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Berwick’s T.J. Lashock (right) tries to escape the tag of Wyoming Area’s Jake Granteed in a rundown on Monday at Atlas Field. Lashock went 4-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Bulldogs.
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
NANTICOKE — Finally getting to start the Wyoming Valley Conference season after a week of postponements, Nanticoke held on for a 7-6 win over Crestwood on Monday in the league debut of new coach Dean Myers.
Eric Hauer went 3-for-4 with two RBI while taking the mound to help the Trojans (1-0) out of a jam in the seventh, getting the final three outs to earn the save. Alex Passetti picked up the win.
Jeff Jezewski added two RBI of his own at the plate.
Steve Brynok hit a solo home run for the Comets (0-2). Matt Ritz finished 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Crestwood
Nanticoke
ab
r
h
bi
ab
r
h
bi
Ritz cf
4
1
3
2
Briggs 2b
3
2
1
0
Petrochko 3b
4
0
0
0
Yudichak c
3
2
1
0
Berg c
3
1
1
1
Hauer cf
4
1
3
2
Brynok 1b
2
1
1
1
Ioanna 3b
2
1
0
0
Slembarski lf
4
1
0
0
Jezewski rf
3
1
1
2
Quintiliani ss
3
1
1
1
Clawson lf
2
0
1
0
Casey p
0
0
0
0
Passetti p
3
0
1
1
Miale p
0
0
0
0
Rmnwski 2b
0
0
0
0
Aigeldinger p
1
0
0
0
Ivan 1b
0
0
0
0
Sweeney dh
2
0
0
0
Yalch dh
3
0
0
0
Beshada rf
2
1
0
0
Vitale ss
3
0
1
0
Caladie 2b
1
0
0
1
Piavis ph
1
0
0
0
Totals
27
6
6
6
Totals
26
7
9
5
Crestwood
011
012
1
—
6
Nanticoke
002
041
x
—
7
2B – Berg, Vitale; HR – Brynok
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
Crestwood
Casey
4.0
6
2
2
3
3
Miale (L, 0-1)
0.0
1
4
3
2
0
Aigeldinger
2.0
2
1
1
0
1
Nanticoke
Passetti (W, 1-0)
5.0
5
3
3
2
3
Ioanna
1.0
1
3
1
2
2
Vitale
0.0
0
0
0
2
0
Hauer (S)
1.0
0
0
0
1
0
Tunkhannock 9, Dallas 0
Mike Healey and Mike Papi both homered and doubled to fuel host Tunkhannock. Healey finished with five RBI and earned the win on the mound, allowing four hits in six innings.
Ty Saylor added a double and two RBI for the Tigers (2-1).
Marc Noyalis, Kevin Muldoon, Greg Petorak and Deep Patel each singled for the Mountaineers (1-1).
Dallas
Tunkhannock
ab
r
h
bi
ab
r
h
bi
Narcum c
3
0
0
0
KCuster cf
3
2
1
0
DeBona cf
3
0
0
0
Zaner 2b
0
0
0
0
Noyalis 1b
2
0
1
0
Saylor dh
3
2
1
2
Dirsa p
0
0
0
0
Papi ss-p
2
3
2
1
Jenkins p
0
0
0
0
Healey p
3
1
2
5
Stepniak dh
2
0
0
0
McClain ss
0
0
0
0
Muldoon lf
3
0
1
0
Cndeelis 1b
3
0
1
1
Schilling rf
2
0
0
0
WCuster c
3
0
1
0
Napkora rf
1
0
0
0
Goodwin lf
4
0
0
0
Petorak 2b
3
0
1
0
Cline 3b
2
0
0
0
Saba 3b
2
0
0
0
Weiss 3b
1
0
0
0
Ivoska ph
1
0
0
0
Lee rf
2
1
1
0
Patel ss
3
0
1
0
Totals
25
0
4
0
Totals
26
9
9
9
Dallas
000
000
0
—
0
Tunkhannock
201
501
x
—
9
2B – Saylor, Healey, Papi; HR – Papi, Healey
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
Dallas
Dirsa (L, 0-1)
5.0
7
8
8
4
2
Jenkins
1.0
2
1
1
1
1
Tunkhannock
Healey (W, 1-1)
6.0
4
0
0
2
0
Papi
1.0
0
0
0
1
3
Berwick 4, Wyoming Area 0
Ben Bower pitched a three-hit shutout to help lead the Bulldogs to a road win. Tyler Soboleski finished 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI and sophomore T.J. Lashock went 4-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Berwick improved to 2-0 to start the season after going 4-10 in league play last season.
Dylan Maloney struck out nine and went the distance in the loss. Trent Grove doubled for the Warriors (0-4).
Berwick
Wyoming Area
ab
r
h
bi
ab
r
h
bi
Lashock 3b
4
1
4
1
Carey 2b
3
0
1
0
JCalovi rf
4
0
1
0
Bone lf
3
0
0
0
Fnstrmchr ss
4
0
0
0
Maloney p
3
0
0
0
DCalovi c
2
1
2
1
McDrmtt ss
3
0
0
0
Berkes 1b
3
0
0
0
Nowicki c
3
0
1
0
Curtin ph
1
0
0
0
Walkowk rf
0
0
0
0
Bower p
0
0
0
0
Grove dh
3
0
1
0
Kuchka dh
2
1
0
0
Colarsso 1b
1
0
0
0
Soboleski cf
3
1
2
2
Chupka 1b
2
0
0
0
May lf
2
0
0
0
Grnteed 3b
1
0
0
0
Cadman 2b
3
0
0
0
OBrien cf
2
0
0
0
Totals
28
4
9
4
Totals
24
0
3
0
Berwick
112
000
0
—
4
Wyoming Area
000
000
0
—
0
2B – Lashock, Soboleski, Grove
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
Berwick
Bower (W, 1-0)
7.0
3
0
0
1
2
Wyoming Area
Maloney (L, 0-2)
7.0
9
4
4
3
9
Holy Redeemer 13, Pittston Area 6
Ted Ritsick (2-4, double, four RBI), Mark Malloy (3-4, three RBI) and Christian Choman (two-run homer) helped the Royals outslug the Patriots.
Will Cavanaugh pitched 4 1/3 innings of relief to pick up the win for Redeemer (2-1).
Josh Savokinas slammed two home runs for three RBI to lead the Patriots (0-1).
Pittston Area
Holy Redeemer
ab
r
h
bi
ab
r
h
bi
Antal cf
3
0
0
0
Malloy cf
4
1
3
3
Mancini lf
3
1
2
1
Policare 2b
3
3
2
2
Savokinas ss
4
2
2
3
Ruch 3b
2
2
0
0
Musto c
4
0
1
0
Choman 1b
2
2
1
2
Callahan p
0
0
0
0
Ell lf
0
0
0
0
Bone dh
4
2
2
0
Cavangh p
0
0
0
0
Schwab 3b
3
0
1
1
Ritsick dh
4
0
2
4
Hahn rf
2
0
0
1
Ringsdorf c
2
0
0
0
Bressler 1b
0
1
0
0
Peterlin c
2
0
1
1
Razvilla 1b
2
0
1
0
Tsevdos p-lf
4
2
2
0
Emmett 2b
3
0
0
0
Byorick rf
4
2
2
0
Dnsmuir ss
2
1
0
0
Totals
28
6
9
6
Totals
29
13
13
12
Pittston Area
302
001
0
—
6
Holy Redeemer
220
441
x
—
13
2B – Bone, Schwab, Ritsick, Tsevdos; HR – Savokinas 2, Choman
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
Pittston Area
Callahan (L, 0-1)
3.2
5
8
8
4
1
Pernot
1.0
4
3
2
3
1
Castellino
0.1
2
1
1
1
0
Bone
1.0
2
1
1
0
1
Holy Redeemer
Tsevdos
2.2
5
5
4
3
3
Cavangh (W, 1-0)
4.1
3
1
1
2
3
Hazleton Area 4, Coughlin 3
Ten days after their season was supposed to begin, the Cougars were able to get out and open their Division I East title defense with a narrow win over Coughlin at Rex Antinozzi Field.
Hazleton Area (1-0) handed the Crusaders (1-1) their first loss of the season.
STANDINGS
Division I East
Team
W
L
GB
RS
RA
Hazleton Area
1
0
—
4
3
Nanticoke
1
0
—
7
6
Holy Redeemer
2
1
—
23
14
Coughlin
1
1
0.5
8
8
Pittston Area
0
1
1.0
6
13
Crestwood
0
2
1.5
9
13
Division I West
Team
W
L
GB
RS
RA
Berwick
2
0
—
9
3
Wyoming Valley West
1
0
0.5
5
3
Tunkhannock
2
1
0.5
19
5
Dallas
1
1
1.0
5
12
Wyoming Area
0
4
3.0
6
21
Division II
Team
W
L
GB
RS
RA
GAR
1
0
—
10
6
Lake-Lehman
1
0
—
14
4
Hanover Area
0
0
0.5
0
0
Meyers
0
0
0.5
0
0
MMI Prep
0
0
0.5
0
0
West Side Tech
0
0
0.5
0
0
Northwest
0
1
1.0
4
14
Wyoming Seminary
0
1
1.0
6
10
Today’s games
Nanticoke at Holy Redeemer
Dallas at Wyoming Valley West
Lake-Lehman at Meyers
Northwest at Wyoming Seminary
MMI Prep at West Side Tech
Hanover Area at GAR