Andy Close
EDINBORO, Pa. – Nate Doutt drove in four runs, including a home run as General McLane earned an 18-8, six-inning win over Warren.
The Lancers scored eight runs in the third innings en route to the win. Ryan Fiscus was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, as was Brandon Dedrick. Charlie Swanson and Dylan Sheeder scored three runs each.
Doutt got the win, allowing five runs (two earned) in 4 ⅓ innings on three hits, striking out two and walking four. GM also took advantage of seven Warren errors.
J.T. Blum was 3-for-4 with three doubles and four runs for Warren, while Eric Dippold was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Owen Blum drove in three runs.
Eric Dippold took the loss, allowing eight runs (five earned) in 2 ⅓ innings, allowing three hits, striking out three, and walking eight.
UNION CITY 6, EISENHOWER 4
RUSSELL, Pa. – Union City rallied from a 4-2 deficit, scoring four runs in the top of the seventh inning in a 6-4 win over Eisenhower.
In the seventh, Quinlan Magee hit a sacrifice fly, followed by an error that allowed the tying run to come across, a squeeze play from Matt Bennett that brought across the go-ahead run, and a Daithan Kent RBI single to cap the frame.
Kent tossed five innings of relief to get the win, allowing two runs on seven hits, striking out seven, and walking two.
It was a strong start in defeat for Eisenhower’s Cole Chapman, allowing just one earned run in the complete-game effort, scattering seven hits, walking two, and striking out two.
Zack Jerman, Cole Kellogg, and Johnny Palmieri had two hits apiece for Eisenhower.
