Riverside and Hanover Area looked to advance to PNC Field on Memorial Day. Hanover Area sent Kyle Kowalski to the mound and Riverside countered with Matt Amaral. Kyle Kowalski led off by throwing a 1-2-3 1st inning. John Morgan led off the bottom half with a walk, and stole second base but a lineout to the shortstop Nick Sottile and Morgan came too far off the base and Sottile threw to Peyton Connor for the double play. Kyle Kowalski and Kevin Rimmer each drew walks but a flyout kept the game scoreless after 1. Kyle Kowalski threw another 1-2-3 inning in the 2nd. Mike Piscotty drew a lead off walk then Jake Peters singled to center, moving Piscotty to 2nd, then Chad Wasickanin singled to load the bases. Kyle Windt would drive in Piscotty to make it 1-0 Hawkeyes and the bases would stay loaded because of an error. After a forceout at home, Matt Clarke drove in Wasickanin to make it 2-0 Hawkeyes. Kowalski threw his 3rd 1-2-3 inning in as many innings, striking out 2. Kevin Rimmer led off with a single, then moved to second after Austin Gately reached on an error, then Mike Piscotty drove in Rimmer to make it 3-0 Hawkeyes, Jake Peters would double to center to score Gately to up the Hawkeyes lead to 4-0. Then Wasickanin drove in Piscotty to increase the lead to 5-0. Peters would score after Riverside turned a double play to make it 6-0. John Morgan then singled with two outs. Tyler Quick came in to pitch for the Vikings. Matt Clarke then drew a walk but a flyout ended the threat. In all, the Hawkeyes scored 4 runs in the 3rd. Jim Muth then drew a walk to end Kowalski's streak at 11, then Phil Sottile singled up the middle but a groundout to short end the inning. Quick threw a 1-2-3 4th for the Vikings. Kowalski answered with a 1-2-3 inning of his own in the 5th with some help from his defense. Mike Piscotty had to dive to make the catch for the second out of the 5th. Jake Peters led off the inning by striking out but reached on a wild pitch, but would be eliminated on a 6-3 double play. Kyle Windt then singled but a popout ended the inning. Matt Amaral drew a two out walk but a groundout to third ended the top of the 6th. Matt Clarke and Kyle Kowalski led off with singles. After a flyout, Austin Gately singled home Clarke to make it 7-0 Hawkeyes. Piscotty would single to load the bases, then Jake Peters brought home Kowalski on a sac fly to center to increase the lead to 8-0. Kyle Kowalski finished the game with a 1-2-3 inning by striking out the side and the Hawkeyes took the victory and advanced to the District Final for the third straight season. They will play Northwest, who beat Holy Cross 6-3.
Thoughts on the game: Great game by Kyle Kowalski, whose shutout streak increased to 30 innings. Only giving up 3 baserunners total (1 hit and 2 walks) and striking out 6. Overall, great game by the Hawkeyes defense. Riverside had a tough start to the game, allowing 6 runs in the first three innings.
Riverside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hanover Area 0 2 4 0 0 2 x 8
Riverside
SS N Sottile 3 0 0 0
P/CF Amaral 2 0 0 0
1B Muth 2 0 0 0
C P Sottile 3 0 1 0
3B Bernardi 3 0 0 0
2B Connor 3 0 0 0
CF/LF Kielar 2 0 0 0
RF/P Quick 2 0 0 0
LF/RF Weisenfluh 2 0 0 0
Hanover Area
CF Morgan 3 0 1 0
SS Clarke 2 1 1 1
P Kowalski 3 1 1 0
3B Rimmer 3 1 1 0
C Gately 4 1 1 1
RF Piscotty 3 2 2 1
C Peters 4 1 2 2
LF Wasickanin 4 1 2 1
2B Windt 3 0 1 1
2B: Peters
Pitching
Riverside
Amaral (L) 2.2 IP 6 R 3 ER 7 H 0 K 4 BB
Quick 3.1 IP 2 R 2 ER 5 H 2 K 1 BB
Hanover Area
Kowalski (W) 7 IP 0 R 0 ER 1 H 6 K 2 BB
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