Gary Edmondson
03-29-2011, 01:55 PM
MILLERSTOWN - Line Mountain opened the 2011 season with a 8-6 Tri-Valley League win over Greenwood.
The Eagles' Jordan Welker went 3 for 4 at the plate, with two doubles and two RBIs, and picked up the win with five innings of work on the mound, giving up four hits and one earned run while striking out seven.
Wade Wetzel also had two singles for Line Mountain and drove in two runs as the Eagles jumped on top early with three runs in the first inning.
Greenwood closed the lead to two runs, when Line Mountain scored another four in the top of the sixth inning to secure the win. Matt Bitting had Line Mountain's only other hit and drove in two runs.
North Schuylkill 3 Shamokin 2
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Charlie Hutnick's home run in the third inning sparked the Spartans in a non-league win over the Indians.
In the fourth, Derek Wiley drove in Ian Murray to make it 2-0 in favor
of North Schuylkill. Austin Hornberger continued the scoring when he scored Chris Kovalewski on a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
Shamokin battled back, scoring one run in both the sixth and seventh innings.
Kosmer, Taylor (5) and Shinskie; Klinger, Hornberger (7) and Weist. W - Klinger (1-0). L - Kosmer (0-1). Sv - Hornberger (1).
Hits: Shamokin - Kosmer, Burns, Fry, Tillett, Deptula. North Schuylkill - Hutnick, Green 2, Laudeman 2, Wiley, Kovalewski.
HR - Hutnick.
The Eagles' Jordan Welker went 3 for 4 at the plate, with two doubles and two RBIs, and picked up the win with five innings of work on the mound, giving up four hits and one earned run while striking out seven.
Wade Wetzel also had two singles for Line Mountain and drove in two runs as the Eagles jumped on top early with three runs in the first inning.
Greenwood closed the lead to two runs, when Line Mountain scored another four in the top of the sixth inning to secure the win. Matt Bitting had Line Mountain's only other hit and drove in two runs.
North Schuylkill 3 Shamokin 2
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Charlie Hutnick's home run in the third inning sparked the Spartans in a non-league win over the Indians.
In the fourth, Derek Wiley drove in Ian Murray to make it 2-0 in favor
of North Schuylkill. Austin Hornberger continued the scoring when he scored Chris Kovalewski on a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
Shamokin battled back, scoring one run in both the sixth and seventh innings.
Kosmer, Taylor (5) and Shinskie; Klinger, Hornberger (7) and Weist. W - Klinger (1-0). L - Kosmer (0-1). Sv - Hornberger (1).
Hits: Shamokin - Kosmer, Burns, Fry, Tillett, Deptula. North Schuylkill - Hutnick, Green 2, Laudeman 2, Wiley, Kovalewski.
HR - Hutnick.