SOL National-BAL Earns Opening Round Win

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The SOL National-Bicentennial squad had an impressive debut in Carpenter Cup play at Ashburn Field on Tuesday, defeating Delaware South 2-1.

Council Rock South mound ace Bret DeStefano notched the win on the mound, working three scoreless innings to close out the game. The senior hurler, who did not allow a hit or a walk, struck out three.

Delaware South got on the scoreboard with a single run in the top of the fourth, but the SOL National-BAL answered with a run in the bottom of the inning. Holy Ghost Prep’s Tim Lazor got things started with a one-out single to left, and Bristol’s Derek Whitefield reached base on an error. Rock South’s Billy Fleming singled to left field, driving in the tying run.

The SOL National-BAL scored the go-ahead run in the seventh. Once again Fleming was in the middle action. The West Virginia-bound senior singled to left to open the inning, and Pennsbury’s Chris Hunter followed with a single to right.

William Tennent’s Brandon DiBona delivered an infield single load the bases, and with one out, Council Rock North’s Mike Festa delivered a sacrifice fly to right, which brought Fleming home with a run that turned out to be the game winner.

The SOL National-BAL held a 9-4 advantage in hits with Fleming and Lazor both collecting a pair to lead the way. Truman’s Brian Beyer, Council Rock South’s Dan Callahan, Truman’s Kyle Tepper, Pennsbury’s Chris Hunter and William Tennent’s Brandon DiBono each added one hit.

SOL National-BAL will face Burlington County in a second round game on Saturday at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown at 10:30 a.m. Burlington County sent the SOL American-Continental home, thanks to its 7-4 win.

DELAWARE SOUTH SOL NATIONAL-BAL

Zach Mawson rf	3	0	0	0	Mike Tentalucci cf	2	0	0	0
Cody Smiterchik rf	1	0	0	0	Tim Quigg cf	1	0	0	0
Devon Reed 2b	3	0	0	0	Justin Thomas 3b	1	0	0	0
Stephen Barr 2b	1	0	0	0	Mike Festa 2b	1	0	0	1
Jerrell Allen cf	3	1	1	0	Ryan Hartley ss,3b	3	0	0	0
Kyle Mister cf	1	0	0	0	Paul Gossellin 3b	1	0	0	0
Gary Jones lf	3	0	1	1	Brian Beyer c	3	0	1	0
Josh James lf	1	0	0	0	Dan Callahan c	1	0	1	0
Mitchell Moore 3b	1	0	0	0	Tim lazor 1b	3	1	2	0
Aaron Briggs pr,3b	1	0	0	0	Ryan Downs 1b	1	0	0	0
Diaz Nardo ss	3	0	0	0	Derek Whitfield dh	3	0	0	0
Garrett Hudson ss	1	0	0	0	Zach Philippi dh	1	0	0	0
Connor Luff c	2	0	1	0	Zach FitzGerald 2b	1	0	0	0
Joey Gumpman ph,c	2	0	0	0	Billy Fleming 2b,ss	3	1	2	1
Aaron Bennett dh	2	0	1	0	Kyle Tepper lf,rf	2	0	1	0
Nick Spadafino ph,dh	1	0	0	0	Chris Hunter rf	1	0	0	0
Cody Lahman 1b	1	0	0	0	Max Vido rf,lf	1	0	0	0
Jacob Dmiterchik 1b	1	0	0	0	Brandon DiBona lf	2	0	1	0
Nick Grant p	0	0	0	0	Ryan Filipowicz p	0	0	0	0
David Michael p	0	0	0	0	Greg Mugnier p	0	0	0	0
C.J. Pleasants p	0	0	0	0	Jake Yanessa p	0	0	0	0
Bret DeStefano p	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	32	1	4	1	TOTALS	31	2	9	2
Delaware South	000 100 000 1-4-2
SOL National/BAL	000 100 10x 2-9-5
E-D.Nardo, J.Gumpman, M.Festa, R.Hartley, B.Beyer, T.Lazor, K.Tepper. DP-Del South 1,
SOL National/BAL 2. LOB – Del South 6, SOL National/BAL 8. SF-M.Festa. SB-J. Allen, B.DiBona
Delaware South
Nick Grant	3.0 2 0 0 2 4
David Michael	3.0 3 1 0 0 1
C.J. Pleasants (L)	2.0 4 1 1 0 3
SOL National/BAL
Ryan Filipowicz	3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Greg Mugnier	1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Jake Yanessa	2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Bret DeStefano (W)	3.0 0 0 0 0 3
WP-N. Grant