After falling to Pittston Area on Monday, the Comets were looking to get back on track with a victory over their rivals from across 309, the Hazleton Area Cougars. Hazleton Area was coming off a loss to Valley West on Tuesday in extra innings. James Graves started on the mound for Crestwood. Ludwig Ogando got the start for the Cougars. Graves started off with a 1-2-3 inning. Mick Bafunno led off with a walk then Colin Macko reached after he sacrificed and the fielder misplayed it causing Macko to reach. The Comets got a second and third situation after Graves sacrificed, but Ogando retired the next two to keep it scoreless after one. Heath Sakusky reached on an error with two outs but Graves got out of the inning with a strikeout to keep the Cougars off the board. Wyatt Kindler and Steve Wegener each singled with one out and moved to second and third on a wild pitch. After a strikeout, Bafunno singled to left to score Kindler and courtesy runner Corey Chalk to make it 2-0 Comets. Macko then singled but a pick off at third ended the inning. Graves threw a 1-2-3 3rd to keep it 2-0 in favor of Crestwood. Curtis Tokach doubled to left with two out but a groundout ended the third. Chris Heim led off with a single, then Livan Reinoso drew a walk, but Heim would be out at third on a fielder's choice, then Frank DeGaetano drew a walk to load the bases. Sakusky would drive in Livan Reinoso on a fielder's choice causing a first and third with two outs, but Graves induced a groundout to second to end the top of the fourth. Kindler led off with a single but would be out when trying to steal second, but Matt Taleroski reached on a single then stole second and moved to second on a throwing error. Taleroski would score on a wild pitch to make it 3-1 Comets. A flyout would end the fourth. Rafael Santos led off with a walk, then James Vozar singled. Santos would be out at third trying to steal the base for the first out. After a flyout, Chris Heim reached on a error then Livan Reinoso drew a walk. Graves would then be replaced by Connor Kaminski on the mound. Kaminski only needed one pitch to cause Dayan Reinoso to fly out to the centerfielder Taleroski to end the top of the fifth. Justin Darden reached on an error with two outs but a flyout ended the fifth. Staying a 3-1 Crestwood lead. Heath Sakusky drew a one out walk but a popout and a strikeout ended the top half of the sixth. Frank DeGaetano came in to pitch the 6th for Hazleton Area. Anthony Kovalchik led off with a single then pinch hitter Brandon Brozena reached on an error and pinch hitter Jacob Morra got hit by a pitch to load the bases. Then pinch hitter Brett Caladie drove home Kovalchik to make it 4-1. Mick Bafunno would hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Brozena to make it 5-1 but DeGaetano prevented more damage by striking out the next two batters to end the sixth. Chris Heim would hit a two out double to left then Livan Reinoso drove home Heim on a single to make it 5-2. Kaminski would induce a groundout the next batter to end the game as the Comets took down the Cougars 5-2.
Thoughts on the game: Great game by Mick Bafunno, driving in 3 and going 1 for 2. The Crestwood offense hit very well, getting 9 hits. James Graves pitched pretty well, and Connor Kaminski did a great job in relief. Chris Heim had a good game, going 2 for 4 with a double.
Hazleton Area 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Crestwood 0 2 0 1 0 2 x 5
Hazleton Area
CF Klein 4 0 0 0
LF Heim 4 1 2 0
RF L Reinoso 2 1 1 1
C D Reinoso 4 0 0 0
P Ogando 0 0 0 0
DH/P DeGaetano 2 0 0 0
3B Sakusky 2 0 0 1
PR Harry 0 0 0 0
1B Pietrzyk 3 0 0 0
SS Santos 3 0 0 0
PR Reed 0 0 0 0
2B Vazar 3 0 1 0
Crestwood
LF Knapp 0 0 0 0
P Kaminski 0 0 0 0
DH Bafunno 2 0 1 3
1B/LF Macko 2 0 1 0
1B Chalk 1 0 0 0
P/1B Graves 2 0 0 0
LF Antosh 1 0 0 0
2B Darden 3 0 0 0
2B Toronzi 0 0 0 0
SS Tokach 3 0 1 0
3B Kovalchik 3 1 1 0
RF Kindler 2 1 2 0
PH Brozena 1 1 0 0
C Wegener 2 1 1 0
PH Morra 0 0 0 0
CF Taleroski 2 1 1 0
PH Caladie 1 0 1 1
Pitching
Hazleton Area
Ogando (L) 5 IP 23 BF 3 R 3 ER 7 H 3 K 1 BB PC: 86
DeGaetano 1 IP 7 BF 2 R 2 ER 2 H 2 K 0 BB PC: 26
Crestwood
Graves (W) 4.2 IP 21 BF 1 R 1 ER 2 H 2 K 4 BB PC: 81
Kaminski (S) 2.1 IP 9 BF 1 R 1 ER 2 H 1 K 1 BB PC: 34
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