The Coughlin Crusaders traveled to Mountain Top to take on the Crestwood Comets. The Crusaders are coming off a loss to Pittston Area on Tuesday. The Comets are currently on a three game winning with wins over Berwick, Pittston Area and Valley West. The Crusaders went to Tony Egidio for the start on the mound. Adam Litchkofski would start for the Comets on the mound.
Litchkofski would start with a 1-2-3 top of the first. Dean Ambosie would lead off with a walk but a double play on runner's interference. Matt Dean and Mick Bafunno would reach on errors but a groundout would keep the game scoreless. Josh Rhodes would lead off by getting hit by a pitch and Josh Wychock would single to move Rhodes' courtesy runner Jim Kenzakoski to third. Evan Serafin would bring home Kenzakoski for a 1-0 Coughlin lead. A groundout to first would move the runners to second and third. Alex Rubbico would draw a walk to load the bases with one out. A fielder's choice by Braeden Cook to third would score Wychock for the 2-0 Crusader lead. A strikeout would end the inning. Mike Geroski would reach on an error and Colby Jones would draw a walk. A fielder's choice would end the inning. Ben Yozwiak would hit a leadoff single then Tony Egidio would reach on an error and Josh Rhodes would walk to load the bases with no outs. A 1-2-3 double play with give them two outs but Serafin would hit a double to center to score Egidio and Kenzakoski to make it 4-0 Coughlin. A groundout would end the inning. Mike Palmiero would hit a single, he would advance to second on a groundout. Mick Bafunno would hit a double to score Palmiero to put the Comets on the board at 4-1. A groundout and a strikeout would end the inning. Pedro Betancourt and Yozwiak would draw two out walks. Matt Dean would come in relief for the Comets. Dean would get a flyout to left to end the top of the fourth. Geroski and Jones would hit one out singles. After an infield fly, Palmiero would bring home courtesy runner Nico Schwartz to make it 4-2. Matt Dean would hit a single to bring home Jones to make it a one run game at 4-3. Palmiero would go to third and would score on a wild pitch to tie the game at four. A flyout would end the inning. Rhodes would draw a leadoff walk, a groundout to second would move Kenzakoski to second then would move to third on a wild pitch. A groundout to the pitcher would get the out at home and a fielder's choice would end the top of the fifth. Stew Caladie would hit a two out double but a flyout to center would end the inning. Rubbico would hit a leadoff single and would go to second on a passed ball. After a strikeout and a flyout, Yozwiak would hit a double to right to score Rubbico for a 5-4 Coughlin lead. A flyout to right would end the top of the sixth. Jones would lead off with a walk. Ambosie would reach on an error, Palmiero would tie the game with a single to score Jones. Jim Kenzakoski would come in relief for the Crusaders. The runners would move over one base on a passed ball and Dean would hit a double to score Ambosie and Palmiero to make it 7-5 Comets. Kenzakoski would prevent more damage by getting the next three outs. Caladie would come in for the save for Crestwood. Rhodes would draw another walk. After a fielder's choice, Serafin would hit a single then Tanner Smith would single to load the bases. Rubbico would reach on an error that would score Wychock to make it 7-6. A strikeout and a lineout to short would end the game as the Comets escape with a 7-6 victory over the Crusaders.
Thoughts on the Game: Mike Palmiero had an excellent game at the plate with three runs, three hits and two RBIs. Matt Dean had a good game at the plate, bringing home the eventual winning run on a double. For Coughlin, Evan Serafin had a great game at the plate, going 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs. Ben Yozwiak would go 2 for 3 with an RBI double.
Crestwood 7 Coughlin 6
Coughlin 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 6
Crestwood 0 0 1 3 0 3 x 7
Coughlin
SS Betancourt 4 0 0 0
1B Yozwiak 3 0 2 1
P/LF Egidio 4 1 0 0
C Rhodes 0 2 0 0
PR Koretz 0 0 0 0
CF Wychock 4 2 1 0
3B Serafin 4 0 3 3
2B Smith 4 0 1 0
RF Rubbico 3 1 1 1
LF Cook 3 0 0 1
P Kenzakoski 1 0 0 0
2B: Serafin, Yozwiak
Crestwood
CF Ambosie 3 1 0 0
SS Palmiero 4 3 3 2
3B/P Dean 4 0 2 3
LF Bafunno 4 0 1 1
P Litchkofski 0 0 0 0
2B/3B Albee 0 0 0 0
DH Petrochko 4 0 0 0
1B/2B Papura 4 0 0 0
2B Lyle 1 0 0 0
1B/P Caladie 2 0 1 0
C Geroski 3 1 1 0
RF Jones 1 2 1 0
2B: Bafunno, Caladie, Dean
Pitching
Coughlin
Egidio (L) 5+ IP 29 BF 7 R 6 ER 8 H 2 K 3 BB
Kenzakoski 1 IP 4 BF 0 R 0 ER 1 H 1 K 0 BB
Crestwood
Litchkofski 3.2 IP 20 BF 4 R 2 ER 4 H 1 K 4 BB
Dean (W) 2.1 IP 10 BF 1 R 1 ER 2 H 1 K 1 BB
Caladie (S) 1 IP 7 BF 1 R 1 ER 2 H 1 K 1 BB
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