The South Park Eagles and the Dallas Mountaineers came to Penn State to play for the 4A Baseball State Championship. Nick Kocher got the start for the Mountaineers. Kyle Thompson started on the mound for the Eagles. Adam Morris hit a one out single. After a flyout, Wagner would hit an infield single but a strikeout would end the Top half of the first. Thompson would throw a 1-2-3 inning to keep it scoreless after one. Roell hit a one out single but Kocher would get back to back strikeouts to keep the Eagles off the board. Mike Collins drew a one out walk then Will McCrum hit a single but a 6-3 double play would end the inning. Kocher would throw his first 1-2-3 inning in the third. Charles Giacometti drew a leadoff walk then moved to second on a Christo Huntington sacrifice bunt and moved to third on a passed ball. Back to back strikeouts would keep the game scoreless after three. Wagner would hit a leadoff single, then Kentzel drew a walk. Kocher would get back to back strikeouts for the first two outs then Vaupel hit a single to left but Wagner would try to score but Patton threw home to get him out to end the fourth inning. Mike Luksic would strike out swinging on a wild pitch and reach first, then Nick Kocher hit a single. Mike Collins would use a sacrifice bunt to move the runners but he reached on a throwing error and Luksic would score to make it 1-0 Mountaineers. Will McCrum hit a hard single to score Kovalick to make it 2-0. After a popout, Giacometti would draw a walk but a strikeout and a flyout would end the inning. Groff would draw a walk. After a strikeout and a forceout at second. Thompson would reach on an error but a forceout would end the Top half of the fifth. Kevin Vaupel would come in to pitch for the Eagles. Nick Kocher hit a two out single but a groundout would end the inning. Steve Moore would hit a one out single but a popout and a strikeout would keep the Eagles off the board. McCrum hit a single to left, then South Park went to Tanner Pantuso out of the bullpen. Drew Patton would draw a walk and get lifted for a pinch runner in Andrew Kovalick. Giacometti would use a sacrifice bunt that would be misplayed and McCrum would score for a 3-0 lead. After a strikeout, Darren Kerdesky would hit a triple to score Kovalick and Giacometti to make it 5-0. A flyout and a groundout would end the inning. Josh Lydon would come in to pitch the seventh for the Mountaineers. He would get a flyout to right for the first out, then would get a diving catch by Nick Kocher in left for the second then finally Lydon would get a popout to Mike Luksic for the final out as the Mountaineers took the 4A Baseball State Championship 5-0 over the South Park Eagles. The win was their 13th in a row.
Thoughts on the game: Congrats to the Dallas Mountaineers on their State Championship!! Nick Kocher pitched a great game on the mound, whenever he was in a pressure situation, he seemed to get a strikeout or a big out to keep South Park off the scoreboard. He also had a big diving catch in left in the seventh to prevent a hit. Not to give just Nick Kocher credit, Will McCrum had a great game, going 3 for 3 with an RBI. Darren Kerdesky's triple broke the game open with an 2 RBI triple in the sixth. It's pretty amazing what this baseball team has done. They lost four in a row at midseason and then rolled after that to a Division title, to the District title and then the State Championship in 4A. Just an amazing run.
South Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dallas 0 0 0 2 0 3 x 5
South Park
SS Bywalski 4 0 0 0
CF Morris 3 0 1 0
P/2B Thompson 3 0 0 0
3B Wagner 3 0 2 0
1B Kentzel 2 0 0 0
RF Moore 3 0 1 0
LF Roell 3 0 1 0
2B Vaughn 0 0 0 0
DH Vaupel 3 0 1 0
P Pantuso 0 0 0 0
C Groff 2 0 0 0
Dallas
CF Kerdesky 4 0 1 2
2B Barrett 4 0 0 0
3B Luksic 4 1 0 0
P/LF Kocher 3 1 2 0
RF Collins 1 0 0 0
SS McCrum 3 1 3 1
LF Patton 2 0 0 0
LF Lewis 0 0 0 0
PR Kovalick 0 1 0 0
P Lydon 0 0 0 0
C Mathers 0 0 0 0
DH Giacometti 0 1 0 0
1B Huntington 2 0 0 0
3B: Kerdesky
Pitching
South Park
Thompson (L) 4 IP 19 BF 2 R 1 ER 5 K 3 BB
Vaupel 1+ IP 5 BF 1 R 1 ER 2 H 0 K 0 BB
Pantuso 1 IP 6 BF 2 R 1 ER 1 H 1 K 1 BB
Dallas
Kocher (W) 6 IP 26 BF 0 R 0 ER 6 H 9 K 2 BB
Lydon 1 IP 3 BF 0 R 0 ER 0 H 0 K 0 BB
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