Check out Wednesday’s SOL baseball results.
CHELTENHAM 6, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 3
It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride for Matt Meyers this year. The Cheltenham senior signed a letter of intent to accept a baseball scholarship to East Stroudsburg and then underwent labrum surgery that will limit the first team all-league third baseman this season.
“We decided he’s not going to play the field, so he can prepare for college,” coach Frank Decembrino said. “He’s just going to hit for us.
“Today was his first full game back. He just got cleared to play. He’s way ahead of schedule, but it doesn’t make sense to put him in the field.”
Meyers responded by playing the role of hero, delivering a two-run home run in the fifth inning to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 Panther lead. Brett Bernstein, who had tripled, scored on the homer.
Decembrino credited the performance of pitcher Remy Wachsmuth, who allowed seven hits and three runs in six innings. Only two of the runs were earned.
“He was a reliever up until this season, and we gave him the ball for our first game, and he did a great job,” the Panthers coach said. “He hit his spots and had good control.
“They got hits, but he never was in a situation where he hurt himself. He did a good job.”
Bernstein (RBI), Meyers (2 RBIs, HR), Kevin Graham (RBI) and Max Perilstein (RBI, 2B) led the Panthers with two hits each. For the Bucks, Michael Marinelli was a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBIs and John Fitz was 2-for-4 with one RBI.
“West is good,” Decembrino said. “They were beating us until that home run.
“They didn’t really miss. If we had a fastball go over the middle, they hit it pretty hard. We were fortunate – a lot of times they hit it at us.”
The Panthers added a pair of runs in the sixth inning for the 6-3 final.
“We played some small ball, and they made a mistake, and we were able to get an extra run in,” Decembrino said. “It was a good game.
“They played well. We just pretty much outhit them. That’s what it pretty much came down to.”
The Panthers are 1-0 on the young season while the Bucks are 1-1.
Central Bucks West 011 100 0 3-8-1
Cheltenham 011 022 x 6-10-1
HATBORO-HORSHAM 10, SIDWELL FRIENDS 0
Ryan Kelly tossed a one-hit shutout to lead the Hatters to the big win at Disney’s Spring Training on Wednesday. The game was halted after six innings when the mercy rule went into effect. Kelly took a no hitter into the sixth when he allowed his only hit of the game – a two-out double.
The Hatters, who pounded out nine hits, took a 3-0 lead into the fifth when they exploded for five runs. Grant Opalisky and Zach Prendergast led the offense. Opalisky went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Prendergast was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Brad Humski contributed a double, one RBI and two runs score.
The Hatters (1-1) will play Methacton on Thursday night in Florida.
Sidwell Friends 000 000 0-1-8
Hatboro-Horsham 102 052 10-9-0
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 5, WILLIAM TENNENT 3
The Patriots scored four runs in the first inning and added a single run in the second before the Panthers got on the scoreboard. The Panthers, who outhit the Patriots 8-3, managed just single runs in the second, fifth and seventh innings.
Ethan Rode delivered a two-run double while Pat Reilly (RBI) and Vince Careghini also collected hits.
Mike Wasserleiben was a perfect 4-for-4 for the Panthers with a pair of doubles and one RBI. The Panthers stranded nine base runners.
Blair Killough notched the win for the Patriots, allowing seven hits and two runs in five innings. He fanned three and did not walk a batter. Brandon Birkhead threw two innings in relief, allowing one run. Donny Halbruner absorbed the loss for the Panthers, who fell to 0-2 on the season. The Patriots are 1-1.
William Tennent 010 010 1 3-8-1
Central Bucks East 410 000 x 5-3-4
SOUDERTON 4, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 1
Souderton managed just five hits but benefitted from five Rock North errors that led to four unearned runs. The visiting Indians struck early, plating three runs in the first and adding a single run in the fourth – all unearned – to go on top 4-0 before Rock North scored its only run in the fifth inning.
Rock North pounded out four extra base hits, including a pair of doubles by Max German. Tyler Callendar and Zach Schram also contributed doubles.
Souderton improved to 2-0 while Rock North is 0-1.
Souderton 100 100 0 4-5-0
Council Rock North 000 010 0 1-8-5
ABINGTON 4, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 0
The two teams found themselves locked in a pitcher’s dual, but in the fifth inning, the Ghosts broke a scoreless tie with a three-run outburst. They added a single run in the sixth to ice the win. Three of Abington’s four runs scored on sacrifice bunts.
On the mound, Erik Walther and Sean Gallagher combined to hold the Colonials to just two hits. For PW, lefthanders Zach Metz, Ted Slagle and Ryan Mongan combined to allow just four hits over seven innings.
Contributing RBIs for the Colonials were Sean Gallagher, Nick Bein and Eric Tidwell. Bein and Trey Guaglionona accounted for the game’s only extra base hits as both delivered doubles. Guaglionona had a pair of hits to lead the Ghosts.
While the Colonials fell to 0-2, the Ghosts improved to 2-1.
Abington 000 031 0 4-4-0
Plymouth Whitemarsh 000 000 0 0-2-1
NESHAMINY 9, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 3
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