Sullivan County qualifies for districts with win over Montgomery.
By: The Review | Towanda Daily Review | May 1, 2013 | Photo courtesy The Review
2013 NTL and District 4 News
A big second inning propelled Sullivan County past division rivals Montgomery in a 5-3 Heartland Conference baseball win Tuesday.
The victory qualifies the Griffins for district play for the second year in a row but it goes much deeper than that.
"In my eight years this is the first time we ever beat Montgomery," Sullivan coach Walt Tubach said. "So it was doubly sweet here, getting to districts and beating Montgomery for the first time. The kids worked hard. It's just a wonderful feeling to be there with them."
This is the first time ever Tubach has had a team make districts in back to back years.
Montgomery took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second but the Griffins rattled off four runs in the bottom half of the inning.
The Red Raiders cut it to 4-3 in the fifth but Sullivan answered with another run in the bottom half of the inning to secure the win.
Derek Farrell went 2-for-3 with a home run, 3-RBI and a run scored to lead Sullivan while Kelby Mullen was 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and run scored.
Barry Heinrich was also 2-for-4 with a run while Zach Meyer was 1-for-2 with an RBI. Tom Blasi and Jake Gavitt crossed home for Sullivan.
Mullen earned the win, going five innings to strike out two while allowing one walk, five hits and three earned runs. Meyer scores the save, going the final two innings to strike out four while allowing one walk and one hit.
Montgomery ace Zach Worthington scores the loss, going all seven innings with seven strikeouts and four walks.
"He's a great pitcher," Tubach said about Worthington. "He has a variety of pitches to shut you down and we had to change our game plan a little to stay with him. We learn each game what we need to do different."
The 10-0 Griffins will host Muncy Friday.
Athens 11, Mansfield 3
The Wildcats picked up an NTL cross-over baseball win Tuesday.
Craig Moore went 2-for-2 with 3-RBI to lead Athens while Zane Vargason, Mike Estes, Nick Vosburg and Stag Shadduck also had hits.
Curt Moore scored four times, Estes twice and Troy Stivason, Vargason and Zach Firestine also crossing home.
Firestine, Jon Kleiner, and Shadduck also had RBI.
Vargason started and gets a no decision, striking out three with three walks, one hit and two runs. Stivason came on in relief and earns the win, striking out one while allowing one walk, two hits and one run.
Taylor Hillson went 2-for-4 to lead Mansfield while Max Colegrove and Jarod Burd scored the runs.
Brady Andrews started and earns the loss, striking out one with four walks and four runs.
Towanda 14, Northeast Bradford 2, 6 innings
The Black Knights pounded out 16 hits to pick up an NTL East baseball win Tuesday.
"We played very well early on," Towanda coach Bill Sexton said. "We went out and scored a bunch of runs."
Nick Place led the way, going 4-for-4 with a double, two runs and 4-RBI while Dylan Bates (2-for-4), Sawyer Strope (2-for-4) and Tristan James (2-for-2) also had multiple hits on the day.
Bates had three runs scored and an RBI, Strope had a run scored and an RBI and James had a run scored and 2-RBI.
Jared Lines, Tye Fowler, Richard Benjamin and Jared Boardman also had hits. Lines's was a double and he added a run scored, Benjamin added a run scored and an RBI while Fowler also scored. Boardman's single was his first varsity hit.
Austin Markel added an RBI sacrifice fly.
Strope went the first four innings to get the win, striking out eight while allowing a hit.
"I was particularly pleased with Strope tonight," Sexton said. "He dominated the strike zone. He worked four innings and faced the minimum number of batters. He threw very well tonight."
Fowler went the next inning, striking out two with two runs, two hits and two walks while Austin Markel finished out with a hit and two strikeouts.
Jesse Stroud had a double for the Panthers while Aaron Pifer, Dylan Chapman and Cody Clark also had hits.
Pifer and Clark each had an RBI while Chapman scored.
Stroud started and scores the loss, striking out two while allowing four walks, 10 hits and seven runs. Clark came on followed by Brian Ford pitching the final two innings.
Northeast will be at Wellsboro today while Towanda is at Troy Friday.
Wellsboro 17, Troy 4, 6 innings
Green Hornet Ben Shaw had a career day, going 5-for-5 with three home runs, a double, four runs scored and 8-RBI to lead Wellsboro to the NTL cross-over baseball win Tuesday.
Shaw had a solo home run, 2-run home run and a 3-run home run while his double was with the bases loaded and came close to being a grand slam.
Matt Reese earned the win, going three innings to strike out one with three walks. Connor Coolidge came on in relief with one strikeout and one walk.
Reese, Coolidge, Joe Allen, Brandon Owlett and Nate Harding had hits for the Hornets.
Coolidge scored three times, Allen twice while Harding, Reese, Owlett, Dawson Prough, Dylan Prough and Brian Doty also crossed home.
Josh Mattocks started with Trey Murray, Darton Harwick, Nathan Swain and Bradin Heimbach also seeing action on the mound.
Landis Zimmerman was 2-for-3 for Troy with a run scored while Chance Lantz and Harwick also had hits. Jarod Mattocks and Trevor Ward scored with Lantz and Jarod Mattocks also knocking in runs.
Troy is at Williamson Wednesday.
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