Place powers Towanda's win over CV.
By: The Review | Towanda Daily Review | April 25, 2014 | Photo courtesy The Review
2014 NTL and District 4 News
WYSOX - Nick Place had a three-run home run in a five-run fifth inning as Towanda picked up a 12-5 win over Cowanesque Valley in NTL baseball action on Thursday.
Down 4-1 in the top of the fourth CV had a four-run inning to take a 5-4 lead.
However, Towanda answered back with three of their own in the fourth and then the big five-run fifth to break the game open.
Towanda had taken the early three-run lead in the third when Noah Huff led off with a triple and scored on a ground out by Jared Lines. Sawyer Strope singled and stole a base and after a flyout Dylan Bates and Tristan James had back-to-back run-scoring doubles.
CV took the lead in the fourth as they had their own big inning, keyed by a Tyler Melko home run.
After Towanda got three in the fourth to go up 7-5 the Black Knights started the fifth inning with Landon Brown walking and stealing second. Devin Patel then walked and Ethan Barto reached on an error, scoring Brown.
Barto stole second and Noah Huff walked to load the bases. Jared Lines hit into a fielder's choice that retired Huff and scored Patel and Lines stole second putting runners on second and third. Place then delivered a three-run home run, his first of the season.
"It was good to get the bats going," Towanda coach Bill Sexton said. "It's two nights in a row. We got the hits last night, 13 last night and picked up seven more today. We are starting to hit the ball hard. Now, maybe we can get a little momentum going. We just aren't hitting on all cylinders yet. There is still a lot of season left, but we are halfway through it now. We will see, the jury is still out on where we will be."
Huff had a triple and a run scored in the game and Lines had two RBI, two runs and two stolen bases.
Strope had a hit, a run, an RBI and a steal and Place had the three-run home run.
Bates had two hits, with a double, three RBI, a run and a stolen base and James had the double and an RBI.
Terrick Vargason scored a run, Brown had the stolen base and a run, Patel scored two runs and Barto had a hit, an RBI, a steal and two runs scored.
"I think both Nick (Place) and (Dylan) Bates are starting to hit the ball hard," Sexton said. "Once they start hitting the ball hard good things are going to happen. They both have proven track records."
Ty Johnson got the win on the mound, striking out three, walking none and allowing six hits and five runs, three earned. He is 2-0 on the year. Lines struck out none, walked one and allowed two hits and no runs in three innings for his first career save.
"I was pleased with both of the kids," Sexton said. "I thought Ty Johnson gave us three solid innings, the longest he's gone. He lost a little location in the fourth inning and gave up a couple hits to some good hitters. We had to get through tonight with those guys and save (Tristan) James for tomorrow night and give (Dylan) Bates and (Sawyer) Strope a night off after pitching last night."
Melko had two hits, with the home run, two RBI and a run scored and Brandon Whitesell had two hits, with a double.
Brendan Bell had a double and Connor Calaman, Brandon McClean and Casey McLaughlin had hits for CV.
Calaman worked four innings, striking out one, walking four and allowing six hits and seven runs, six earned. Bell allowed three runs, two earned, on three walks in 1/3 of an inning and Melko struck out two, allowed one hit and two runs, one earned, in 1 2/3 innings.
Towanda is at Mansfield today.
Canton 8, NEB 1
Canton had a seven-run third inning to pick up the win on Thursday.
Trevor Route was 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored and Tyler Cole went 2-for-2 with three RBI and a run scored.
Chase Pepper had a hit, a run and two RBI and Garrett Wesneski and Kyle Landis each had a hit and scored a run.
Connor Route had a hit, a run and an RBI, Tanner Machmer had two hits, an RBI and a run scored and Jordan Bentley had a hit, a run and two RBI.
Cole struck out two in three scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks to get the win. Mason Martell struck out two in two hitless innings, allowing one run and Clayton Tymeson struck out one in two innings, allowing one hit.
Aaron Pifer had a hit and an RBI for NEB and Hunter Condusta scored their run.
Garrett Smith, Tyler Emick and Jeremiah Harvey had hits for the Panthers.
Nik Geiser started on the mound and Nate Watkins and Nate Chilson also pitched for NEB. The three combined to strike out three.
Canton is at CV today.
Tioga 27, Marathon 5
The Tioga Tigers pounded out 24 hits in a win over Marathon on Thursday.
Travis Moyer was 6-for-6 for Tioga, scoring four runs and driving in six and Dakota Skinner had four hits, four runs, a triple and four RBI.
Ryan Vergason had a hit, three RBI and three runs scored and Jake Howland had three hits, two RBI and five runs scored.
Peter Simmons had two RBI and Parker Hendershot had two hits, with a triple, three RBI and four runs scored.
Adam Layman had three hits, a double, three runs and four RBI and Tanner Folk had two hits, two runs and two RBI.
Jesse Manuel had three hits and scored two runs in the game.
Layman got the win, going five innings, striking out three, walking three and allowing seven hits and five runs, four earned. Howland pitched two perfect innings of relief, striking out four.
Tioga is at Candor today.
