Upper Merion defeats Cheltenham 2-1 and improves to 9-8 (9-8 SOL American). Junior hurler Peter Lopez earns three-hit, CG win. Lopez also knocked in the game-winning run.


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Upper Merion 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1
Cheltenham 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2

Upper Merion pos ab r h bi
Kyle Gaffney CF 4 1 1 0
Ray Gambone LF 3 0 0 1
Mike Popowicz 1B 3 0 0 0
John DelCollo SS 3 0 0 0
Nick Vuotto RF 2 0 0 0
Brian Desch 2B 3 0 1 0
Alex Clark C 3 0 1 0
cr-Joe Takahashi cr 0 1 0 0
Peter Lopez P 3 0 1 1
cr-Chris Loschiavo cr 0 0 0 0
Mike Shannon 3B 3 0 1 0
totals 27 2 5 2

Cheltenham pos ab r h bi
B.J. Steutz 3B 3 0 0 0
Matt Brown P 3 0 0 0
Alex Winter 1B 3 0 1 0
Rafael Fernandez SS x x x x
Andrew Harcum DH 2 0 0 0
ph7-Dan Steinberg ph 1 0 0 0
Zach Lipschutz RF 3 0 1 0
Troy Davis CF 3 0 0 0
Avery Young LF 2 1 1 0
sub5-Matt Lawlor LF 0 0 0 0
Danny Marsden 2B 1 0 0 0
David Waller C 1 0 0 0
totals 22 1 3 0

3B-UM: Gaffney SB-UM: Vuotto, Takahashi, Loschiavo. C: Young 2, Marsden CS-Marsden
LOB-UM 6, C 2
W: Peter Lopez, L: Matt Brown
Upper Merion IP H R ER BB K
Peter Lopez (W) 7 3 1 1 2 6


totals 7 3 1 1 2 6

Cheltenham IP H R ER BB K
Matt Brown (L) 7 5 2 2 1 3


totals 7 5 2 2 1 3

WP-Lopez 2, Brown 3