MIDDLEPORT - The way Anthony Agosti runs the bases and shags fly balls in center field, you can't tell the Marian senior suffered a broken right fibula in January.
Roughly three months later, Agosti is back on the field and a major contributor to a very potent Colts offense.
That was the case Wednesday, when Agosti went 2-for-2 with two doubles, two runs scored and two RBIs in Marian's 11-1, five-inning victory over Williams Valley in a Schuylkill League Division II contest at Schuylkill Valley Stadium.
"In the middle of basketball season, against Shenandoah Valley, a kid set an illegal screen and snapped my fibula in half and I was out the rest of the season," Agosti explained. "My recovery has been great. I went to a couple of therapists, and all the exercises they gave me. Time healed it.
"I'm back to normal. I'm back 100 percent."
Agosti bats ninth in a Marian (2-1, 2-1 D-II)
lineup that has collected 38 hits and scored 34 runs in three games - against quality Division II opponents Minersville, Tri-Valley and Williams Valley.
The Colts' leadoff hitter the past couple of seasons, Agosti didn't mind moving to the No. 9 hole, where he basically serves as the leadoff hitter for the top of the order.
Wednesday, he doubled with one out in the second inning and scored on a single by Robbie Hinkle. In the third inning, Agosti delivered a two-run double as part of a six-run outburst, then scored on a pair of wild pitches.
"We have a great coaching staff and we made a great lineup together," Agosti said. "Right up and down the lineup, one through nine, we're a great hitting team.
"My coaches at the beginning of the year told me that I was going to bat ninth and all I had to do is get on base. That's my job and that's what I've been doing so far."
Entering the season, Marian head coach Jeff Nietz wasn't sure when Agosti would return from his injury, but the lanky center fielder has been in the lineup all three games.
With the additions of Weatherly transfer Robbie Hinkle, sophomore Dante Salerno and freshmen Josh Inama and Dan Keer to a veteran group that includes seniors Peter Baddick, Frank Nietz, Luke Stawick, Austin Paisley and Agosti, the Colts have a potent combination of power and speed that can terrorize opposing pitchers.
And that lineup is still missing sophomore catcher K.J. Snerr, who is still recovery from a shoulder injury suffered during football. He should return in the next week or so.
Hinkle and Inama each added two hits Wednesday, while Frank Nietz had a two-run single and scored twice, Stawick had two RBIs, Keer scored twice and Baddick crushed a run-scoring triple.
"We're so happy with this offense," Jeff Nietz said. "If you would have told us that we would have that many hits in three games ... we didn't have that many hits all season last year. These aren't easy teams ... these are great teams that we're playing and we're putting up double-digit hits."
Williams Valley (3-2, 2-2) opened the scoring in the top of the first inning when Jarred Matter and Ben Rautzahn singled and Trevor Whelski plated Matter with a sacrifice fly.
The Vikings, however, wouldn't threaten the rest of the way. The Vikes finished with just three hits off Baddick, who pitched five solid innings, walking two and striking out four.
"Williams Valley, the past couple of years, has been whipping our butts up and down the line," Agosti said. "Today we came out with the mindset that we can walk on the field and play with anybody. It was an all-around team effort."