The Valley West Spartans played host to the Crestwood Comets on Tuesday afternoon. The Comets are coming off their second straight victory, beating Pittston Area. The Spartans are coming off a loss at Pittston Area on Thursday. The Spartans would start Tom Federici on the mound. The Comets would go with Brad Papura on the mound.
Federici would throw a 1-2-3 top of the first for the Spartans. Danny Gibbons would draw a one out walk. After a strikeout, Stephen Banas would draw a walk but a flyout would keep the game scoreless. Mick Bafunno would lead off by getting hit with a pitch but Federici would retire the next three batters. Papura would throw a 1-2-3 bottom of the second. Mike Geroski would lead off with a single then Chico Mendoza would move Geroski's courtesy runner Nico Schwartz to second and would reach on an error. After a flyout, Mike Palmiero would hit a single that would score Schwartz for a 1-0 Crestwood lead. Matt Dean would hit a single and then Bafunno would bring home Mendoza with a sacrifice fly to right for a 2-0 lead. A strikeout would end the top of the third. Tyler O'Kane reached on an error with one out. Gibbons would draw a walk and O'Kane would steal third. Mike Kane would bring home O'Kane on a groundout to make it 2-1. A strikeout would end the fourth. Chico Mendoza would hit a leadoff double then Dean Ambosie would hit a single to move Mendoza to third. A fielder's choice at home would be the first out and Ambosie would move to third. A wild pitch would score Ambosie to make it 3-1. After a strikeout, Bafunno would hit a double to score Palmiero for a 4-1 Comets lead. A groundout would end the top of the fifth. O'Kane would hit a single. After a strikeout, Kane and Banas would draw walks to load the bases. Dean Ambosie would come in to pitch for the Comets. Nate Dudeck would hit a single to score O'Kane and Kane to make it 4-3. Banas would stay at second. After a fielder's choice, Tom Federici would draw a walk but a strikeout would end the fifth. Rich Kolesar would come in to pitch for the Spartans and would throw a 1-2-3 sixth for Valley West. Ambosie would throw a 1-2-3 sixth for the Comets. Kolesar would throw another 1-2-3 in the seventh to keep it a one run game. Banas would hit a one out double to right but Ambosie would get a strikeout and a groundout as the Comets would take their third straight victory with a 4-3 victory over Valley West.
Thoughts on the game: Another great victory by the Comets. After starting 1-5, Crestwood is now currently at 8-8 on the season. Mick Bafunno had a good game, driving in two runs. Brad Papura pitched well. He went 4.2 innings with five strikeouts and gave up three runs. Dean Ambosie did a great job on the mound in relief, going 2 2/3 innings. He struck out four and got out of a bases loaded jam in the fifth. For Valley West, Tom Federici had a great game on the mound. He struck out seven while walking none. Nate Dudeck had a great game at the plate, going 2 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs.
Crestwood 4 Valley West 3
Crestwood 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4
Valley West 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3
Crestwood
CF/P Ambosie 4 1 1 0
SS Palmiero 4 1 1 1
3B Dean 2 0 1 0
LF Bafunno 1 0 1 2
P Papura 0 0 0 0
CF Schwartz 0 0 0 0
DH Petrochko 3 0 0 0
2B Litchkofski 3 0 0 0
1B Caladie 3 0 0 0
C Geroski 3 1 1 0
RF Mendoza 2 1 1 0
2B: Mendoza, Bafunno
Valley West
LF O'Kane 2 2 1 0
SS Gibbons 2 0 0 0
1B Kane 3 1 0 1
C Banas 2 0 1 0
RF/P Kolesar 0 0 0 0
DH Dudeck 4 0 2 2
3B Baranski 4 0 0 0
PR Michak 0 0 0 0
P/RF Federici 2 0 0 0
CF Stevens 2 0 0 0
2B Vought 3 0 0 0
2B: Dudeck, Banas
Pitching
Crestwood
Papura (W) 4.1 IP 22 BF 3 R 2 ER 2 H 5 K 6 BB
Ambosie (S) 2.2 IP 11 BF 0 R 0 ER 2 H 4 K 1 BB
Valley West
Federici (L) 5 IP 23 BF 4 R 3 ER 6 H 7 K 0 BB
Kolesar 2 IP 6 BF 0 R 0 ER 0 H 1 K 0 BB
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