Meyers at GAR Baseball

Meyers and GAR renewed their rivalry on the baseball diamond on Saturday afternoon. Meyers looked to keep pace with Holy Redeemer and GAR came in to play spoiler. GAR sent Chris Kolativa to the hill whereas Meyers sent Kenny Macko to the mound. To lead off the game, Colin Pasone hit a ground ball which Noah Edwards dove for and threw on his knees to first for the first out. Keith Ostrowski was the next batter and he would hit a double to left, followed by a walk drawn by Ryan Gilgallon. The Mohawks got on the board first on a sacrifice fly to left by Geral Gomez and would score Ostrowski to make it 1-0. Kolativa would retire the next two to keep it the damage to one. Noah Edwards would hit a two out single but a strikeout ended the inning. Dave Nargoski and Lee Falzone would each hit one out single but Falzone would ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the top of the 2nd. Chris Kolativa led off with a single. After a flyout, Kolativa would be eliminated on a 4-6-3 double play to end the 2nd. Kolativa threw a 1-2-3 3rd to keep it 1-0. Simon Peter led off the 4th with a single but would be eliminated on the next batter by a 5-4-3 double play. Robbie Shinal then singled with two outs but a strikeout ended the inning. Geral Gomez led off with a single. Next would be some great defensive plays. Brainy Rojas hit a ball that looked like that it was destined for the gap but Gerson Peralta tracked it and dove to make the catch for the first out. The next play came in the very next batter. Ismael Lake hit a ball to second that looked like it would go over his head but Simon Peter leaped up and made the catch and threw to first for the twin killing and the end of the top of the 4th. Chris Kolativa reached on an error with two outs but a strikeout ended the threat. Jake Nargoski drew a 2 out walk then Pasone followed with a single that moved Nargoski to 2nd but a forceout at second on the next batter ended the threat in the 5th. Kenny Macko then threw a 1-2-3 5th to keep the Grenadiers off the scoreboard. Ryan Gilgallon led off the 6th by getting hit by a pitch, but would get the next three outs in order to keep it 1-0. Robbie Shinal led off the bottom of the 6th with a single, and advanced to second when Noah Edwards hit a ball to first for the second out. Jeremy Erhardt then followed with a single to score Shinal to tie the game at 1. Chris Kolativa then followed with a single but a forceout to short ended the inning. Lee Falzone would hit a one out single and would be lifted for a pinch runner in Anthony Macko, but would end up in a pickle where he was tagged out at first attempting to go back for the second out. A fly out would end the top of the 7th tied at 1. Keith Ostrowski entered the game to pitch for the Mohawks, replacing Kenny Macko. Gerson Peralta led off by hitting a double to left and would advance to third after a sacrifice by Simon Peter. Then Garry Kroll hit an infield single to score Peralta and GAR pulled off the upset of the Mohawks 2-1.

Thoughts on the game: That was a great game played defensively by both teams. I was impressed by GAR third baseman Noah Edwards who made some great plays. Four double plays were converted, two by each team. GAR kept on fighting and eventually got on the board and then won it in the seventh.

Meyers
CF Pasone 3 0 1 0
P K Macko 0 0 0 0
DH/P Ostrowski 3 1 1 0
3B Gilgallon 1 0 0 0
C Gomez 2 0 1 1
SS Rojas 3 0 0 0
SS Galey 0 0 0 0
RF Lake 3 0 0 0
2B D Nargoski 3 0 1 0
1B Falzone 3 0 2 0
PR A Macko 0 0 0 0
LF J Nargoski 3 0 0 0


2B Ostrowski


GAR
C Shinal 3 1 2 0
LF Marte 3 0 0 0
3B Edwards 3 0 1 0
CF Peguero 0 0 0 0
DH Erhardt 3 0 1 1
P Kolativa 3 0 2 0
1B Yelland 3 0 0 0
RF Peralta 3 1 1 0
2B Peter 2 0 1 0
SS Kroll 3 0 1 1


2B Peralta


Pitching
Meyers
Macko 6 IP 1 R 1 ER 7 H 6 K 0 BB
Ostrowski (L) 0.1 IP 1 R 1 ER 2 H 0 K 0 BB


GAR
Kolativa 7 IP 1 R 1 ER 6 H 3 K 2 BB

Lake-Lehman at Crestwood baseball

Lake-Lehman and Crestwood played in Mountain Top on Wednesday afternoon. The Black Knights sent Tommy Williams and the Comets countered with James Graves. Both Williams and Graves went 1-2-3 innings in the first and second innings. Garrett Weston and Noah Gorski each drew two out walks but a ground out to third for the third out of the top of the 3rd. Brett Caladie got hit by a pitch with two outs but a fielder's choice got Williams out of the inning. Hunter Nice got on base by an error with one out but a ground out by second and a popout ended the top of the 4th. Williams pitched a 1-2-3 4th. James Graves got a 1-2-3 5th inning with a little help from his defense. For the first out, Tommy Williams hit a ball that looked like it would be a single but Distasio went to his right and threw to Chalk for the first out. Jake Tomolonis hit a ball to second on a line that Brett Caladie snagged for the second out, then a groundout to short ended the inning. Curtis Tokach would reach on a error and would be replaced by Mike Paranich as a pinch runner. Paranich would steal second then advanced to third on a single by Jimmy Albee but a groundout back to Williams ended the threat. Zach Brucher would reach on an error but would end up getting out when trying to steal 2nd base. Colin Macko would hit a two out single but a flyout ended the 6th. Hunter Nice led off the 7th with a single but would be out at second on a forceout to third and Graves would retire the next 2 to end the top of the 7th. Williams would throw a 1-2-3 7th to force extra innings. Colin Macko replaced James Graves on the mound for the Comets. Garrett Weston would draw a 1 out walk, then Noah Gorski and Tyler Kolb each got hit by pitches to load the bases. Zach Brucher would break the tie on a groundout to second that scored Weston to make it 1-0 Black Knights. A flyout would then end the top half of the 8th. Jimmy Albee led off the bottom of the 8th with a single, then advanced to second when Brett Caladie sacrificed to the pitcher. Distasio then singled when they attempted to tag Albee but they weren't able to tag him and everyone was safe. Distasio and Albee advanced to second and third when Darden grounded out. After the Black Knights intentionally walked Colin Macko, Tim Kindler came to the plate. Kindler hit a ball to third that looked like the final out of the game but the ball was misplayed and couldn't get to the base in time so the game was tied at 1. Brandon Brozena had a chance to end the game but he hit a ball back to the pitcher for the final out of the inning. Mike Sikora got hit by a pitch with one out, but Macko would retire the next two to end the top of the 9th. Tyler Kolb replaced Tommy Williams on the mound for the Black Knights. Curtis Tokach would draw a lead off walk. Tokach would then advance to second when Corey Chalk sacrifice to the pitcher. After a flyout, Brett Caladie would single to left, Tokach would try to score but would be tagged out at the plate to end the 9th inning. Tyler Kolb hit a 2 out single and then Brucher drew a walk but a forceout at second got the Comets out of the top of the 10th. Kolb threw a 1-2-3 10th to get it to the 11th inning. Chris Hadsell drew a lead off walk for the Black Knights. Wyatt Kindler then came in to relief Macko. Mike Sikora would then hit a single, moving Hadsell to move to second. Hadsell would be forced out at third when a bunt was played by Chalk who threw to third for the first out of the 11th. Garrett Weston then drew a 2 out walk to load the bases. Noah Gorski then followed with a walk to score Sikora to make it 2-1 Lake-Lehman. Connor Kaminski came in relief of Wyatt Kindler and induce a groundout to force Gorski at second to end the 11th. Tim Kindler led off with a single and would be lifted for a pinch runner in Matt Taleroski. Matt Taleroski would then be picked off at first for the first out. RJ Kresge would then single but would be forced out at second on a ground ball to short. With 2 outs, Corey Chalk hit a ball to center but Noah Gorski would then dive to catch the final out of the game and the Black Knights would take this marathon game 2-1 in 11 innings.


Thoughts on the game: One heck of a pitcher's duel. Really liked Tommy Williams, threw a lot of first pitch strikes and kept his pitch count low. Ty His defense made a lot of plays behind him. James Graves pitched a great game as well. Crestwood has been apart of 4 1-run games, going 2-2.


Lake-Lehman
CF Gorski 3 0 0 1
SS/P Kolb 4 0 1 0
1B Brucher 4 0 0 1
2B/SS Nice 5 0 1 0
LF Hadsall 4 0 0 0
C Sikora 4 1 1 0
P/3B Williams 5 0 0 0
RF Tomolonis 5 0 0 0
3B/2B Weston 2 1 0 0


Crestwood
SS Distasio 5 0 1 0
C Darden 4 0 0 0
PH Kovalchik 1 0 0 0
P Graves 0 0 0 0
DH Macko 4 0 1 0
P W Kindler 0 0 0 0
LF T Kindler 5 0 1 0
PR Taleroski 0 0 0 0
CF Kresge 4 0 1 0
PH Brozena 1 0 0 0
3B Tokach 4 0 0 0
PR Paranich 0 0 0 0
1B Chalk 4 0 0 0
RF Albee 4 1 2 0
2B Caladie 2 0 1 0


Pitching
Lake-Lehman
Williams 8 IP 1 R 1 ER 4 H 2 K 1 BB
Kolb (W) 3 IP 0 R 0 ER 3 H 1 K 1 BB


Crestwood
Graves 7 IP 0 R 0 ER 1 H 3 K 2 BB
Macko 3+ IP 1 R 1 ER 1 H 1 K 2 BB
W Kindler (L) 0.2 IP 1 R 1 ER 1 K 2 BB
Kaminski 0.1 IP 0 R 0 ER 0 H 0 K 0 BB

Wyoming Area at Crestwood Baseball

Wyoming Area and Crestwood played in Mountain Top on Monday afternoon, each putting their five game winning streak on the line. Matt Mickowski got the start for the Comets and the Warriors countered with Corey Lescavage. Mike Bonita lead off the game with an infield single, then advanced to second on an errant pickoff. Bonita advanced to third on a ground ball to second. Josh Kopcza hit a sac fly to left to score Bonita to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead. A flyout to center ended the top of the 1st. Lescavage threw a 1-2-3 first inning. Mickowski threw a 1-2-3 2nd to keep it 1-0 Warriors. Lescavage started off by getting the first 2 outs of the inning, but Kresge and Tokach would each reach on errors, but a ground ball to second ended the threat. Brandon Charney led off the 3rd with a single, then advanced to second on a passed ball and went to third when Aaron Lee sacrificed to the pitcher. Mike Bonita would drive in Charney to make it 2-0 Wyoming Area. Bonita advanced to second on a stolen base then scored when Lescavage singled. Lescavage stole second then Kopcza drew a walk then Cole Keating singled home Lescavage to make it 4-0. Anthony Nardell then singled to load the bases. Tyler Dougherty would bring in Kopcza and Keating on a Fielder's choice to make it 6-0. The inning would end with a ground out to short. The Warriors had batted around. Steve Wegener and Derek Distasio would lead off the bottom of the 3rd by reaching on an error. Courtesy runner Matt Taleroski would reach third on Distasio's error and he would advance to second on that error. Lescavage would retire the next 3 batters to end the 3rd. Matt Trimmer came in to pitch for the Comets and replaces Matt Mickowski. Charney drew a leadoff walk and Aaron Lee singled and Mike Bonita would bring in Charney on a Fielder's choice RBI to make it 7-0. Trimmer would retire the next two to end the top of the 4th. Tim Kindler led off with a single but Lescavage retired the the next 3 to keep the shutout going. Trimmer would throw a 1-2-3 5th. Lescavage countered with a 1-2-3 inning of his own. Steve Homza lead off the inning striking out but reached on a passed ball, but would be eliminated on a 6-3 double play, then a groundout to third ended the top of the 6th. Tim Kindler hit a two-out single but a ground out ended the inning. Josh Kopcza hit a two out single but on the next batter, Curtis Tokach made a long throw from third base to get Keating for thee third out. Tokach led off the bottom of the 7th with a single then advanced to second when the ball in the outfield was misplayed. Jimmy Albee then followed with a walk. Pinch hitter Anthony Kovalchik flew to right then Distasio was out on an infield fly. Brandon Brozena would single to load the bases, then James Graves singled home Tokach and Albee to cut the Warriors lead to 7-2. Colin Macko then followed with a single to score Brozena and made it 7-3. Matt Wright relieved Corey Lescavage and he would strike out Tim Kindler to end the inning and the Warriors snapped Crestwood's 5 game streak and they stay unbeaten 7-3.


Thoughts on the game: The third inning made the difference for Wyoming Area, scoring 5 runs in the inning and cruising from there. Cory Lescavage pitched a great game, keeping the Comets off the board for six innings. The Comets had their chances to score in the second and third but couldn't capitalize on them.


Wyoming Area 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 7
Crestwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3


Wyoming Area
CF Bonita 4 2 2 2
P/SS Lescavage 4 1 1 1
1B Kopcza 2 1 1 1
PR Musto 0 0 0 0
RF Keating 4 1 1 1
P Wright 0 0 0 0
LF Nardell 3 0 1 0
SS/2B Dougherty 3 0 0 1
2B Webb 2 0 0 0
2B/RF Homza 1 0 0 0
3B Charney 2 2 1 0
C Lee 2 0 1 0


Crestwood
SS Distasio 4 0 0 0
2B Darden 3 0 0 0
PH Brozena 1 1 1 0
P Mickowski 0 0 0 0
P Trimmer 0 0 0 0
DH Graves 4 0 1 2
1B Macko 4 0 1 1
LF Kindler 4 0 2 0
CF Kresge 3 0 0 0
3B Tokach 3 1 1 0
RF Albee 2 1 0 0
C Wegener 2 0 0 0
PH Kovalchik 1 0 0 0


Pitching
Wyoming Area
Lescavage 6.2 IP 3 R 3 ER 6 H 5 K 1 BB
Wright 0.1 IP 0 R 0 ER 0 H 1 K 0 BB


Crestwood
Mickowski 3 IP 6 R 6 ER 6 H 1 K 1 BB
Trimmer 4 IP 1 R 1 ER 2 H 2 K 1 BB

The Surprises keep coming

Well, we are at around the midway point of HS Baseball and Softball. Back in the pre-season, there's usually teams that have a lot of expectations like Valley West Baseball and Holy Redeemer softball who have high expectations and meet them and there are some that don't have a lot and fly under the radar. However, there are some that come out of nowhere and surprise you and there are those that come in with expectations and the team turns out to be somewhat disappointing.  Here today, I will go and put in my surprises at the midpoint of the season.


SURPRISE NO 1
This was the one team on Twitter that was outraged I didn't even put on the Top 25 and it was Wyoming Area. To be fair, when you lose your top 2 pitchers and only return 3 starters in general, chances are that outsiders aren't going to think highly of you going into the season. Wyoming Area is surprising in that they're undefeated and have looked impressive in doing so and earning the No 5 ranking in this week's countdown. They will have some tests coming up this as they play Crestwood and Valley West.


SURPRISE NO 2
Crestwood was a team I did not see coming. Their first game was a 1-0 loss to Coughlin and they had chances to potentially take the game if they got a timely hit. Then they played the next week and beat Hazleton Area and Valley West 1-0 on the road on back-to-back days. What did they do this week, you ask? They rattled off 3 straight victory to extend the winning streak to 5 and outscored their opponents 30-10. They are also in a tie for first place with Valley West. They have a tough test on Monday as they host Wyoming Area.


SURPRISE NO 3
Holy Redeemer was just a team that was gutted by graduation. If you would have told me that Redeemer would be in first place, I wouldn't have bought it. The Royals did have a No 1 in Tony Moltoris but I wasn't positive who their No 2 would be. Enter sophomore Sean Wills, who is 2-0 with an ERA of 0 with 8 strikeouts. His victories were against Nanticoke and Hanover Area and the victory against Hanover Area was a shutout. The big thing about this team is that they only have 4 seniors, and only 1 plays.


SURPRISE NO 4
When making my pre-season Top 25, I had some thoughts about putting Meyers on the list. I ultimately didn't because I wasn't sure about the pitching. Well, their strength has been their pitching thus far. They are tied for first place with Holy Redeemer. Ryan Gilgallon has turned into the ace of the Mohawks staff. He's 3-0, an ERA of 1 and 14 strikeouts.


SURPRISE NO 5
This was something that no one would see coming nor did I think it could actually happen. That something was back-to-back no-hitters by Dallas pitcher Lee Eckert. When you usually throw a no-hitter, you usually don't think it could happen again. True, he did have a bad outing against Wyoming Area but that doesn't invalidate what he accomplished. There are pitchers that are going Division 1 and might give up a hit or two but to throw a no-hitter let alone back-to-back is just a daunting task.

Pittston Area at Crestwood Baseball

Pittston Area and Crestwood continued their rivalry on Friday afternoon in Mountain Top. The Comets were looking for  Colin Macko got the start on the mound and the Patriots countered with Chris Merithew. Colin Macko started the top of the first with a 1-2-3 inning. Chris Merithew would also have a 1-2-3 1st with a little help from his defense and himself. Justin Darden had a hard hit ball to third caught by Turonis and then for the final out of the inning, Merithew caught a liner non-chalantly for the out. Riley Brody led off the 2nd by getting hit by a pitch, would later advance on a passed ball and then advanced to third when Turonis reached on an error. Brody would later score on a wild pitch to give the Patriots a 1-0 lead. Two strikeouts and a fielder's choice would end the top of the 2nd. Colin Macko led off the top of the 2nd with a single, Taleroski came in to courtesy run and would advance to second on a stolen base. Tim Kindler drew a walk, then RJ Kresge sacrificed to the pitcher to move Taleroski and Kindler to 2nd and 3rd. Corey Chalk would draw a walk to load the bases. Jimmy Albee would hit a hard hit ball that was misplayed and Taleroski scored to tie the game at 1 and everyone ended up safe. Steve Wegener then followed with a single that scored Kindler to give the Comets a 2-1 lead. Derek Distasio then hit a sac fly to left to score Chalk and make it 3-1. Darden would then reach on an error and the error resulted in Albee and courtesy runner Mike Paranich to score and make it 5-1 after 2 innings. Joe DeLucca doubled to lead off the 3rd and would advance to third when O'Fier grounded out to second. DeLucca would score on an RBI double by CJ Pisack to cut Crestwood's lead to 5-2. Macko got into a jam later on in the inning. He would walk Brody and Merithew to load up the bases with 2 outs but Macko would answer with a strikeout to get out of it. Macko led off the inning with a single but courtesy runner Matt Taleroski would be caught stealing third for the first out of the 3rd. Tim Kindler would hit a ball to center but would end up being caught by a diving DeLucca for the second out. RJ Kresge would reach base by getting hit by a pitch, then advanced to 2nd on a passed ball, then Corey Chalk singled to score Kresge to make it 6-1 but Chalk would be out trying to advance to second. Jeff Donnora would lead off the top of the 4th with a bunt single and would advance to second and third on errant pick off throws and would score when Albert Zuba grounded out to second to cut the lead to 6-3. A groundout and a flyout ended the top half of the 4th. Derek Distasio hit a two-out single and Justin Darden drew a walk but a flyout to right ended the inning. CJ Pisack led off with a bloop single and would advance to second on a wild pitch and advance to third on a ground ball to second and score on an RBI groundout by Kyle Turonis to make it 6-4 A flyout ended the top half of the 5th. Alex McAndrew came in of relief of Merithew. Macko lead off with his third hit of the night, a double down the right field line, Tim Kindler drew a walk and then Kresge walked to lead the bases. Aidan Joplin entered to pitch for the Patriots. Jimmy Albee singled home Taleroski to make it 7-4 but a strikeout and a groundout ended the inning. Matt Trimmer relieved Colin Macko after 5 innings of work. Trimmer would give up a 2 out single to Albert Zuba but a groundout ended the top of the 6th. Brett Caladie would lead off by reaching on an error, then Graves hitting a single. Matt Trimmer would move over Caladie and Graves to second and third on a sacrifice bunt. Tim Kindler would end up grounding out but the first basemen ended up losing the ball and Caladie would score to make it 8-4. RJ Kresge then followed with a single to score Graves and a 9-4 lead, then Chalk doubled to left to make it 10-4 after 6. Trimmer threw a 1-2-3 7th inning to record the save and the Comets would win their 5th straight game.


Thoughts on the game: The bats keep on going for Crestwood this week. After only scoring 2 runs last week, they scored a total of 30 runs totals this week. Colin Macko overall had a great game, both at the plate and on the mound. On the mound, the sophomore went 5 innings and got the win. At the plate, he had 3 hits with a double. For Pittston Area, CJ Pisack had a good game at the plate, going 2 for 4 with an RBI double.


Pittston Area 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Crestwood 0 5 1 0 1 3 x 10


Pittston Area
CF Joe DeLucca 3 1 1 0
SS O'Fier 4 0 0 0
1B Pisack 4 1 2 1
C Shamnoski 0 0 0 0
DH Brody 2 1 0 0
3B Turonis 3 0 0 1
P Merithew 1 0 0 0
P McAndrew 0 0 0 0
P Joplin 0 0 0 0
2B Krawczyk 2 0 0 0
PH John DeLucca 1 0 0 0
LF Donnora 3 1 1 0
RF Zuba 3 0 1 1


Crestwood
SS Distasio 3 0 1 1
2B Darden 2 0 0 0
2B Caladie 1 1 0 0
3B Tokach 0 0 0 0
DH Graves 4 1 1 0
P Macko 3 2 3 0
P Trimmer 0 0 0 0
LF Kindler 2 1 0 0
CF Kresge 2 2 2 1
1B Chalk 3 1 2 2
RF Albee 3 1 1 2
RF Taleroski 1 0 0 0
C Wegener 3 1 1 1


Pitching
Pittston Area
Merithew (L) 4 IP 6 R 3 ER 5 H 0 K 3 BB
McAndrew 0+ IP 1 R 1 ER 2 H 0 K 1 BB
Joplin 2 IP 3 R 0 ER 3 H 2 K 0 BB


Crestwood
Macko (W) 5 IP 4 R 4 ER 4 H 4 K 3 BB
Trimmer (S) 2 IP 0 R 0 ER 1 H 2 K 0 BB

Dallas at Crestwood Baseball

Crestwood coming off a big upset victory over Valley West, hosted Dallas. Dallas was just handed their first loss on Monday against Wyoming Area. Matt Mickowski was the starter for Crestwood and Christo Huntingdon started for Dallas. Mickowski started the game with a 1-2-3 inning. Derek Distasio led off the bottom of the 1st with a single. Then with two outs, Colin Macko hit a single to score Distasio for a 1-0 Comets lead. Tim Kindler then followed with a single but a ground out to second ended the 1st. Mickowski threw another 1-2-3 inning to retire 6 in a row. Brandon Brozena drew a leadoff walk, Brozena advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jimmy Albee, he then advanced to third on a passed ball. Steve Wegener then drew a walk, then courtesy runner Matt Taleroski stole second to give them a second and third with one out. Derek Distasio would then single to score Brozena and Wegener to make it 3-0 Comets. Darden then followed with a walk then Graves singled and Distasio would score when the ball went past the outfielder to make it 4-0. A pop out and a groundout ended the inning. Ryan Martin led by getting hit by a pitch but Mickowski would then retire the next 3 to end the top of the 3rd. RJ Kresge would led off the inning with a single and would advance to 3rd when the outfielder misplayed the ball and would score on a bloop single by Brandon Brozena to make it 5-0. Wegener would then hit a one out single. Justin Darden hit a 2 out single to score Brozena and courtesy runner Matt Taleroski scored when attempting to go home, looked like he would be out but the cut off man over threw to the catcher and it was 7-0 Crestwood. Graves would then single home Darden for an 8-0 lead. JD Barrett lead off the 4th with a single to break up the no-hitter. Barrett advanced to second when Simpson hit a ball to first for the first out. Yurko then singled to move Barrett to third. Lee Eckert would ground into a fielder's choice to score Barrett to end Crestwood's shutout streak at 20 innings. Mickowski would then get a strikeout to end the top of the 4th. Brandon Brozena hit a two out single followed by a Jimmy Albee walk but a flyout ended the threat. Mickowski then threw another 1-2-3 inning in the 5th. Derek Distasio led off with a single, advanced to second when Graves singled. Graves would be out on a forceout but Distasio moved to third. He scored when Paranich attempted to steal second and the throw was overthrown to make it 9-1. Matt Mickowski had another 1-2-3 inning. Brandon Brozena singled to lead off the bottom of the 6th then pinch hitter Anthony Kovalchik singled to move Brozena to second. Derek Distasio would then double to score Brozena and Kovalchik advanced to third. Brett Caladie would then single home Kovalchik to give Crestwood the victory in 6 innings 11-1.


Thoughts on the game: Crestwood got the bats going today. Matt Mickowski had another great start, I thought that was his best start of the season. Derek Distasio hit very well, going 4 for 5 and so did Brandon Brozena for his first varsity start, going 3 for 3 with a walk and an RBI.


Dallas 0 0 0 1 0 0   1
Crestwood 1 3 4 0 1 2 11


Dallas
SS Giacometti 3 0 0 0
2B Barrett 3 1 1 0
C Simpson 3 0 0 0
1B Yurko 2 0 1 0
3B/P Patton 0 0 0 0
P Oschal 0 0 0 0
DH Eckert 2 0 0 1
LF Kocher 2 0 0 0
CF Martin 1 0 0 0
RF Wargo 2 0 0 0
RF Kovalick 0 0 0 0
P Huntington 1 0 0 0
3B Markowski 1 0 0 0
3B Lydon 0 0 0 0


Crestwood
SS Distasio 5 3 4 3
2B Darden 3 1 1 1
2B Caladie 1 0 1 1
3B Graves 4 0 3 1
1B Macko 3 0 1 1
PH Paranich 1 0 0 0
1B Chalk 0 0 0 0
LF Kindler 3 0 1 0
CF Kresge 4 1 1 0
P Mickowski 0 0 0 0
DH Brozena 3 3 3 1
RF Albee 1 0 0 0
PH Kovalchik 1 1 1 0
C Wegener 3 2 1 0


Pitching
Dallas
Huntington (L) 1.1 IP 4 R 4 ER 4 H 1 K 3 BB
Patton 3.1 IP 5 R 5 ER 9 H 1 K 1 BB
Oschal 0.2 IP 2 R 2 ER 4 H 0 K 0 BB


Crestwood
Mickowski (W) 6 IP 1 R 1 ER 2 H 4 K 0 BB

Buffalo at SWB Railriders Game 11

The Buffalo Bison and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders started up their 4 game series on Monday evening. Drew Hutchison was the starter for Buffalo. Kyle Haynes got the start for the Railriders. Haynes started the game with a 1-2-3 1st inning. Ben Gamel led off the bottom of the first with a single then scored when Aaron Judge doubled to center for a 1-0 Railriders lead. Hutchison retired the next 3 to end the bottom of the 1st. With one out in the top of the 2nd,  Casey Kotchman hit a home run to right to tie the game at 1. Junior Lake then followed with a double to right then scored on a single to right to give Buffalo a 2-1 lead. AJ Jimenez reached on a throwing error, but Matt Dominguez was out at third on a throw by Aaron Judge. Jio Mier singled but a ground out to first ended the top of the 2nd. Chris Parmelee doubled to right with one out then scored when Pete Kozma singled to left to tie the game at 2 but was out trying to get second. Jonathan Diaz would then single but would be out trying to stretch it out to a double. Andy Burns led off the top of the third with a walk, then Domonic Brown singled to center then Jesus Montero drew a walk to load the bases. The Bison would take the lead 3-2 when Kotchman grounded into a double play. Junior Lake would then hit a 2-run home run to left to make it 5-2. A fly out ended the top half of the 3rd. Ben Gamel led off with a single to right but would be eliminated when Judge grounded into a 5-4-3 double play and then a ground out ended the inning. Dalton Pompey drew a two out walk then Andy Burns singled to right but a strikeout ended the top of the 4th. With one out, Nick Swisher hit a long home run to right for his first of the year to make it 5-3 but a ground out and a strikeout ended the 4th. Jesus Montero hit a lead off double to right, then scored when Matt Dominguez singled to left to make it 6-3 Buffalo. A strikeout ended the top of the 5th. Pete Kozma led off with a double to left then scored when Jonathan Diaz tripled to center to cut Buffalo's lead to 6-4 then Ben Gamel cut it to 6-5 when he hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Diaz. A flyout ended the 5th. Vinnie Pestano entered the game to pitch for the Railriders in the 6th and threw a 1-2-3 inning. Nick Swisher hit a one-out single but Hutchison retired the next two to retire the side. James Pazos came in to pitch the 7th for the Railriders. Domonic Brown led off with a single, then Casey Kotchman drew a one out walk but the inning ended on a 4-6-3 double play. Chad Jenkins came in to pitch for Buffalo in the 7th. Jonathan Diaz and Ben Gamel each hit one out singles but Jenkins retired the next two to keep Buffalo's lead. Matt Dominguez drew a lead off walk but would be out when AJ Jimenez grounded into a 5-4-3 double play. Jio Mier then hit a two out single but a strikeout got Pazos out of the inning. Chad Girodo entered in the 8th to pitch for the Bison. Slade Heathcott led off with a bunt single and advance to 3rd when Heathcott attempted to steal second base and the catcher made a throwing error on the throw to second. Nick Swisher would then tie the game at 6 on a sac fly to center to score Heathcott. Chris Parmelee hit a two out single but a fly out ended the inning. Andy Burns led off the top of the 9th with a double to left. With one out in the top of the top of the 9th, Diego Moreno enters the game to pitch for the Railriders and Jesus Montero welcomed Moreno with a double to left, scoring Burns to give the Bison a 7-6 lead. Montero advanced to third on a double by Kotchman. Alexi Casilla entered the game as a pinch runner for Montero. Matt Dominguez hit a 2 out double to score Casilla and Kotchman to make it 9-6 Buffalo. A strikeout would end the inning for the Bison. Ryan Tepera comes in to close for the Bison. Ben Gamel and Aaron Judge each drew one out walks, would advance to 2nd and 3rd on a groundout to first, but Slade Heathcott struck out swinging to end the game and Buffalo took the first game of their four game series.


Buffalo 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 9
Railriders 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 6
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Buffalo
CF Pompey 4 0 0 0
2B Burns 4 2 2 0
RF Brown 5 1 2 0
DH Montero 4 1 2 1
PR-DH Casilla 0 1 0 0
1B Kotchman 4 2 2 1
LF Lake 5 2 2 2
3B Dominguez 4 0 3 4
C Jimenez 5 0 0 0
SS Mier 4 0 2 0


2B Lake, Montero (2), Burns, Kotchman, Dominguez
HR Kotchman, Lake


Railriders
LF Gamel 3 1 3 1
RF Judge 4 0 1 1
C Sanchez 5 0 0 0
CF Heathcott 5 1 1 0
1B Swisher 3 1 2 2
2B Solano 4 0 0 0
DH Parmelee 4 1 2 0
3B Kozma 4 1 2 1
SS Diaz 4 1 3 1


2B Judge, Parmelee, Kozma
3B Diaz
HR Swisher


Pitching
Buffalo
Hutchison 6 IP 10 H 5 R 5 ER 0 BB 6 K
Jenkins 1 IP 2 H 0 R 0 R 0 BB 0 K
Girodo (W 2-0) 1 IP 2 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 0 K
Tepera (S,1)  1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 1 K


Railriders
Haynes 5 IP 9 H 6 R 6 ER 3 BB 4 K
Pestano 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K
Pazos (L 1-1) 2.1 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 2 BB 1 K
Moreno 0.2 IP 3 H 2 R 2 ER 0 BB 2 K

Railriders Weekly Week 2

The Railriders started the season at 1-2 and since then they've won 6 of 7 and are now in first place of the IL North. The story of this week was great pitching performance but not getting run support while they're in the game. Kyle Haynes pitched a masterful game on Wednesday, going 6 innings, allowing 4 hits and striking out 3. Branden Pinder then went 3 innings and got the save, striking out 4. The next day at home against Syracuse, they got another great pitching performance from Tyler Cloyd and the bullpen. Gary Sanchez hit a walk-off 2-run home run in the 11th to give the Railriders the victory. On Monday night, Ben Gamel was a home run shy away of the cycle in the victory.


SWISHER DEBUTS FOR THE RAILRIDERS
Nick Swisher signed a minor league deal this week and was sent to the Railriders. Swisher is hitting .364 with a double and an RBI. He has been working in at first base and as the designated hitter.


RAILRIDERS HOT HITTERS
Donovan Solano has been hitting .391 this week. Aaron Judge hit .385 with 7 runs scored, 2 doubles, a home run and 4 RBIs.


LOCAL PRODUCTS ALERT
-Matt Wotherspoon is with AA Trenton in the Yankees organization. He is 1-0, has pitched in 8 innings with an ERA of 2.25 out of Trenton's bullpen. He also has 7 strikeouts and 4 walks.


-Ray Black is with AA Richmond in the Giants organization. He is 0-1,with 2 saves has pitched in 3.2 innings with an ERA of 9.82. He has struck out 8 and walked 4 out of Richmond's bullpen.


-Mike Papi has had one of his best weeks as a pro, he hit 2 home runs on Saturday and then on Sunday added another home run. He is currently in the Indians organization at High-A Lynchburg. On the season, he is hitting .314 with 9 runs scored, 5 doubles, 4 home runs and 9 RBIs.


-Joe McCarthy is with the Low-A Bowling Green Hot Rods. He is hitting .296 with 2 runs scored, 2 doubles and 9 RBIs.


-Cory Spangenburg with the San Diego Padres. He is hitting .233 with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, a home run and 7 RBIs.

Syracuse at SWB Railriders Game 10

The Syracuse Chiefs and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders played the finale of their four game series on Sunday afternoon. It was the Railriders' Chad Green vs the Chiefs Taylor Hill. Scott Sizemore and Matt Skole each hit two-out singles but a forceout ended the top of the first. Aaron Judge hit a one out single and advanced to second on a passed ball then Rob Refsnyder singled home Judge for a 1-0 Railriders lead. Refsnyder would advance to second on a stolen base but a strikeout ended the inning. Brian Goodwin hit a one out single to center, would be out at second on a forceout and then another forceout ended the inning. Pete Kozma hit a two out single to center but a bunt pop up ended the inning. Tony Campana singled to center with one out but Green would strikeout Sizemore and Matt Skole would fly out to left. Hill threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the 3rd. Jason Martinson led off the top of the 4th but would be erased on a 6-4-3 double play and then a flyout ended the inning. Hill retired the side in order in the 4th to retire 6 straight. Caleb Ramsey hit a one out single to left and then Tony Campana hit a two out single to left to move Ramsey to second but a ground out ended the threat. Hill made it 9 straight retired with another 1-2-3 inning. Green threw a 1-2-3 6th to keep the Railriders lead. Hill made it 12 with a 1-2-3 6th. Luis Cessa came in to pitch the 7th for the Railriders. Brian Goodwin led off the top of the 7th with a triple to right and then scored when Pedro Severino doubled to left to tie the game at 1. Severino advanced to third on a single by Caleb Ramsey. Trea Turner hit a ball to Refsnyder who threw out Severino at home for the first out. Tony Campana then loaded the bases with a single to left but Cessa would retire the next two to end the top of the 7th. Sammy Solis entered to pitch the 7th inning for the Chiefs and the streak reached 15 straight batters with a 1-2-3 7th. Cessa got the first two outs of the 8th but in came Tyler Webb to replace him with 2 outs in the 8th for the Railriders and Brian Goodwin got an infield single but a line out to short ended the top of the 8th. Lane Adams led off the bottom of the 8th with a single to center, then Kozma hit a sacrifice bunt to advance Adams to 2nd. Jonathan Diaz and Ben Gamel each walked then Aaron Judge hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Adams to give the Railriders a 2-1 lead. A fly out would end the 8th inning. Nick Goody came in for the 9th for the Railriders. Caleb Ramsey led off with a bunt single, but Goody would retire the final 3 batters to give the Railriders 3 of 4 games in the series.


Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  1
Railriders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x  2


Syracuse
SS Turner 5 0 0 0
CF Campana 5 0 3 0
2B Sizemore 5 0 1 0
DH Skole 4 0 1 0
3B Martinson 3 0 0 0
1B Freiman 4 0 0 0
LF Goodwin 4 1 3 0
C Severino 4 0 1 1
RF Ramsey 4 0 3 0


2B Severino
3B Goodwin


Railriders
LF Gamel 3 0 0 0
RF Judge 3 1 1 1
3B Refsnyder 4 0 1 1
DH Heathcott 3 0 0 0
C Sanchez 3 0 0 0
1B Parmelee 3 0 0 0
CF Adams 3 1 1 0
2B Kozma 2 0 1 0
SS Diaz 2 0 0 0


Pitching
Syracuse
Hill 6 IP 3 H 1 R 0 ER 0 BB 5 K
Solis 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Gott (L 2-1) 1 IP 1 H 1 R 1 ER 2 BB 0 K


Railriders
Green 6 IP 6 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 5 K
Cessa 1.2 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 2 K
Webb (W 1-0) 0.1 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 K
Goody (S, 1) 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K

Upsets, shutouts and parody

Well the weather broke and plenty of baseball and softball was played this past week. Though the week did start with some rain, there was some pretty interesting stuff that happened in District 2 Baseball and Softball. There were a few upsets, a bunch of shutouts and some interesting parody especially in WVC Division 3 and a few surprises. Who knows what could happen in this upcoming week or even as we get deeper into the regular season and playoffs. My Top 25 changed a bunch in both baseball and softball. Though the Top 2 in softball didn't change because neither fell this week but in baseball, there was certainly some change. Let's look at the week that was in District 2.


CRESTWOOD BASEBALL PULLS OFF UPSETS IN BACK-TO-BACK DAYS
Crestwood pulled off not one, but TWO big upsets this week. What was the most surprising both were 1-0 wins against Hazleton Area and Valley West on the road. The first time in ten years that Crestwood won against both of them on the road. Against Hazleton Area on Thursday afternoon, Matt Mickowski went the distance, throwing a 1-hitter, which was an infield single and Derek Distasio singled home Matt Taleroski in the top of the 7th as they pulled off the victory. Facing Valley West the next day, Brett Caldie singled home RJ Kresge in the 5th and James Graves went 6 1/3 innings, throwing a 4 hitter and Colin Macko got the save as Crestwood upset Valley West. The most amazing is that Crestwood's shutout streak stands at 17 innings and 1 run in 21 innings in league play. They face a three game week this week with the likes of Dallas, Tunkhannock and Pittston Area.


NANTICOKE SOFTBALL WINS TWO BIG GAMES THIS WEEK
The Nanticoke Trojanettes went and beat Tunkhannock on Wednesday afternoon 5-4 when Cassie Novakowski brought home Keira Brown. Then on Saturday afternoon, the Trojanettes had another nail-biter as they knocked off Wyoming Area 4-2 in ten innings.


LEE ECKERT DOES IT AGAIN
If anyone can recall Johnny Vander Meer, he was the only player in Major League history to throw back-to-back no-hitters. Well, Lee Eckert threw another no-hitter in a victory against Lake-Lehman. Their scoreless streak ended on Friday against Tunkhannock at 16 but they still got the victory on Friday afternoon. They play Wyoming Area on Monday with first place on the line then play at Crestwood on Tuesday who currently own the best shutout streak this season in the WVC then Valley West on Thursday.


HOLY REDEEMER SOFTBALL STAYS UNBEATEN
Holy Redeemer stayed unbeaten by knocking off Northwest 7-0 and Hanover Area 8-3.


WVC DIVISION 3 PARODY
For the first time in a while, it's looking like Division 3 can be a very interesting race, for the most part, Hanover Area has dominated this division. Here's what happened this week for this to occur. Wyoming Seminary knocked off Hanover Area 1-0, but then Hanover Area knocked off unbeaten Northwest. Meyers was at one point the only undefeated team but then fell to Holy Redeemer on Friday afternoon. This week could provide some separation with Meyers hosting Hanover Area on Monday and then Hanover Area hosting Holy Redeemer on Wednesday.


WEST SCRANTON BASEBALL SWEEPS SCRANTON
West Scranton starts off 3-0 as they swept their crosstown rival Scranton, including completing the sweep at PNC Field on Saturday night.


ABINGTON HEIGHTS SOFTBALL TAKES THREE GAMES IN THE WEEK
Abington Heights started off by knocking off Honesdale 12-1 on Tuesday, then on Wednesday, beat Scranton Prep 3-0 then the next day they completed their sweep of Scranton Prep by beating them 12-3.

Syracuse at SWB Railriders Game 8

The Syracuse Chiefs and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders continued their four game series on Friday night. Anthony Swarzak was the starter on the mound and Pablo Espino started for the Chiefs. Trea Turner led off the game with a double and moved to third on a grounder to second by Brendan Ryan. Scott Sizemore drew a walk and Matt Skole would double home Turner and Sizemore to give the Chiefs a 2-0 lead. Skole moved to third when Jason Martinson sac bunted to the catcher but Freiman struck out swinging to end the top of the first. Aaron Judge hit a one out home run to right to cut the Chiefs lead to 2-1 but back to back strikeouts ended the inning. Tony Campana singled with two outs but a forceout ended the inning. Espino threw a 1-2-3 2nd inning. Scott Sizemore drew a 1 out walk but a 6-4-3 double play ended the top of the 3rd. Espino retired the side on another 1-2-3 inning. Caleb Ramsey singled with two outs but a forceout ended the inning. Espino would make 9 in a row with another 1-2-3 inning. Trea Turner singled with one out but another 6-4-3 double play ended the threat. Donovan Solano singled to left with one out and Chris Parmelee walked. Pete Kozma doubled to left and scored Solano to tie the game at 2 but a pop out and a strikeout ended the 5th. Diego Moreno came in to the game for the Railriders. Matt Skole drew a one out walk but back to back strikeouts ended the top of the 6th. Sam Runion entered the game for Syracuse. Aaron Judge led off the inning by reaching on an error and then Rob Refsnyder walked and Judge moved over to third after a double play but Nick Swisher doubled home Judge to give the Railriders a 3-2 lead then Donovan Solano singled home Swisher. Runion got a strikeout to end the 6th. Caleb Ramsey led off the 7th with a double but Moreno retired the next 3 to end the top of the 7th. Ben Gamel hit a 2 out single to center and then Aaron Judge hit another single to center. Rob Refsnyder singled home Gamel to increase the lead to 5-2 and Judge would be at third for the final out of the 7th. James Pazos entered the game for the Railriders. Brendan Ryan drew a walk to lead off the 8th and Jason Martinson walked with two outs but Pazos got a strikeout to keep it 5-2. Erik Davis entered the game to pitch for the Chiefs. Nick Swisher and Donovan Solano each hit one out singles to make it first and second, but a 6-3 double play ended the inning. Caleb Ramsey lead off with a double to left and would score on a Trea Turner single. Conor Mullee comes in to pitch for the Railriders and would strike out Brendan Ryan to end the game and the Railriders have won their 5th straight game by knocking off the Chiefs 5-3.


Syracuse 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Railriders 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 x 5


Syracuse
2B Turner 5 1 3 1
SS Ryan 4 0 0 0
3B Sizemore 2 1 0 0
1B Skole 3 0 1 2
LF Martinson 3 0 0 0
DH Freiman 4 0 0 0
RF Ramsey 4 1 3 0
C Solano 4 0 0 0
CF Campana 4 0 1 0


2B Turner, Skole, Ramsey


Railriders
CF Gamel 4 1 1 0
RF Judge 4 2 2 1
3B Refsnyder 3 0 1 1
C Sanchez 4 0 0 0
DH Swisher 4 1 2 1
2B Solano 4 1 3 1
1B Parmelee 3 0 0 0
SS Kozma 3 0 1 1
LF Diaz 3 0 0 0


2B Kozma, Swisher
HR Judge


Pitching
Syracuse
Espino 5 IP 3 H 2 R 2 ER 1 BB 5 K
Runion (L 0-1) 2 IP 5 H 3 R 1 ER 1 BB 1 K
Davis 1 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K


Railriders
Swarzak 5 IP 5 H 2 R 2 ER 2 BB 4 K
Moreno (W 2-0) 2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 2 K
Pazos 1.2 IP 2 H 1 R 1 ER 2 BB 3 K
Mullee (S, 1) 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K

Crestwood at Valley West Baseball

Crestwood and Valley West played at Spartan Stadium on Friday afternoon. Crestwood looked to win their second conference game of the season and Valley West looked to stay unbeaten. Grant Powell got the start for the Spartans. James Graves started on the mound for Crestwood. Powell gave a one out single to Justin Darden but back to back strikeouts ended the top of the first. Ryan Hogan hit a 2 out single to left but Vought flew out to center to end the first inning. Curtis Tokach and Corey Chalk each hit one out singles but back to back strikeouts ended the top of the 2nd and kept it scoreless. Graves threw a 1-2-3 2nd inning to keep Valley West off the scoreboard. David McCue led off the top of the 3rd with a single and would be forced out at second on a groundout to short but Montalvo would advance to second on an overthrow and go to third on an errant pickoff but a groundout to third ended the third. Powell threw a 1-2-3 4th to keep the Comets off the scoreboard. Graves would match Powell with a 1-2-3 4th as well. RJ Kresge lead off the top of the 5th with a single and Jimmy Albee would sacrifice to third but would be reach on an error. Kresge and Albee both advanced one base for a second and third with no outs. Crestwood would finally break through when Brett Caladie singled home Kresge for a 1-0 Crestwood lead. Powell would retire the next three to end the top of the 5th. Dominic Bayo led off the bottom of the 4th with a single to right. Eric Raitter sacrificed to first base for the first out and then David McCue popped out to short. Mike Pollick came in to pinch hit for Dillon Yuhas, who would re-enter the game. Mike Pollick hit a ball hard to short, but Derek Distasio dove and caught it to end the 5th inning. Anthony Kovalchik came in to pinch hit for the Comets in the top of the 6th and singled to lead off the inning, but was forced out at second. RJ Kresge drew a 2 out wall but a fly out to left ended the top of the sixth. Mark Popson drew a one out walk and stole second and Ryan Hogan walked with one out but Justin Vought grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning. Colin Macko entered the game to pinch hit for the Comets and reached on an error but a pop out ended the inning. Tyler Yankosky grounded out to second for the first out and Dominic Bayo singled to give the Spartans a chance to tie the game. Colin Macko came in to pitch for the Comets and induced a grounder to third for the second out. David McCue walked with two outs but Dillon Yuhas grounded out to short for the final out of the game and the Comets pull off the upset of the Valley West Spartans 1-0.


Thoughts on the game: Another 1-0 game for Crestwood, they are 2-1 in those games. James Graves and Grant Powell pitched great games. Powell striking out 10 and only walking 1. The Crestwood defense played a great game, Derek Distasio's diving catch to end the 5th inning was one of the best catches I saw and then an inning-ending double play in the 6th was a big momentum swing for the Comets.


Crestwood 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  1
Valley West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0


Crestwood
SS Distasio 4 0 0 0
C Wegener 0 0 0 0
DH Darden 3 0 1 0
DH/P Macko 1 0 0 0
P Graves 4 0 0 0
C Kaminski 0 0 0 0
LF Kindler 2 0 0 0
PH Kovalchik 1 0 1 0
3B Tokach 3 0 0 0
1B Chalk 3 0 1 0
CF Kresge 2 1 2 0
RF Albee 2 0 0 0
2B Caladie 3 0 1 1


Valley West
CF Montalvo 3 0 0 0
SS Popson 2 0 0 0
PR Sott 0 0 0 0
C Hogan 2 0 1 0
RF Vought 3 0 0 0
1B Yankosky 3 0 0 0
LF Bayo 3 0 2 0
PR Ruff 0 0 0 0
P Powell 0 0 0 0
DH Raitter 2 0 0 0
3B McCue 2 0 1 0
2B Yuhas 2 0 0 0
PH Pollick 1 0 0 0


Pitching
Crestwood
Graves (W 1-0)  6.1 IP 0 R 0 ER 4 H 3 K 2 BB
Macko (S, 1) 0.2 IP 0 R 0 ER 0 H 0 K 1 BB


Valley West
Powell (L 1-1) 7 IP 1 R 1 ER 6 H 10 K 1 BB

Syracuse at SWB Railriders Game 7

The SWB Railriders returned home after a 3 game sweep of the Pawtucket Red Sox and took on the Syracuse Chiefs. Taylor Jordan got the start for the Chiefs. Tyler Cloyd was the starting pitcher for the Railriders. The Railriders also welcomed Nick Swisher to their lineup. Brendan Ryan drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch and back-to-back strikeouts by Cloyd ended the inning. Jordan started the bottom of the 1st with a 1-2-3 inning. Brian Goodwin drew a one-out walk but a popout and a fly out ended the top of the 2nd. Gary Sanchez hit a one out double to center and Nick Swisher singled to move Gary Sanchez to third. Cesar Puello grounded into a fielder's choice from third, forcing out Swisher and Jordan got a fly out to left to end the 2nd. Tony Campana led off the top of the 3rd with a walk, but Cloyd retired the next 3 batters to keep the game scoreless. Jordan threw another 1-2-3 inning to end the third inning. Brian Goodwin hit a 2 out double to left but Cloyd induced a popout to end the top half of the 4th. Jordan threw another 1-2-3 inning in the fourth. Caleb Ramsey led off the top of the 5th with a walk and top prospect Trea Turner hit a one out single to right, but a line out and a forceout ended the threat. Pete Kozma hit a two out ground rule double to left center but a groundout kept Kozma at second to end the 5th. Tyler Webb came in to pitch for the Railriders replacing Tyler Cloyd. Aaron Judge hit a one out single to right but a groundout and a strikeout ended the top of the 6th scoreless. Webb threw a 1-2-3 7th inning. Sammy Solis entered to pitch for the Chiefs in the 7th and threw a 1-2-3 inning. Webb would throw another 1-2-3 inning in the 8th. Solis retired the side in order again in the 8th. Nick Goody entered the game in the 9th to pitch for the Railriders and threw a 1-2-3 9th inning. Trevor Gott came in to pitch for the Chiefs in the ninth. Aaron Judge led off with a walk, Rob Refsnyder singled to move Judge to 3rd and Slade Heathcott would be intentionally walked to load the bases. Gary Sanchez would fly out to center and Swisher grounded into a forceout to Syracuse first basemen Matt Skole who threw home to force out Judge and Cesar Puello struck out swinging to end the 9th and force extra innings. Caleb Ramsey led off the top of the tenth with a single advancing to second on a sac bunt by Tony Campana and Trea Turner walked. After Nick Goody struck out Brendan Ryan, Vinnie Pestano came in to the game to pitch for the Railriders and would strike out Scott Sizemore to end the top of the tenth. Gott retired the side 1-2-3 to end the tenth. Pestano would throw a 1-2-3 11th inning. Nick Masset came in to pitch for the Chiefs. Slade Heathcott reached on an error with two outs and then Gary Sanchez hit a walk-off home run to left field and the Railriders took the victory 2-0 in 11 innings.




Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Railriders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2




Syracuse
SS Turner 4 0 1 0
3B Ryan 4 0 0 0
2B Sizemore 5 0 0 0
1B Skole 5 0 0 0
DH Martinson 5 0 0 0
CF Goodwin 4 0 2 0
C Severino 4 0 0 0
RF Ramsey 3 0 1 0
LF Campana 2 0 0 0




2B Goodwin




Railriders
3B Solano 5 0 0 0
RF Judge 4 0 1 0
DH Refsnyder 5 0 1 0
CF Heathcott 4 1 0 0
C Sanchez 5 1 2 2
1B Swisher 4 0 1 0
LF Puello 4 0 0 0
SS Kozma 4 0 1 0
2B Diaz 4 0 0 0






2B Sanchez, Kozma


HR Sanchez




Pitching
Syracuse
Jordan 6 IP 4 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 6 K
Solis 2 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 3 K
Gott 2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 1 K
Masset (L 0-1) 0.2 IP 1 H 2 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 K


Railriders
Cloyd 5 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 4 BB 3 K
Webb 3 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Goody 1.2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 4 K
Pestano (W 1-0) 1.1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 3 K

Crestwood at Hazleton Area Baseball

Crestwood came to Hazleton Area Thursday afternoon, Crestwood came in looking for their first conference win of the season. Hazleton Area looking to go above .500 in conference play. Matt Mickowski got the start on the mound for Crestwood meanwhile Scott Shamany got the start for Hazleton Area. Derek Distasio and James Graves drew 1-out walks to give it first and second but back-to-back strikeouts ended the top half of the first. Bubba Klein led off the bottom of the first with a walk, but Mickowski would retire the next three batters to end the first inning. Justin Darden got a one out to single to left field but a strikeout and a flyout ended the threat. Mickowski would throw a 1-2-3 2nd inning to keep the game scoreless after 2. Distasio and Graves again drew 1-out walks in the top of the third but a flyout and strikeout kept Crestwood off the scoreboard. Ryan Pietrzyk led off the bottom of the 3rd with a walk, Dominic Yannuzzi came in to pinch run for the Cougars. Yannuzzi advanced to second on a pitch and Chris Heim sacrificed to the pitcher to move Yannuzzi to third with one out. Klein would hit a ball hard to the third basemen but Yannuzzi did not score and then a strikeout and a grounder back to Mickowski ended the 3rd. Darden drew a one out walk and Jimmy Albee singled for a first and second, then each moved to second and third on a stolen base but Steve Wegener hit a ground ball to third, Justin Darden tried to go home and ended up in a pickle and was tagged out for the second out, then a flyout ended the top of the 4th. Mickowski threw a 1-2-3 4th to keep it scoreless. Shamany worked around 2 walks in the top of the fifth to keep it scoreless. Chris Heim drew a 2 out walk but a strikeout ended the inning. Bubba Klein came in to pitch for the Cougars and threw a 1-2-3 6th inning. The Cougars make it interesting in the bottom of the 6th. Livan Reinoso reached on a error with 2 outs and Adan Reinoso walked. Dayan Reinoso would hit a ball to short right field and Jimmy Albee drove to end the bottom of the sixth and still scoreless. Anthony Kovalchik came in to pinch hit for the Comets and was hit by a pitch and replaced by Matt Taleroski as a pinch runner. Matt Taleroski would attempt second base and would get it and would go to third after an overthrow by the catcher. Derek Distasio would then single home Taleroski to give the Comets a 1-0 lead. Colin Macko was intentionally walk for a first and second with 1 out but a ball back to the pitcher and a strikeout ended the top of the 7th. Mickowski threw a 1-2-3 7th to give the Comets a 1-0 victory.


Thoughts on the game: Tight game throughout. Matt Mickowski pitched very well, giving up only an infield single. Both teams left plenty of runners on base.


Crestwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hazleton Area 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Crestwood
CF Kresge 3 0 0 0
PH Kovalchik 0 0 0 0
PR Taleroski 0 1 0 0
SS Distasio 2 0 1 1
P Mickowski 0 0 0 0
DH Graves 1 0 0 0
1B Macko 3 0 0 0
PR Paranich 0 0 0 0
1B Chalk 0 0 0 0
3B Tokach 3 0 0 0
LF Kindler 4 0 0 0
2B Darden 2 0 1 0
RF Albee 3 0 1 0
C Wegener 3 0 0 0


Hazleton Area
CF/P Klein 2 0 1 0
2B Pineda 3 0 0 0
SS Arias 3 0 0 0
RF L Reinoso 3 0 0 0
C A Reinoso 2 0 0 0
P Shamany 0 0 0 0
RF Perkowski 0 0 0 0
DH D Reinoso 2 0 0 0
DH Stauffer 1 0 0 0
3B Valerio 3 0 0 0
1B Pietrzyk 2 0 0 0
PR Yannuzzi 0 0 0 0
LF Heim 1 0 0 0


Pitching
Crestwood
Mickowski (W 1-1) 7 IP 0 R 0 ER 1 H 5 K 4 BB


Hazleton Area
Shamany 5 IP 0 R 0 ER 2 H 5 K 7 BB
Klein (L 0-1) 2 IP 1 R 1 ER 1 H 2 K 1 BB

MLB Roundup April 13th

Mets 2 Marlins 1
Kevin Plawecki drove in both runs and Logan Verrett struck out 6 in 6 innings as the Mets snapped a 4 game losing streak. Adam Conley struck out 9 in 6 innings pitched for the Marlins.


Angels 5 Athletics 1
Albert Pujols and Kole Calhoun each drove in 2 runs each and Matt Shoemaker allowed 1 hit through 6 innings, striking out 5 as the Angels swept the A's. Marcus Semien homered for the Athletics.


Mariners 4 Rangers 2 (10)
Dae-Ho Lee hit a pinch-hit two-run home run as the Mariners avoided a sweep as they knocked off the Rangers. Delino DeShields homered for the Rangers.


Phillies 2 Padres 1
Maikel Franco drove in both runs, hitting a homer and doubling as the Phillies knock off the Padres. Brett Wallace drove in the Padres lone run.


Nationals 3 Braves 0
Stephen Drew and Jayson Werth each homered and Tanner Roark struck out 4 in 7 innings as the Nationals kept the Braves winless once again. AJ Pierzynski went 2 for 4 for the Braves.


Blue Jays 7 Yankees 2
Ryan Goins went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs with a run scored as the Blue Jays beat the Yankees. Mark Teixeira homered for the Yankees.


Indians 4 Rays 1
Jason Kipnis homered and Carlos Carrasco went 8 innings, striking out 8 as the Indians knocked off the Rays. Curt Casali drove in the Rays lone run with a double.


Tigers 7 Pirates 3
Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a grand slam for his 100th home run as the Tigers took down the Pirates. Francisco Cervelli, Gregory Polanco and Andrew McCutchen each drove in a run for the Pirates.


Red Sox 4 Orioles 2
Xander Bogearts went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs as the Red Sox snapped the Orioles 7 game winning streak. Chris Davis homered for the Orioles.


Cubs 9 Reds 2
Kris Bryant hit his first home run of the season as the Cubs took down the Reds. Jay Bruce and Ivan De Jesus drove in runs for the Reds.


White Sox 3 Twins 0
Jerry Sands homered and Carlos Rodon went 6 innings, striking out 6 as the White Sox kept the Twins winless. Phil Hughes struck out 7 for the Twins.


Royals 4 Astros 2
Salvador Perez broke a 2-2 tie with a 2 run home run in the 8th as the Royals took down the Astros. Jose Altuve homered for the Astros.


Brewers 6 Cardinals 4
Domingo Santana broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the ninth with a 2 run home run, he also added a double as the Brewers took down the Cardinals. Brandon Moss homered for the Cardinals.


Rockies 10 Giants 6
Nolan Arenado hit 2 home runs and drove in 7 and Trevor Story hit 2 triples as the Rockies beat the Giants. Brandon Belt homered for the Giants.


Dodgers 3 Diamondbacks 1
Adrian Gonzalez homered and Kenley Jansen made a five out save as Dodgers took down the Diamondbacks. Nick Ahmed homered for the Diamondbacks.

SWB Railriders at Pawtucket Game 6

The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders finished up their three game series this Wednesday afternoon. Henry Owens got the start on the mound for the Paw Sox. Kyle Haynes was the starting pitcher for the Railriders. Owens started the game with a 1-2-3 inning. Kyle Haynes only allowed a two out walk to Sam Travis and would advance on a wild pitch but Haynes induced a fly out to end the 1st. Donovan Solano, Cesar Puello and Chris Parmelee each drew one out walks to load the bases. Eddy Rodriguez groundout to second to score Solano for a 1-0 Railriders lead. Owens kept them to 1 run when Kozma lined out to center. Chris Dominguez reached on an error with one out but would be erased on a 4-6-3 double play at the end of the 2nd. The bottom of the 3rd would be the most interesting for the Red Sox. Deven Marrero hit a 2 out double to left and Marco Hernandez singled to move Marrero to third, making it first and third with two outs but Sam Travis ground into a forceout to end the 3rd. Ben Gamel would hit a double to right with one out, but a pop up and a ground out ended the top of the 5th. Haynes would throw a 1-2-3 5th. Rob Refsnyder lead off the 6th with a single but would be erased on a 5-4-3 double play. Cesar Puello would get hit by a pitch with two out but a strikeout kept the game 1-0 in favor of the Railriders at the end of 5. Justin Maxwell would draw a 2 out walk but would end up getting caught stealing second base for the third out of the 6th. Jorge Marban entered the game in the 7th for Pawtucket. Eddy Rodriguez lead off the 7th with a single but then Kozma grounded into a 4-6-3 double play and then Ben Gamel struck out to end the top of the 7th. Branden Pinder came in to pitch for the Railriders. Ryan LaMarre singled with two outs and advanced to second on a stolen base, but Dan Butler ended up flying out right to end the 7th. Heath Hembree entered the game to pitch for the Red Sox in the 8th and threw a 1-2-3 8th. Pinder would throw a 1-2-3 8th. Hembree threw a 1-2-3 9th to keep the game 1-0 Railriders going to the bottom of the 9th. Pinder would strike out Sam Travis for the first out. Justin Maxwell would pop out to Refsnyder for the second out. Chris Marrero would then fly out to Ben Gamel for the third out and the Railriders would sweep the Red Sox in Pawtucket.


NICK SWISHER SIGNS MINOR LEAGUE DEAL WITH YANKEES
Nick Swisher has signed a minor league deal with the Yankees, he will be assigned to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders.


Railriders 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pawtucket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Railriders
CF Gamel 4 0 1 0
RF Judge 4 0 0 0
LF Heathcott 3 0 0 0
2B Refsnyder 4 0 1 0
3B Solano 3 1 0 0
DH Puello 1 0 0 0
1B Parmelee 3 0 0 0
C Rodriguez 3 0 1 1
SS Kozma 3 0 0 0


2B Gamel


Pawtucket
3B D Marrero 4 0 1 0
SS Hernandez 4 0 1 0
1B Travis 3 0 0 0
DH Maxwell 3 0 0 0
RF Craig 1 0 0 0
RF C Marrero 3 0 0 0
LF Dominguez 3 0 1 0
CF LaMarre 3 0 1 0
C Butler 3 0 0 0
2B Coyle 3 0 0 0


2B D Marrero


Pitching
Railriders
Haynes (W 1-0) 6 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 3 K
Pinder (S 1) 3 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 4 K


Pawtucket
Owens (L 1-1) 6 IP 2 H 1 R 1 ER 4 BB 6 K
Marban 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K
Hembree 2 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 5 K

MLB Roundup April 12th

Tigers 8 Pirates 2
Ian Kinsler and Justin Upton homered as the Tigers took down the Pirates. Starling Marte had a double and a home run for the Pirates.


Diamondbacks 4 Dodgers 2
Paul Golschmidt and Nick Ahmed homered as the Diamondbacks snapped a 2 game losing as they knocked off the Dodgers. Kenta Maeda went 6 innings, getting a no-decision and striking out 4.


Nationals 2 Braves 1
Bryce Harper had a 2-run double as the Nationals kept the Braves winless at 0-7. Kelly Johnson drove in the lone run for the Braves. Jhoulys Chacin went 6 innings, striking out 8.


Phillies 3 Padres 0
Odubel Herrera and Maikel Franco each drove in a run as the Phillies beat the Padres. Melvin Upton went 2 for 3 for the Padres, who have been shut out for the 4th time this season.


Yankees 3 Blue Jays 2
Jacoby Ellsbury drove in the winning run in the top of the 7th as the Yankees took down the defending AL East Champion Toronto Blue Jays. Jose Bautista hit a 2-run double in the bottom of the 3rd for the Blue Jays.


Marlins 2 Mets 1
Martin Prado hit a sac fly to score Dee Gordon as the Marlins sent the Mets to their 4th straight loss. Lucas Duda drove in the lone run for the Mets.


Orioles 9 Red Sox 5
JJ Hardy hit 2 HRs and Mark Trumbo added a home run as the Orioles stayed undefeated as they knocked off the Red Sox. David Ortiz homered for the Red Sox.


Rays 5 Indians 1
Logan Forsythe and Evan Longoria each homered in the 8th as the Rays took down the Indians. Francisco Lindor homered for the Indians.


Giants 7 Rockies 2
Trevor Brown hit 2 home runs and Hunter Pence added a home run as the Giants took down the Rockies. Jeff Samardzija went 8 innings, striking out 5. Nolan Arenado drove in a run for the Rockies.


Royals 3 Astros 2
Lorenzo Cain hit a 3-run home run in the 1st and Kris Medlen struck out 7 in 5 innings as the Royals beat the Astros. Colby Rasmus and Tyler White drove in a run for the Astros.


Rangers 8 Mariners 0
Adrian Beltre homered and Elvis Andrus went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI as the Rangers shutout the Mariners. Wade Miley struck out 7 for the Mariners.


Angels 5 Athletics 4
Geovanny Soto hit a 2 run HR in the 9th inning as the Angels came from behind to beat Oakland. Marcus Semien homered twice for the Athletics.

SWB Railriders at Pawtucket Game 5

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders and the Pawtucket Red Sox played the 2nd game of their series on Tuesday night. Roenis Elias was the starting pitcher for the Paw Sox. Chad Green got the start for the Railriders. Ben Gamel lead off the game with a walk, Judge would single to move Gamel to 3rd. Slade Heathcott would ground into a fielder's choice but everyone was safe due to a throwing error and Ben Gamel would score for a 1-0 and Aaron Judge went to 3rd. Gary Sanchez then followed with a walk, moving Heathcott to 2nd. Donovan Solano would then hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Judge for a 2-0 Railriders lead and would move Heathcott to third. A passed ball would score Heathcott for a 3-0 Railriders lead going to the bottom of the 1st inning. Josh Rutledge would hit a leadoff double to right and would later score on an RBI single to center to cut the Railriders' lead to 3-1 after 1 inning. Elias and Green would go pretty unscathed til the 4th when the Railriders struck. Ben Gamel lead off the 4th with a single to center and Aaron Judge followed with a single, but Gamel would be erased when he was caught stealing third but Gary Sanchez doubled to score Judge to increase the Railriders lead to 4-1. Robby Scott would then come in to the game for the Red Sox replacing Roenis Elias. Rob Refsnyder welcomed Scott with a triple to left field to score Sanchez and making it 5-1. Donovan Solano would then walk and Chris Parmelee singled home Refsnyder to make it 6-1. Cesar Puello would walk but Jonathan Diaz singled to score Solano and Parmelee to make it 8-1 and Puello would advance to 3rd on a throwing error. In all, the Railriders scored 5 runs in the top of the 4th. Chris Marrero and Ryan LaMarre each drew two out walks. Conor Mullee replaced Chad Green on the mound for the Railriders. Mullee would induce a ground out to force out LaMarre at second. Scott and Mullee would each throw a 1-2-3 in the 5th and 6th inning. Pat Light came in to pitch for Pawtucket. Jonathan Diaz drew a 1 out walk and Aaron Judge would single to center with two outs to move Diaz to third, but a strikeout ended the top of the 7th. Mullee would retire 7 straight with another 1-2-3 inning in the 7th inning. Solano would reach on an error with two out but a fly out ended the threat. James Pazos came in to pitch for the Railriders in the bottom of the 8th. Christian Vazquez drew a one out but was forced out at second and then a fly out ended the inning. Kyle Martin came in to pitch for the Paw Sox in the top of the 9th. Cesar Puello lead off the 9th with a single to center, then advanced on a wild pitch. Aaron Judge hit a 2 out double to right to score Puello and make it 9-1 Railriders. Sandy Leon lead off the bottom of the 9th with a single to right to start a rally. Deven Marrero grounded out to first and Chris Marrero struck out looking for the two outs, Ryan LaMarre walked but Josh Rutledge struck out to end the game. The Railriders won their second straight game by knocking the Pawtucket Red Sox 9-1.


Railriders 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1
Pawtucket 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Railriders
CF Gamel 5 1 2 0
RF Judge 6 2 4 1
DH Heathcott 6 1 0 0
C Sanchez 4 1 1 1
2B Refsnyder 5 1 1 1
3B Solano 3 1 1 1
1B Parmelee 3 1 1 1
LF Puello 4 1 2 0
SS Diaz 4 0 1 2


2B Sanchez, Judge
3B Refsnyder


Red Sox
3B Rutledge 5 1 1 0
2B Hernandez 3 0 0 0
C Vazquez 1 0 0 0
1B Travis 4 0 1 1
RF Maxwell 4 0 0 0
DH Leon 4 0 1 0
SS D Marrero 4 0 0 0
LF C Marrero 3 0 0 0
CF LaMarre 2 0 1 0


2B Rutledge


Pitching
Railriders
Green 3.2 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 4 K 5 BB
Mullee (W 1-0) 3.1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 6 K 0 BB
Pazos 2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 3 K 2 BB


Pawtucket
Elias (L 0-1) 3.2 IP 7 H 5 R 2 ER 4 K 4 BB
Scott 2.1 IP 3 H 3 R 3 ER 2 K 2 BB
Light 2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 3 K 1 BB
Martin 1 IP 2 H 1 R 1 ER 0 K 0 BB 

MLB Roundup April 11th

Pirates 7 Tigers 4
Gregory Polanco went 3 for 5 with two doubles and an RBI as the Pirates took the victory in Detroit. JD Martinez homered for the Tigers.


Orioles 9 Red Sox 7
Chris Davis hit a 3 run home run in the top of the 9th as the Orioles stayed undefeated at 6-0 as they win in Boston. Mookie Betts homered for the Red Sox.


Padres 4 Phillies 3
Alexi Amarista sacrificed to the pitcher to score Derek Norris in the 7th as the Padres spoiled the Phillies home opener. Cesar Hernandez tripled for the Phillies.


White Sox 4 Twins 1
Jose Quintana struck out 5 in 6 innings and Todd Frazier had an RBI double as the White Sox kept the Twins winless. Eddie Rosario had an RBI for the Twins.


Cardinals 10 Brewers 1
Michael Wacha struck out 7 in 6 innings and Matt Carpenter and Yadier Molina each had 2 RBIs as the Cardinals scored 9 runs in the first 3 innings as they won their home opener over Milwaukee. Cris Carter homered for the Brewers' lone run.


Nationals 6 Braves 4
Daniel Murphy homered and Max Scherzer struck 6 in 6 innings for the win as the Nationals kept the Braves winless. AJ Pierzynski drove in 2 for the Braves.


Marlins 10 Mets 3
Giancarlo Stanton homered and Adeiny Hechavarria drove in 3 as the Marlins took the victory. The Mets have lost 3 straight games. Yoenis Cespedes and Asdrubal Cabrera drove in a run each for the Mets.


Cubs 5 Reds 3
Addison Russell hit a 3-run HR in the 8th to give the Cubs the lead and Hector Rendon got a save as the Cubs came back to beat the Reds despite being no-hit for 6 2/3 innings. Brandon Phillips and Brandon Finnegan each drove in a run for the Reds.


Astros 8 Royals 2
George Springer and Jason Castro each had RBI triples to give the Astros the victory over Kansas City. Kendrys Morales hit a 2-run home run for the Royals only scoring.


Rangers 7 Mariners 3
Rougned Odor drove in 3 and Colby Lewis went 6 innings, striking out 6 as the Rangers beat the Mariners. Nelson Cruz homered for the Mariners.


Angels 4 Athletics 1
Mike Trout hit his first home run of the season and Nick Tropeano went 5 innings and had 6 strikeouts as the Angels took down the A's. Marcus Semien drove in the lone run for the A's.

SWB Railriders at Pawtucket

The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders played Monday night in Pawtucket. Brian Johnson was the starter for Pawtucket and Tyler Olson got the start for the Railriders. Ben Gamel started off the game with a single to center and ended up getting forced out on a fly out in center by Aaron Judge. Slade Heathcott singled with one out to right moving Judge to second, Heathcott would forced out at second on a ground ball to third. Donovan Solano singled home Judge for a 1-0 Railriders lead. Chris Parmelee popped out to end the top of the 1st. Christian Vazquez drew a walk with 2 outs but a strikeout ended the first. Pete Kozma drew a 2 out walk and then Gamel doubled on a line drive to center, advancing Kozma to third, but an strikeout ended the threat. Justin Maxwell led off the bottom of the 2nd with a single to left. However, a fly ball and two forceouts ended the inning. Donovan Solano hit a 2 out single to left but a fly out ended the threat. Josh Rutledge singled with one out but was forced out at second and Vazquez grounded out to end the inning. Johnson would throw a 1-2-3 4th inning. Justin Maxwell drew a one-out walk but a 4-6-3 double play ended the 4th. Roman Mendez came in for Pawtucket in the 5th. Ben Gamel led off with a triple, making him a home run of the cycle. Aaron Judge would then drive in Gamel on a double for a 2-0 Railriders lead. Aaron Judge would advance to third on the next batter on a wild pitch and Slade Heathcott fly out to right, scoring Judge for a 3-0 Railriders lead. Gary Sanchez would walk, moving Heathcott to second. Parmelee flew out to center, advancing Sanchez to third. Next batter, Cesar Puello hit a 3 run home run to right to make it a 6-0 lead. The home run was the first home run this season by the Railriders. Jonathan Diaz would ground out but the damage was done as they scored 5 runs in the inning. Vinnie Pestano came in to pitch for the Railriders. Chris Marrero led off the inning with a single to right, then Chris Dominguez doubled to left, moving Marrero to third. Pestano got a pop up and a strikeout for the 2 outs but Marco Hernandez singled to right, scoring Marrero and Dominguez to get the Paw Sox on the board and make it 6-2. Vazquez would strike out to end the 5th. Ben Gamel drew a one out walk, and would steal second but a strikeout and a ground out ended the top of the 6th. Diego Moreno came in to pitch for the Railriders. Sam Travis lead off the 6th with a single to center and would be erased on a 5-4-3 double play. Then a fly out ended the 6th. Anthony Varvaro enters the game to pitch for the Red Sox. Varvaro would throw a 1-2-3 7th inning. Moreno would follow with 1-2-3 inning as well. Varvaro would also have a 1-2-3 8th inning. Moreno then matched Varvaro with a 1-2-3 8th as well. Heath Hembree came in to pitch in the 9th for Pawtucket. Ben Gamel came to the plate leading off the top of the 9th, only needing a home run to complete the cycle, would ground out to second. Aaron Judge hit a one out single to right but a strikeout and a forceout ended the top of the 9th. Nick Goody entered to pitch for the Railriders. The Red Sox tried to create a rally when Sam Travis hit a solo shot to right to cut the Railriders' lead to 6-3. Maxwell would ground out and Deven Marrero would strike out for the two outs of the inning. Chris Marrero singled with two outs, but Chris Dominguez struck out to end the game and the Railriders would take the victory 6-3 in Pawtucket.


Railriders 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6
Pawtucket 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3


Railriders
LF Gamel 4 1 3 0
DH Judge 5 2 2 1
CF Heathcott 4 0 1 1
C Sanchez 4 1 0 0
2B Solano 4 1 3 1
1B Parmelee 4 0 0 0
RF Puello 4 1 1 3
SS Diaz 4 0 0 0
3B Kozma 3 0 0 0


2B: Gamel, Judge
3B: Gamel
HR: Puello


Pawtucket
3B Rutledge 4 0 1 0
2B Hernandez 4 0 1 2
C Vazquez 3 0 0 0
DH Travis 4 1 2 1
RF Maxwell 3 0 1 0
SS D Marrero 4 0 0 0
LF C Marrero 4 1 2 0
1B Dominguez 4 1 1 0
CF Coyle 3 0 0 0


2B: Dominguez
HR: Travis


Pitching
Railriders
Olson 4 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 3 Ks
Pestano 1 IP 3 H 2 R 2 ER 0 BB 2 Ks
Moreno (W 1-0) 3 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 Ks
Goody 1 IP 2 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 2 Ks


Pawtucket
Johnson (L 0-1) 4 IP 5 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 4 Ks
Mendez 2 IP 4 H 5 R 5 ER 2 BB 2 Ks
Varvaro 2 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 Ks
Hembree 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K

Railriders Weekly

-The weather has been brutal in this part of the US, with the Railriders already having 2 games postponed due to bad weather. They were able to play 3 games this week however.
-They went 1-2 on the week. Losing 2 of 3 to the Rochester Red Wings, winning 1 at PNC Field, losing 1 at PNC and another in Rochester.
-Slade Heathcott is off to a hot start, hitting .545




Now for some local District 2 products
-Matt Wotherspoon is currently in the Yankees farm system at Double-A Trenton. He made an appearance on Thursday. Pitching 2.1 innings, allowing one hit, striking out 3 and walking 1.
-Ray Black is currently in the Giants farm system at Double-A Richmond. Made an appearance on Saturday, finished up the game in the 7th (Yes, it was part of a doubleheader). He struck out 2 and walked 1.
-Cory Spangenberg is currently playing for the San Diego Padres. He's hitting .250 with a HR and 6 RBIs.
-Mike Papi is in the Indians farm system and is playing for High-A Lynchburg. He's hitting .231 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs.
-Joe McCarthy is in the Rays farm and is playing for Low-A Bowling Green. Which has a pretty awesome team name, look it up if you're interested. He is hitting .273 with a double and 2 RBIs.


Here are the IL Standings
IL North
Syracuse 2-0
Rochester 2-1 0.5 GB
Pawtucket 2-2 1 GB
Buffalo 2-2 1 GB
Railriders 1-2 1.5 GB
Lehigh Valley 0-2 2 GB


IL South
Gwinnett 3-1
Durham 3-1
Charlotte 1-3 2 GB
Norfolk 1-3 2 GB


IL West
Toledo 1-0
Columbus 1-1 0.5 GB
Indianapolis 1-1 0.5 GB
Louisville 0-1 1 GB

Story of the Week

-The week has been basically been about a rookie named Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies. In 6 games this week, Story has hit 7 HRs, which is a major league record for most home runs in that span.
-The Padres this week were pretty hot and cold. In their first 3 games against the Dodgers, they failed to score a run in 27 innings, which was a major league record. It extended to 30 innings in their game at Colorado but after that inning, they ended up scoring 13, 16 and 3 for a combined 32 runs in 3 games. Hard to believe, right?
-The Cubs have come into this season expected to be one of the favorites to win a World Series, well they had some devastating news occur as slugger Kyle Schwarber collided with Dexter Fowler in the outfield where he tore his LCL and ACL and would miss all of this season. This would hurt most teams, but this team had great depth in their outfield as they signed Jason Heyward in the offseason and surprisingly re-signed Dexter Fowler to play centerfield. Kris Bryant can move to left field if needed or Jorge Soler and Matt Szczur can play there as well. As for their lineup, with guys like Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant, this team was set in their lineup, especially with them signing Ben Zobrist. So I would say this team will just fine. Speaking of them on the field, the Cubs ended up taking 3 of 4 in Arizona and are now 5-1 on the season.
-Well, it's an even year, so does that mean possibly another World Series for the Giants? Well, they are starting off well, they are in 1st place in the NL West at 5-2, still a long way away but hey we have seen this before about the Giants.
-The Orioles have been quite surprising early on with them being the lone undefeated team left in the majors. But Manny Machado has looked very good in the first week, hitting .429 with 3 home runs. Also one of their new additions Mark Trumbo is hitting .474.
-The Mets have started off the season a little disappointing, sure they split with the Royals but then they came home and lost 2 of 3 to the Phillies. I know it's a bit early to panic but still a little concerning.
-The Yankees acquired Starlin Castro from the Cubs this offseason and has the move payed off in the first week. He's hitting .452 with 2 Home runs and 8 RBIs. Brian McCann has also been hitting well in this early season, hitting .467.
-A rookie who is generally hitting very well but is being overshadowed by Trevor Story is Houston Astros first baseman Tyler White, he's hitting .556 with 3 HRs and 9 RBIs, not as gaudy as Trevor Story's number but that is still pretty impressive. He is tied for the team lead in HRs with last year's rookie of the year Carlos Correa.
-The defending World Series Champion Kansas City Royals have at a 4-1 start. Today, they won a game on a walk-off wild pitch, pretty crazy how the Royals win games. 

MLB Roundup April 10th

Indians/White Sox were postponed due to weather
Yankees/Tigers were postponed due to weather


Blue Jays 3 Red Sox 0
Josh Donaldson went 2 for 4 with a solo home run and 2 runs scored and Marco Estrada struck out 8 in 7 innings as the Blue Jays beat the Red Sox. Xander Bogaerts and Hanley Ramirez doubled for the Red Sox.


Phillies 5 Mets 2
Odubel Herrera went 1 for 3 with a 2-run homer and Jeremy Hellickson struck out 5 in 5.2 innings of work as the Phillies took 2 of 3 from the Mets. Yoenis Cespedes homered for the Mets.


Reds 2 Pirates 1
Brandon Phillips hit a walkoff triple to beat the Pirates 2-1. Eugenio Suarez hit his 4th home run of the season for the Reds. Chris Stewart homered for the Pirates.


Orioles 5 Rays 3
Manny Machado went 4 for 4 with a solo home run as the Orioles remained undefeated as they beat the Rays. Corey Dickerson homered for the Rays.


Cardinals 12 Braves 7
Matt Carpenter and Brandon Moss as the Cardinals swept the Braves and kept the Braves winless. Drew Stubbs homered for the Braves.


Nationals 4 Marlins 2
Bryce Harper went 2 for 3 with 2 doubles as the Nationals beat the Marlins. Christian Yelich homered for the Marlins.


Brewers 3 Astros 2
Aaron Hill drove in 2 and Jimmy Nelson struck out 9 in 6 innings as the Brewers took 2 out of 3 games from Houston. Jose Altuve and Preston Tucker homered for Houston.


Royals 4 Twins 3 (10)
Terrance Gore scored on a wild pitch in the 10th inning as the Royals kept the Twins winless. Mike Moustakas homered for the Royals. Brian Dozier homered for the Twins.


Angels 3 Rangers 1
Mike Trout had 2 RBIs and Albert Pujols added an RBI single as the Angels beat the Rangers. Nomar Mazara hit his first major league home run for the Rangers.


Giants 9 Dodgers 6
The Giants got home runs from Buster Posey, Brandon Belt, and Angel Pagan as the Giants came back from a 5-0 first inning deficit to win 9-6. Johnny Cueto went 7 innings and struck out 8. Corey Seager went 2 for 5 with an RBI.


Rockies 6 Padres 3
Trevor Story hit his 7th HR of the season, and Carlos Gonzalez hit 2 HRs as the Rockies snapped the Padres 2 game winning streak. Abington Heights graduate Cory Spangenberg went 2 for 4 with an RBI double.


Cubs 7 Diamondbacks 3
Jake Arrieta went 7 innings, striking out 6, he also added a 2 run home run at the plate as the Cubs took 3 of 4 in Arizona. Jorge Soler homered for the Cubs. Paul Goldschmidt homered for the Diamondbacks.


Athletics 2 Mariners 1
Coco Crisp homered in the top of the 10th as the A's took the victory. Marcus Semien homered for Oakland. Felix Hernandez went 7 innings, striking out 10 for the Mariners.

SWB Railriders at Rochester Game 3

The Rochester Red Wings had their home opener on Saturday rained out so they had their home opener on Sunday against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders. Jose Berrios got the start for Rochester's home opener while Anthony Swarzak got the start on the mound for the Railriders. Berrios would start with a 1-2-3 first inning. Buck Britton drew a one-out walk but a fly out and a ground ended the 1st. Slide Heathcott lead off the second with a single and scored when Gary Sanchez doubled the very next at-bat for a 1-0 Railriders lead. Chris Parmelee followed with a walk, then Cesar Puello drew a 1 out walk to load the bases but a strikeout and a line out ended the top half of the 2nd. Swarzak then threw another 1-2-3 inning in the second. Rob Refsnyder hit a one out single and Gary Sanchez got hit by a pitch with two outs but Chris Parmelee struck out to end the top of the third. Swarzak got into some trouble in the third inning, back-to-back singles by James Beresford and Wilfredo Tovar and a walk by Darin Mastroianni loaded the bases. Rochester would take the lead on a single by Buck Britton that would score Beresford and Tovar to take a 2-1 lead. Jorge Polanco followed with a single that deflected off Donovan Solano to score Mastroianni to make it 3-1. Buck Britton would out at second. A popup and a ground out ended the bottom of the 3rd. Cesar Puello got hit by a pitch with one out, but back-to-back strikeouts by Berrios kept the Railriders off the board. Nick Rumbelow came in to pitch in the bottom of the 4th for the Railriders. Adam Walker and John Hicks lead off the top of the 5th with back-to-back singles, but 2 flyouts and a popup ended the inning. Aaron Judge lead off the 5th with a walk and Heathcott drew a 1 out walk but back-to-back strikeouts ended the threat. Tyler Webb came in to pitch for the Railriders. Jorge Polanco drew a 1 out but was erased when he was picked trying to steal second and then Kennys Vargas struck out to end the 5th. Alex Meyers came in to pitch for the Red Wings in the top of the 6th. Cesar Puello drew a one out but was caught stealing when John Hicks threw him attempting to steal second base. Pete Kozma drew a two-out walk and Gamel would ground out for the third out.  Adam Walker would hit a one out single and Beresford drew a 2 out walk. Wilfredo Tovar would drive in Walker to make it 4-1 Red Wings. Webb would get a strikeout to end the inning. Meyer threw a 1-2-3 7th inning. Branden Pinder came in to pitch for the Railriders in the bottom of the 7th and throw a 1-2-3 7th as well. Gary Sanchez lead off with a single in the 8th, but Meyer would retire the next three. Adam Walker would hit a one out double but a strikeout and a popup ended the inning. Aaron Judge would attempt to create a rally in the top of the 9th with a 2 out single and steal 2nd on defensive indifference. Rob Refsnyder would then single to advance Judge to third but Slade Heathcott would strike out to end the game.


Railriders 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rochester 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 x


Railriders
LF Gamel 5 0 0 0
RF Judge 4 0 1 0
3B Refsnyder 5 0 2 0
CF Heathcott 4 1 1 0
C Sanchez 3 0 2 1
1B Parmelee 3 0 0 0
2B Solano 4 0 0 0
DH Puello 1 0 0 0
SS Kozma 3 0 0 0


2B: Sanchez


Rochester
CF Mastroianni 3 1 0 0
DH Britton 3 0 1 2
2B Polanco 3 0 1 0
1B Vargas 4 0 0 0
RF Rodriguez 4 0 0 0
LF Walker 4 1 3 0
C Hicks 4 0 1 0
3B Beresford 3 1 1 0
SS Tovar 3 1 2 1


2B: Walker


Pitching
Railriders
Swarzak (L 0-1) 3 IP 4 H 3 R 3 ER 2 BB 1 K
Rumbelow 1 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 K
Webb 2 IP 2 H 1 R 1 ER 2 BB 3 Ks
Pinder 2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 4 Ks


Rochester
Berrios (W 1-0) 5 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 4 BB 9 Ks
Meyer (S, 1) 4 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 4 Ks

Weather Wars

Rain, cold, baseball, and snow. This is how the first week of April was for Northeastern Pennsylvania. Some teams didn't even get a game in this week, though Lackawanna League teams in Division 1 and 2 in baseball and softball don't start their league play til Monday. Even when the games were played, the teams had to deal with chilly conditions. Some teams were lucky to get 2 games in this week especially in the Wyoming Valley Conference. There are times I see stuff like "We're not going to get to play the District Finals til late June." This is something I have learned though my 13 seasons of being in High School baseball and softball is this: There is usually a good span of bad weather and then you get a great span of dry and very nice weather, it is just a matter of getting there. Now let's look at the week that was in District 2


NOWAK THROWS COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT
Chase Nowak made his first start a memorable one, striking out 7 and getting out of several jams in a 1-0 victory at Crestwood. His counterpart Matt Mickowski of Crestwood, also pitched a great game, only giving up a run in 5 innings of work. Coughlin's Steve Dressler drove in TJ Wozniak for the game's only run.


VALLEY WEST AND HANOVER AREA BASEBALL TAKE TWO GAMES THIS WEEK
The No 1 team on the NEPA SportsPage Top 25 Baseball countdown, played two games and took both games, beating Hazleton Area 10-3 and knocking off Coughlin 10-6. Tyler Yankosky went 5 innings and struck out 6 and didn't walk a batter against Hazleton Area. Also going 2 for 2 at the plate with a run scored. Ryan Hogan drove in 2 and Grant Powell got the win on the mound in their victory against Coughlin.
The No 2 team in the baseball countdown Hanover Area took two games this week. They beat MMI on Tuesday. Kevin Rimmer threw a complete-game 4 hitter, striking out 11. John Morgan drove in 2 runs. They would also beat their rival Nanticoke 7-1 on Wednesday. Kyle Kowalski got the win on the mound and would drive in 2 at the plate. Kevin Rimmer hit 2 HRs and drive in 4.


PITTSTON AREA SOFTBALL TAKES TWO
Pittston Area knocked off Berwick 9-3. Taylor Baloga struck out 8. Pittston Area also knocked off Coughlin 21-5. Nina Cencetti struck out 8 without walking a batter. Mindina Lieback had 4 RBIs for PA.


LEE ECKERT THROWS A NO-HITTER FOR DALLAS
Lee Eckert threw a no-hitter in a 7-0 victory over Berwick. Shoutout for the defense around him, recording 19 outs of his 21 outs.


WYOMING AREA SOFTBALL TAKES 2 OUT OF 3 THIS WEEK
Wyoming Area started off the week by losing to Tunkhannock 2-0 but would end up winning their next 2 by knocking off Lake-Lehman 13-2 and Dallas 5-4


LAKELAND BASEBALL WINS OPENER
Brad Richards went 6 innings, striking out 8 and Matt Hayes went 2 for 2 with a HR and 4 RBIs as Lakeland beat Dunmore 9-1.


HOLY REDEEMER SOFTBALL STARTS OFF SEASON WITH A VICTORY
The Defending 2A State Softball Champion Holy Redeemer knocked off Meyers 15-0. Kayla Coffay struck out 8 in 5 innings.

MLB Roundup April 9th

Rays/Orioles was postponed due to weather
Marlins/Nationals was postponed due to weather


Red Sox 8 Blue Jays 4
Dustin Pedroia went 3 for 5 with a double and 2 RBIs and Rick Porcello won his Red Sox debut striking out 6 as they beat the Blue Jays. Jose Bautista hit 2 home runs for the Blue Jays.


Yankees 8 Tigers 4
Alex Rodriguez and Carlos Beltran homered and Jacoby Ellsbury triple as the Yankees took the victory over the Tigers. James McCann had 2 RBIs for the Tigers.


Reds 5 Pirates 1
Euegnio Suarez had a home run and 3 RBIs and Raisel Iglesias struck out 5 as the Reds handed the Pirates their first loss of the season. Josh Harrison had an RBI single for the Pirates.


White Sox 7 Indians 3
Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia homered and Chris Sale struck out 6 for his second win as the White Sox beat the Indians. Mike Napoli and Yan Gomes homered for the Indians.


Dodgers 3 Giants 2 (10)
Charlie Culberson doubled in Corey Seagar in the 10th inning and Kenley Jansen recorded his second save of the season as the Dodgers beat the Giants in 10 innings. Madison Bumgarner and Ehire Adrianza homered for the Giants.


Astros 6 Brewers 4
Colby Rasmus hit 2 home runs and Tyler White also added a home run as the Astros took the victory over the Brewers. Scooter Gennett and Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered for the Brewers.


Cardinals 12 Braves 2
Carlos Martinez knocked in 2 runs at the plate and struck out 5 to get the win on the mound as the Cardinals kept the Braves winless. Nick Markakis had an RBI double and Freedie Freeman had an RBI single.


Phillies 1 Mets 0
Ryan Howard hit a solo home run in the 4th for the Phillies lone run and Vince Velasquez went 6 innings and struck out 9 as the Phillies shut out the Mets. Bartolo Colon struck out 7 in 6 innings of work.


Royals 7 Twins 0
Ian Kennedy went 6.2 innings, striking out 7 while giving up 5 hits and Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain, and Kendrys Morales homered as the Royals kept the Twins winless. Eduardo Escobar had 2 hits for the Twins.


Cubs 4 Diamondbacks 2
Kris Bryant had 2 doubles and an RBI and Kyle Hendricks had 5 strikeouts in 6.2 innings as the Cubs took the victory. Brandon Drury had an RBI double for the Diamondbacks.


Padres 16 Rockies 3
Matt Kemp went 3 for 5 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs. Wil Myers and Abington Heights Graduate Cory Spangenberg each homered as the Padres won their 2nd straight game over the Rockies. Carlos Gonzalez and Ryan Raburn each had RBIs for the Rockies.


Rangers 4 Angels 1
Adrian Beltre went 3 for 4 with 2 2Bs and a home run and Cole Hamels improved to 2-0 as the Rangers knocked off the Angels. Albert Pujols drove in the Angels lone run with an RBI groundout.


Athletics 6 Mariners 1
Josh Reddick hit a 2-run home run and Rich Hill struck out 10 in 6 innings as the A's beat the Mariners. Chris Ianetta homered for the Mariners.

MLB Roundup April 8th

Tigers 4 Yankees 0
Jordan Zimmermann had 7 shutout innings and Miguel Cabrera hit his first home run of the season as the Tigers shut out the Yankees. Nick Castellanos went 4 for 4 for the Tigers. Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner and Mark Teixeira singled for the Yankees.


Mets 7 Phillies 2
Jacob DeGrom went 6 innings, giving up 2 runs, 5 hits, striking out 6. Michael Conforto went 2 for 3 with a double and 3 RBIs with a run scored for the Mets. Cesar Hernandez and Odubel Herrera recorded RBIs for the Phillies.


Indians 7 White Sox 1
Danny Salazar allowed 1 run in 5.1 innings and Yan Gomes and Carlos Santana each had 2 RBIs as the Indians defeated the White Sox. Todd Frazier homered for the White Sox.


Padres 13 Rockies 6
The Padres scored their first run of the 2016 season in the fourth inning on a Jon Jay RBI single and Abington Heights graduate Cory Spangenberg would follow with a 2 RBI triple as part of a 6 run 4th inning as the Padres won their first game of the season. Trevor Story's great week continues as he goes 3 for 5 with 2 HRs, giving him 6 in the first week of the season.


Orioles 6 Rays 1
The Orioles got home runs from Nolan Reimold, Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Jonathan Schoop as they stayed undefeated as they knocked off the Rays. Corey Dickerson doubled for the Rays.


Red Sox 8 Blue Jays 7
Brock Holt hit a grand slam to cut a 7-2 deficit to within 1 run in the 6th, then David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez got the Red Sox the lead with RBI singles. Josh Donaldson hit a grand slam for the Blue Jays.


Pirates 6 Reds 5
Starling Marte hit his first grand slam of his career as the Pirates remained undefeated with a victory over the Reds. Brandon Phillips went 2 for 2 with a Home run and 2 RBIs.


Cardinals 7 Braves 4
The Cardinals hit 3 pinch-hit home runs and Stephen Piscotty also homered as the Cardinals got their first win of the season. Erick Aybar, Nick Markakis, Hector Olivera, and Tyler Flowers had RBIs for the Braves.


Brewers 6 Astros 4
Scooter Gennett, Ryan Braun and Chris Carter homered as the Brewers took the victory. Tyler White went 2 for 4 with a double, a home run, 3 RBIs, and a run scored for the Astros.


Royals 4 Twins 3
Salvador Perez hit an RBI triple to tie the game at 3 in the eighth inning, and later scored to take the lead when Omar Infante hit a sac fly and the Royals took the victory. Byung Ho Park homered for the Twins who remain winless.


Diamondbacks 3 Cubs 2
Yasmany Tomas hit a walkoff single as the Diamondbacks handed the Cubs their first loss of the season. Paul Goldschmidt went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs for the D'Backs. Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist had RBIs for the Cubs.


Rangers 7 Angels 3
Rougned Odor hit a 2 run home run and AJ Griffin got his first MLB win since 2013 as the Rangers beat the Angels. Kole Calhoun, Carlos Perez and Cliff Pennington had RBIs for the Angels.


Athletics 3 Mariner 2
Josh Reddick went 2 for 3 with a solo home run and Chris Coghlan also added a homer as the A's took down the Mariners. Dae-Ho Lee had a home run for the Mariners.


Giants 3 Dodgers 2 (10)
Brandon Crawford hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning as the Giants take the victory. The story of the game was Dodgers' pitcher Ross Stripling, who was pulled after 100 pitches while not allowing a hit. With the Giants down 2-0 and a runner on first, Trevor Brown homered to tie the game off Chris Hatcher.