Savario Vandetti delivered a two-run single in the first inning and that would be all Moon Area would need in a 7-3 victory over Trinity Tuesday in a Class 5A Section 2 baseball game at Moon.
The first-place Tigers, who clinched the section title, extended their 2-0 lead to 6-0 with a four-run third inning. Two runs scored on an infield error, Taylor Ebner doubled home a run and Thad Longwell drove Ebner home with a base hit.
Nick Machusko added a solo home run in the fourth to widen Moon’s advantage to 7-0.
Trinity scored once in the fifth and twice in the sixth but could get no closer.
The Hillers outhit the Tigers, 9-6, and no Moon hitter finished with more than one hit. But the Tigers made the most of their opportunities, drawing five walks and taking advantage of one key Trinity error.
Chris Sandor pitched six innings for Moon, scattering eight hits and striking out three.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 4, Riverview 1
Colby Lane went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs as the Chargers rebounded from an 11-0 loss Monday by downing the Raiders in a Class 2A Section 3 matchup at Youthtowne.
OLSH did all of its damage in the third inning, overcoming a 1-0 deficit. Singles by Bruno Williams, Ryan DeNinno and Dean Douglass loaded the bases for Lane, who then tripled to knock in all three runners.
Lane then scored on James Hanna’s sacrifice fly.
Williams, DeNinno and Douglass all finished with two hits for OLSH, which has locked up a berth in the WPIAL tournament. Williams pitched a complete-game five-hitter, walking two.
Carlynton 16, Springdale 1
Eric Firle collected three hits, scored three times and drove in three runs and Dominic Ciabattoni chipped in four RBIs as the host Cougars walloped the Dynamos in a Class 2A Section 3 game that ended in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Carlynton jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, scoring on a bases-loaded walk, a hit batsman with the bases loaded, a fielder’s choice and a steal of home by Tyler Heinrich.
Ciabattoni drove in a run with a fielder’s choice in the third inning and added a two-run single in the nine-run fourth inning. Firle contributed a three-run double in that inning.
Isaac Anker had a hit and an RBI and scored three times for the Cougars while Michael Jenkins had two hits and scored twice.
Firle also tossed a four-inning complete game, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out eight.
Shady Side Academy 5, Bishop Canevin 3
Ty McCaskey’s three-run homer in the fifth inning helped the Bulldogs erase a 3-1 deficit and claim a non-section win over the Crusaders.
Bishop Canevin built a lead on a pair of runs that scored on errors in the first inning and an RBI fielder’s choice off the bat of Christian Cox.
But McCaskey’s home run proved to be the difference for Shady Side Academy.
Bishop Canevin managed just four hits in the game, two of which belonged to Jakob Zahler. The Crusaders have clinched a berth in the WPIAL tournament.
SOFTBALL
Montour 15, Washington 0
Natalie Ciamacco had two hits and drove in five runs to help the Spartans cruise past the visiting Prexies in a non-section game that went just three innings.
Hailey Staub added two doubles, drove in two runs and scored three runs. Paige Fiedler also had two hits and two RBIs and scored twice while Hailey Herbst had a hit and drove in two runs.
Cayley Hughes and Caylee Moser each had a hit and an RBI for Montour. Alexa Richardson held Washington hitless over three innings, striking out one and walking three.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
South Fayette 3, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 0
The Chargers honored their four seniors – Paddy Altmar, Shawn McCullough, Brady Rooney and Oliver Tomsic – before falling to the Lions in straight sets in a Class 2A Section 4 match at the Angela Activities Center.
Isaac Tarbuk had nine kills while Tomsic had five kills and Altmar finished with four blocks. Aidan Curry contributed 20 assists and Marco Buzzard added 10 digs for OLSH, which takes on Trinity Wednesday with a chance to clinch a playoff spot.
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