Local roundup: Pioneers fall to Eagles, 2-1
Isaiah Bradick and Brian Martos combined on a four-hitter and Avella held off West Greene for a 2-1 win in a Section 1-A baseball pitchers battle on Thursday, March 28.
The Eagles (2-0, 3-0) also won a tight clash on March 25, 3-1, in a two-game sweep of the Pioneers.
Bradick pitched five scoreless innings to earn the win and Martos got the final six outs for the save, allowing one unearned run in the seventh.
Losing pitcher Darren Knight gave up two runs on eight hits with one walk and six strikeouts in tossing a complete game.
鈥淲e got good pitching. We just didn鈥檛 hit. Pretty simple,鈥� West Greene coach Lenny Lohr said. 鈥淲hen you only give up two runs you should win. Our hitting just isn鈥檛 there right now.
鈥淎vella did a nice job pitching, both of their guys. Our pitcher did a really good job, too, going the whole game. We just needed to give him some run support.鈥�
Kameron Tedrow came close twice to deliver at the plate for the Pioneers (0-2, 2-3) but was denied both times.
Down 1-0 in the bottom of the third inning, West Greene鈥檚 Johnny Lampe singled and stole second but Avella center fielder Westley Burchianti made a diving catch of Tedrow鈥檚 line drive in left-center to end the inning.
Tedrow came close to tying the game again in the bottom of the seventh after Colten Thomas scored to cut the deficit to 2-1 but his drive over the left field fence hooked just foul.
鈥淥ur clean-up hitting Cam Tedrow hit the ball hard,鈥� Lohr said. 鈥淭hey made a nice play there the one inning and he did hit it out into the trees that last at bat but just barely foul. Otherwise we鈥檇 be still playing.鈥�
The Pioneers loaded the bases with none out in the first but Bradick got two strikeouts and a line out to left fielder Cole Jaworowski to escape the jam.
Singles by Jaworowski, Martos and Bradick produced a run in the third to give Avella a 1-0 lead and Martos doubled in Bryce Wright in the top of the seventh to make it 2-0.
West Greene loaded the bases again with two outs in the fifth but Bradick got an inning-ending pop out to second baseman Martos to strand three more runners.
Thomas had two hits, two stolen bases and scored the lone run for West Greene which also got doubles from Knight and Morgan Kiger.
鈥淒arren missed the game at Avella with strep throat,鈥� Lohr pointed out. 鈥淗e鈥檚 our lead-off batter, too. He kind of makes us go.
鈥淚 think we can compete well in this section. If we just get a few things cleaned up and start putting the ball in play a little better, our defense is as good as anybody鈥檚. We鈥檝e just got to keep working on the hitting. We鈥檙e struggling right now, but it鈥檒l come around.鈥�
Frazier 6, Mapletown 2 鈥� Frazier scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally for a 6-2 win over visiting Mapletown in non-section baseball action on Thursday.
Mapletown (1-4) had taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the sixth but the Commodores (3-3) got RBIs from Dailan McManus, Tyler Morrison, Aidan Hardy and Tyler Monack in the bottom of the frame to surge in front.
The Maples got RBIs from A.J. Vanata, who smacked a pair of doubles and scored a run, and Max Fisher. Jeremiah Mick contributed a double, single and run scored.
Mapletown scored once in the top of the first but Hardy drove in Monack, who scored two runs, in the fifth inning to tie it before the Maples reclaimed the lead briefly in the next inning.
Chase Smith pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win in relief of Dylan Keilbach, who allowed two runs on six hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Spencer Yeager took the loss.
Vanata started on the mound for the Maples and gave up one run on one hit with six walks and six strikeouts in four innings. Mick surrendered one run in 1 2/3 innings of relief.
Carmichaels 10, Jefferson-Morgan 1 鈥� Dom Colarusso had three hits, including a double, and winning pitcher Nathan Beringo allowed one run in six innings as the visiting Mikes completed a two-game sweep of the Rockets in Section 1-A play.
Carmichaels (2-0, 3-0), which pounded out 14 hits, scored four runs in the first and three in the second to take a 7-1 lead.
Beringo walked one and struck out six.
Aydan Adamson and Colin Andrews added doubles for the Mikes who also got three RBIs from Mason Lapana.
Deakyn DeHoet and Jaymison Robinson both doubled for J-M (0-2, 2-2).
Brock Bayles took the loss.
Waynesburg Central 10, Beth-Center 0 鈥� Austin Surber tripled and Derek Turcheck and Ethan Kiger each doubled as the Raiders rolled to a five-inning, non-section win over the visiting Bulldogs.
Trenton Zupper earned the win as he combined with two relievers on a one-hitter.
Waynesburg (3-0) pushed across eight runs in the bottom of the second inning and cruised home from there.
Colton Bane took the loss for B-C (2-3).
Girls softball
Waynesburg Central 8, Stow-Munroe Falls (Ohio) 1 鈥� Gina Tedrow went 4 for 4 with four RBIs and was the winning pitcher in the Lady Raiders non-section win over Stow-Munroe Falls at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Tedrow threw a three-hitter with no walks and 12 strikeouts.
Waynesburg (2-4) also got a two-run single from Dani Stockdale and a run-scoring hit from Taylor Sibert.
McGuffey 20, Mapletown 2 鈥� Mia Couture, Katie Grimm and Mackenzie Shrader hit home runs as the Lady Highlanders cruised past the visiting Lady Maples in a non-section game.
Grimm had three hits and four RBIs, Faith Ealy drove in three runs with with a double and two singles and Sidney Dobrzynski hit a pair of doubles for McGuffey (3-1). McKenna Crothers was the winning pitcher.
Isabella Garnek took the loss for Mapletown (1-2).
Middleton (Wisc.) 12, Carmichaels 2 鈥� The Lady Mikes fell to Middleton in a six-inning, non-section game at Clearwater, Florida.
Carys McConnell doubled and Payton Plavi had two RBIs for Carmichaels (3-1).
Sydney Miller allowed five earned runs with three walks and two strikeouts in taking the loss.
Wednesday, March 27
Mapletown 15, California 5 鈥� Makenna Lotspeich had a double, two singles and three RBIs and Marley Seward also doubled and knocked in three runs as the Lady Maples triumphed over the host Lady Trojans in a Section 2-A softball game.
Winning pitcher Devan Clark gave up three earned runs on seven hits with three walks and nine strikeouts, and added a double, single and two RBIs with the bat.
Bella Garnek doubled and singled for Mapletown (1-0, 1-1) which also got a double from Alexis Perry.
Madyson Morton doubled and singled for California (0-1, 0-3) which also got two hits and an RBI from Kayla Saeli, an RBI from Gabby Pendo and two RBIs with a double from losing pitcher Kera Urick.
Mogadore (Ohio) 6, Waynesburg Central 5; Xaverian (N.Y.) 9, Waynesburg Central 1 鈥� The Lady Raiders dropped two non-section games at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Gina Tedrow knocked in five runs with a home run and a single, and Ellie Makel tripled for Waynesburg (1-5) which couldn鈥檛 overcome a 6-3 deficit against Mogadore.
Tedrow doubled for one of the Lady Raiders鈥� five hits in the loss to Xaverian.
Baseball
California 13, Mapletown 3 鈥� The Trojans scored six runs in the top of the first inning to sweep the season series from the Maples.
California (2-0, 2-2) benefited from five walks and three hit-batsmen.
Logan Hartley earned the win, striking out four and walking three in four innings of work.
Kris Weston, Hartley and Spencer Petrucci all had two hits in the win.
Mapletown slips to 0-2 in the section and 1-3 overall.
Tuesday, March 26
Carmichaels 5, Hollins (Fla.) 0 鈥� Bailey Barnyak scattered two hits and the Lady Mikes pieced together three hits and five walks for a non-section softball victory.
Carmichaels scored one run in the top of the third, fourth and fifth innings, and added two insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Barnyak struck out 15, but walked seven.
Ali Jacobs drove in two runs and Megan Voithofer finished with one RBI in the win.