Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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The Times Leader Staff
WEST PITTSTON — Andre Harris allowed just a pair of infield hits and struck out seven for Wyoming Area in a 3-0 complete-game shutout of Dallas on Monday in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division I matchup.

Chris Murphy of Wyoming Area, left, and Paul Narcum of Dallas wait for the call from the umpire at home plate in the fourth inning of Monday’s Wyoming Valley Conference baseball game in West Pittston. Murphy was called safe.
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Randy McDermott had a triple and an RBI for the Warriors (9-3), while Chris Murphy went 2-for-3.
Hunter Englehart struck out eight in the loss for Dallas (4-7).
| Dallas | Wyoming Area | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Narcum c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bott cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaver cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carroll cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noyalis 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Furman ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Englehart p | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | RMcDmt 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Plesnar 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eramo rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Murray 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Murphy 3b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| DeBona rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nowicki c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harding lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harris p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muldoon lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maloney dh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Patel ss | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bellino 1b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Totals | 20 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Dallas | 000 | 000 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wyoming Area | 200 | 100 | x | — | 3 |
3B – RMcDermott
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
| Dallas | ||||||
| Englehart (L, 2-4) | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Wyoming Area | ||||||
| Harris (W, 5-1) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Adam Davis struck out nine in a complete-game four hitter to help the Cougars hold off the Royals.
Mike Martuscelli went 2-for-2 for the Cougars (9-3), while Matt Benyo had the team’s lone RBI.
Steve Ruch had two hits for the Royals (4-8), including a solo home run in the seventh that cut the lead in half.
Holy Redeemer
Hazleton Area
ab
r
h
bi
ab
r
h
bi
Malloy rf
3
0
0
0
Cara 2b
3
1
1
0
Ell cf
3
0
0
0
Petrone cf
3
0
0
0
Ruch 3b
3
1
2
1
Benyo ss
3
1
1
1
Murray ss
3
0
0
0
Manfredi 3b
3
0
0
0
Choman 1b
3
0
0
0
Medvcky 1b
3
0
1
0
Ritsick p
3
0
1
0
Barnes c
3
0
1
0
Tsevdos lf
0
0
0
0
Davis p
3
0
0
0
Ringsdorf dh
2
0
0
0
Martusclli lf
2
0
2
0
Zielen c
2
0
0
0
Parise rf
0
0
0
0
Kosik 2b
1
0
0
0
Bayzick dh
2
0
0
0
Cosgrove ph
1
0
0
0
Totals
24
1
3
1
Totals
25
2
6
1
| Holy Redeemer | 000 | 000 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Hazleton Area | 200 | 000 | x | — | 2 |
HR – Ruch
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
| Holy Redeemer | ||||||
| Ritsick (L, 3-3) | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Hazleton Area | ||||||
| Davis (W, 4-2) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Ryan Sod collected two doubles and three RBI to help the Crusaders rally from an early 7-3 deficit. Coughlin (8-4) also got three RBI from Mick Humanik.
Anthony Grillini hit a solo home run while Josh Featherman earned the win in relief.
Jarad Kmietowicz finished 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI for the Trojans (2-10).
| Nanticoke | Coughlin | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Kmietowicz p | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Parsnik 3b | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Zwiebel 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sorokas cf | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buchanan 1b | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | RSod ss | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Vitale p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ramirez 2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Passetti p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Humnik rf-p | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ioanna ss | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Martinez c | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hauer lf | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Kearney lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jezewski 3b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Grillini 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Lycett rf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Haupt p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decker dh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Feathrmn p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yudichak c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bucci dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lukszwski cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 27 | 9 | 11 | 5 | Totals | 32 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
| Nanticoke | 403 | 101 | 0 | — | 9 |
| Coughlin | 121 | 422 | x | — | 12 |
2B – Kmietowicz, Zwiebel, RSod 2, Martinez; HR – Grillini
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | ||
Nanticoke
Kmietowicz
2.0
4
3
2
2
1
Vitale
1.0
3
3
3
3
1
Passetti (L, 0-2)
2.0
5
4
4
3
2
Jezewski
1.0
2
2
2
3
2
| Coughlin | ||||||
| Haupt | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Humanik | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Feathermn (W, 1-1) | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Eight of the Black Knights’ 13 hits were good for extra bases, but Lake-Lehman (10-1) still had to gut out a close one at home.
The Preppers (2-9) scored three runs in the seventh inning and loaded the bases with two outs to bring the tying run to the plate before Justin Cornell came on to record the save.
Zack Yursha (3-4, RBI) and Bryan Mathers (2-4, two RBI) both doubled twice. Kyle Caffrey tripled and drove in two runs for Lake-Lehman.
MMI’s Ryan Forte finished 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBI.
| MMI Prep | Lake-Lehman | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Hornak ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Everett rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| McNelis 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mathers ss | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| McCoy 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Baker cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Haupt cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Olsmski 3b | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Yencha 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | McGovern p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swankoski c | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Wasylyk p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blanner 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cornell p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farrell rf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Caffrey dh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hinkle p | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LeValley 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kollar p | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | CuBrbcci ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forte lf | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Yursha lf | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Paulsks 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Shurites rf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| CoBrbcci c | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 11 | 6 | Totals | 30 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| MMI Prep | 010 | 301 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Lake-Lehman | 170 | 103 | x | — | 12 |
2B – Swankoski, Mathers 2, Yursha 2, Everett, Olshemski, LeValley; 3B – Forte, Caffrey
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
| MMI Prep | ||||||
| Hinkle (L, 0-2) | 4.0 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Kollar | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Lake-Lehman | ||||||
| McGovern (W, 3-0) | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Wasylyk | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Cornell (S) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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