Chad Minton’s run-scoring fielder’s choice in the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be the difference Tuesday in Our Lady of the Sacred Heart’s 6-5 victory over South Side in a WPIAL Class 2A Section 3 baseball game.
Thomas Medwig opened the sixth with a double a hit batsman put runners at first and second. Dean Douglass followed with a sacrifice, moving pinch runner Wyatt Walsh to third and Sean Hudac to second, and Walsh scored the go-ahead run on Minton’s ground out to second.
Hudac came on to pitch in the seventh and allowed the first batter to reach on a base hit. Hudac then struck out the next two batters and induced the final hitter to pop out to second to preserve the win.
Medwig and Anthony Hansen each finished with two hits for OLSH, which managed just five hits overall.
The Chargers scored four runs in the first inning to erase an early 1-0 deficit, loading the bases on a walk and two hit batsmen. An error allowed one run to score and three straight bases-loaded walks accounted for the other three runs in the inning.
South Side struck for four runs in its half of the third inning, and the Chargers tied the score at 5-5 on yet another bases-loaded walk.
Iseia Fields-Schulz worked the first six innings on the mound for OLSH, giving up five hits and one unearned run while walking two and striking out 12.
Bishop Canevin 15, Clairton 0
Kyle Olszewski collected three hits, scored three runs and added three RBIs to lead the Crusaders to an easy win over the Bears in a Class 1A Section 3 matchup at Clairton.
The Crusaders scored at least once in every inning in the five-inning matchup. In addition to pounding out 15 hits, Bishop Canevin took advantage of six Clairton errors that resulted in five unearned runs.
An error and a dropped third strike led directly to two Crusaders’ runs in the first inning, and they tacked on four more in the second and five in the third to lead 11-0 after three innings.
Tyler Maddix, Nate Astor and Olszewski each contributed RBI doubles in the second inning and Jackson Maddix chipped in with a run-scoring single.
Layne Gerba doubled in a run in the third, Olszewski had an RBI single and Tyler Maddix drove in another with a sacrifice fly.
Astor and Jamin Brock each had three hits on the day; Astor had two RBIs and Brock drove in one.
Jackson Maddix had two hits and two RBIs and scored three runs.
Gerba limited the Bears to three hits and three walks while striking out four in four innings. Brady Wagner pitched a scoreless fifth inning, striking out two.
Montour 16, McKeesport 0
Zachary Black and Ryan Gamble each delivered two-run singles to highlight a nine-run third inning that sent the Spartans on their way to a lopsided triumph over the Tigers in a Class 5A Section 4 game.
Montour scored two runs in each of the first two innings, then put the game away with nine in the third.
Nino DiMichele and Matteo Weber each contributed an RBI single and DiMichele came back later in the same frame to drive in a run with a triple.
Black and Tommy Butts each finished with three RBIs while Quinn Dalverny had two RBIs for the Spartans.
Oliver Wovchko and Butts combined to no-hit the Tigers in the four-inning game. Wovchko started and struck out seven in his three innings of work. Butts allowed the only baserunner on a walk in the fourth.
Bethel Park 5, Moon Area 3
The Black Hawks took advantage of an infield error to score two third-inning runs, and that proved to be the difference in their win over the Tigers in a Class 5A Section 2 game at Moon Area.
A walk and a single put runners at first and second to start the third inning and after Moon pitcher Joey Marasco recorded two straight outs, the next batter reached on an infield error that plated two runs.
Moon pulled to within 2-1 on a Bethel Park error, but the Black Hawks added two runs in the fifth and tacked on a final run in the sixth.
The Tigers’ final two runs came in the sixth on Owen Amy’s RBI single and Savario Vandetti’s sacrifice, but that was a close as Moon would get.
Marasco worked the first five innings and gave up five hits and two earned runs while walking four and striking out three.
Apollo-Ridge 12, Carlynton 2
Alex Clawson had two hits, drove in two runs and scored three times and the Vikings used four-run outbursts in the third and fourth innings to pull away from the Cougars in a Class 2A Section 3 game at Carlynton.
Gage Wingard had two hits, including an RBI single in the first inning and Clawson also drove in a run that inning with a base hit to help Apollo-Ridge build a 3-0 lead.
Carlynton came back in its half of the first to score twice on Eric Firle’s fielder’s choice and a balk by Wingard. But that would be the last time the Cougars found home plate, as Wingard and Noah Stewart limited the host team to just two hits and two walks.
Connor Hart and Firle accounted for the lone Carlynton hits.
Mohawk 17, Sto-Rox 0
Briar Crawford held the Vikings hitless while the Warriors pounded out 15 hits en route to a five-inning Class 3A Section 1 win at Sto-Rox.
Cash Stratton had three hits and drove in three runs for Mohawk, which led 10-0 after four innings and put the game away with a seven-run fifth inning.
Bobby Fadden and Jackson Chapman each contributed three RBIs for the Warriors and both chipped in with triples.
Crawford allowed just three walks and struck out 11 for Mohawk.
SOFTBALL
Carlynton 19, Sto-Rox 2
Danica DeCecco struck out nine hitters in four innings and the Cougars mounted a 14-hit attack in overpowering the Vikings in a non-section game.
Sarah Loney and Hanalee Nordeen both went 3 for 3, including a double, for the winners. Lucy Vetter added a double and a single and Andi Fogle had two hits and drove in three runs for Carlynton.
Chartiers-Houston 12, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 0
Lauren Risch had a pair of hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in three runs to pace the Buccaneers past the Chargers in a Class 2A Section 3 game at Chartiers-Houston.
The Bucs finished with 11 hits to just three for OLSH and took advantage of four Chargers errors, two of which led directly to three runs in a five-run third inning that doubled Chartiers-Houston’s lead to 10-0.
Sophia Wasko, Mya Eshenbaugh and Kaylee Seskey had the only hits for OLSH.
Ella Richey and Meadow Ferri also homered for Chartiers-Houston. Rush, Richey and Ferri each scored three runs.
Sewickley Academy 15, Bishop Canevin 1
The Panthers met with little resistance in posting a Class 1A Section 1 victory over the Crusaders.
Lizzy Fuchs had the only hit for Bishop Canevin.
BOYS LACROSSE
Indiana 8, Moon Area 4
Alec Batchelor scored a goal and assisted on another, but it wasn’t enough as the Tigers fell in a Class 2A Section 2 game Monday night.
Ben Witenski, Brody Eckert and Tyler Zeigler each added one goal for Moon and Witenski created two turnovers and registered 11 critical ground balls. Dylan Cernetic made 14 saves on 22 shots on goal.
Photos by Mike Longo Jr.
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