DiBonaventure for had three hits – four runs scored – and two runs batted in.
The pitching star for the Colonials was Austin DiBonaventure who threw the final three innings and allowed just a single run.
Norristown Eagles 033 001 - 7 8 0
Plymouth Whitemarsh Colonials 004 634 - 17 8 2
In The Rear View Mirror
Wednesday - 4/27/11
SOL American Conference
Upper Moreland (8-2) won its fourth straight conference game as the first place Golden Bears clawed to a 9-0 victory over visiting Plymouth Whitemarsh (5-5).
Kyle Walder fashioned a superlative outing with a complete game two hit shutout.
The Golden Bear bats featured a three-run double by Charlie Hooker, while Sean Valenza had two hits and a pair of RBI.
Plymouth Whitemarsh Colonials 000 000 000 - 0 2 0
Upper Moreland Golden Bears 012 105 00x - 9 8 3
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Upper Dublin (3-8) won its second straight conference game as the Flying Cardinals collected a 10-inning, 5-4 victory over host Norristown (5-4).
Packhard Lavin led the UD hitting attack with a pair of hits and a pair of RBI, while Zach Walsh earned the win.
Brandon Iorio hit a homerun for the Eagles.
Upper Dublin Flying Cardinals 200 010 100 1 - 5 6 2
Norristown Eagles 101 200 000 0 - 4 8 4
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Cheltenham (4-6) moved a game closer to .500 in the conference as the Panthers defeated host Upper Merion (6-4) – 9-5.
Danny Marsden earned the win for the Panthers with a four-inning stint. Marsden had six strikeouts.
Matt Brown highlighted the Panther offense with three RBI.
Cheltenham Panthers 232 002 0 - 9 10 2
Upper Merion Vikings 300 110 0 - 5 9 2
SOL Continental Conference
Hatboro-Horsham (3-4) pounded out eight hits and 14 runs as the Hatters topped Quakertown (1-6) – 14-6.
Hatboro-Horsham broke open the game with a six-run second inning. Matt Hollenbeck led the offense with two hits and three RBI.
The winning pitcher for the Hatters was Tyler Zingle.
Quakertown Panthers 002 310 0 - 6 7 4
Hatboro-Horsham Hatters 162 300 2 - 14 8 1
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