SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - There aren't enough adjectives to describe Hunter Bordner's pitching performance Saturday.
The Tri-Valley junior tossed a three-hit shutout and struck out 14 as the Dawgs blanked Schuylkill Haven 4-0 in a Schuylkill League Division II contest.
The victory is the seventh straight for Tri-Valley (7-1, 5-1 D-II), which moves into first place in Division II with the win. The loss was the Hurricanes' first of the season.
"He was fabulous. He threw great today, and he's capable of doing that," Tri-Valley coach Bob Felty Sr. said. "Hunter is something special, and I'm just glad to have him for this year and next year."
Bordner recorded 11 of his strikeouts in the first five innings after giving up a double to Haven's first batter of the game, Zavier Webb. Alec Bailey and Mike Feryo collected the only other hits for Haven (6-1, 4-1 D-II), while Bordner walked two.
The game was scoreless until the fifth, when Tri-Valley bunched five of its six hits to score three runs. Hunter Herb singled to start the frame. After a sacrifice bunt, Jaden Buchanan and Collin Maurer followed with RBI doubles and Bordner capped the rally with a run-scoring single.
The Dawgs added an insurance run in the seventh when Herb was hit by a pitch by reliever Ryan Fink with the bases loaded.
"We're swinging the bats pretty good, and we're making enough plays," Felty said of his team's win streak. "We're scoring runs and getting enough pitching to get us through."
Blue Mountain wins title at Shikellamy
SUNBURY - Austin Krammes reached on an error that sparked a five-run, seventh-inning rally that helped Blue Mountain win the championship of the Shikellamy Tournament.
The five-run outburst came in the opener, as the Eagles rallied to beat Shikellamy 7-4. Sean Greenawalt and Troy Moyer combined to strike out 10 for Blue Mountain, which trailed 4-2 entering the seventh.
In the title game, sophomore John Werbacher allowed just one run in six strong innings as the Eagles routed Lake-Lehman 13-1.
North Schuylkill 8 Mount Carmel 0
MOUNT CARMEL - Tevin Murray and Alex Wiley combined to strike out 10 and allow just three hits as the Spartans blanked the Red Tornadoes in a non-league game.
Ryan Hillbish went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and John Rupinski picked up two doubles as the Spartans had 13 total hits in the win.
Pine Grove 8 Tulpehocken 5
NEW SCHAEFFERSTOWN - Brian Reichert had a pair of hits and drove in three runs as the Cardinals outlasted the Trojans in a non-league game.
Marcus Brown picked up the save for the Cardinals, who almost let their lead slip away when the Trojans scored five runs in the fifth inning until Brown came in and shut them down.
Upper Dauphin 15 Greenwood 0
ELIZABETHVILLE - Trey Campbell hit a three-run homer as part of a nine-run second inning as the Trojans routed Greenwood in a Tri-Valley League game.
Dylan Lesher and Tanner Miller each had two hits for Upper Dauphin, which stayed unbeaten in league play.
Palmerton 9 Jim Thorpe 3
PALMERTON - Jordan McElmoyle's RBI in the fifth inning tied the game, but Palmerton answered with five runs to break open the game and capture the non-league victory.
MMI takes 2 from Weatherly
FREELAND - Brian Maiello had a pair of hits in both games, but the Wreckers were swept in a non-league doubleheader with MMI, losing the first game 6-1 and the second game 2-1.
Losing pitcher Brett Kelly struck out six and allowed only three hits in a complete-game effort during Game 2.
3 games postponed
Three area baseball games were postponed Saturday due to wet field conditions.
The Hamburg at Tamaqua game was moved to May 1, while the Lincoln Leadership at Mahanoy Area and Lehighton at Panther Valley non-league contests were also postponed.