ORWIGSBURG — Zach Martin continued his torrid start to the season by going 3-for-4 with four RBIs as Blue Mountain routed Jim Thorpe 14-4 in a five-inning Schuylkill League Division I game Wednesday.
Martin, who had two hits and four RBIs in the Eagles’ season opener against Pleasant Valley, had a two-run double off the fence in Blue Mountain’s five-run first inning and later added a two-run single.
Dean Stramara and winning pitcher Adam Hull also had three hits for the Eagles, who collected 18 total for the second straight game. Stramara followed Martin’s first-inning double with a similar two-run double of his own.
Hull went three innings to get the pitching victory. Will Kovolenko had two hits for Jim Thorpe.
JT (1-2, 0-1) 002 20 — 4 5 1
Blue (2-0, 1-0) 533 03 — 14 18 2
Micciche, Everitt (2), Fayocavitz (3), Burkhardt (5) and A. Joyce; Hull, Krammes (4), Moyer (5) and Kyslinger. W — Hull (1-0). L — Micciche (1-1).
HITS: Jim Thorpe — Carroll, McElmoyle, Kovolenko 2, D. Pompa. Blue Mountain — S. Greenawalt 2, Hammer, Hull 3, Moyer 2, Krammes 2, Martin 3, Stramara 3, Kyslinger, Barton.
2B — Martin, Stramara.
Minersville 9
Williams Valley 2
TOWER CITY — Steele Fekette collected a pair of RBIs as the Battlin’ Miners earned a Division II win over the Vikings.
Minersville scored two runs on errors in the fifth to take a 6-1 lead, then errors and walks in the sixth led to three more runs.
Scott Whitcomb knocked in a run for Williams Valley.
Min (2-0, 1-0) 300 123 0 — 9 7 3
WV (0-2, 0-1) 100 010 0 — 2 8 3
Stephen, Nettles (5) and Bettinger, Andruchek (5); Ulsh, Maurer (4), Martin (4), Shutt (6) and Whitcomb. W — Stephen (1-0). L — Ulsh (0-2).
HITS: Minersville — Stephen 2, Leshko 2, Bettinger, Hoffman, Fekette. Williams Valley — Ross 2, Zimmerman, Whitcomb, Ulsh 2, T. Graff, Underkoffler.
2B — Stephen, Zimmerman.
Pine Grove 8
Riverside 7
PINE GROVE — Mark Weinus hit a two-out single in the bottom of the sixth inning to score Dylan Brown and give the Cardinals a non-league win over the Vikings.
Zach Boltz led off the Pine Grove sixth with a double and scored on Brown’s RBI single before Weinus’ decisive hit.
Weinus then pitched the Riverside seventh to earn the win.
Boltz, Weinus, Brown and Austin Fick each had two hits for the Cardinals.
Riverside 400 102 0 — 7 7 1
PG (1-1) 100 322 x — 8 11 2
Muth, Amaral (4), Panek (6) and P. Sottile; Brown, T. Zimmerman (5), Herb (6), Weinus (7) and T. Levan. W — Weinus (1-0). L — Panek.
HITS: Riverside — Spinelli, N. Sottile, Amaral, Roche 2, Panek, Bernardi. Pine Grove — D’Agostino, L. Levan, Boltz 2, Fick 2, Brown 2, Wolfe, Weinus 2.
2B — Amaral, Panek, Boltz.
Schuylkill Haven 10
Mahanoy Area 0
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Nick Behm, Brad Fryer and Mike Ulsh collected two RBIs apiece as the Hurricanes blanked the Golden Bears in a non-league contest.
Danny Blugis collected a single and a double for Schuylkill Haven.
Mahanoy (0-2) 000 00 — 0 3 4
Haven (3-0) 203 41 — 10 9 2
Middleton, Kimmel (3), Miller (4) and Fegley; Schaeffer, Conage (5) and Blugis. W — Schaeffer (1-0). L — Middleton (0-1).
HITS: Mahanoy Area — Bradley, Fegley, Cavenas. Schuylkill Haven — Webb, Blugis 2, Fink, Behm, Bl. Moyer, Fryer, Ulsh, Cook.
2B — Blugis.
Fleetwood 2
Hamburg 0
FLEETWOOD — Ryan Scepansky pitched a complete-game shutout as the Tigers beat the Hawks in a Berks Section II game. No additional details were available.
College Baseball
Penn State Schuylkill
sweeps twinbill
CRESSONA — Solid pitching performances by Ryan King and Ryan Boyer helped Penn State Schuylkill sweep a PSUAC doubleheader from Wilkes-Barre at the Cressona Baseball Complex.
The local Lions took the opener 9-6 as King scattered three hits and struck out six over six innings. Schuylkill tallied just five hits in the opener, but capitalized on five Wilkes-Barre errors.
Boyer pitched a complete-game five-hitter in the nightcap as Schuylkill rolled to a 16-1, five inning victory. The senior left-hander struck out six and walked two.
Jesse Wenrick paced Schuylkill’s 15-hit attack by going 3-for-3 with two doubles and five RBIs, while Karlos Joseph was 3-for-3 with three runs scored. Matt Roberts added two doubles and two RBIs.
Game 1, at Cressona
W-B (0-1) 000 004 2 — 6 5 5
Sch (5-4) 011 034 x — 9 5 2
Klinger, Gurzynski (5), Myers (5), No. 13 (5) and Korea; King, Oliver (7) and Roberts. W — King. L — Klinger.
HITS: Penn State Wilkes-Barre — Klinger, Brodi, Gurzynski 2, Korea. Penn State Schuylkill — Visconti, Boyer, Kreiser, Stokes, Ney.
2B — Gurzynski.
Game 2, at Cressona
W-Barre (0-2) 001 00 — 1 5 4
Schuylkill (6-4) 934 0x — 16 15 0
Brodi, Constantino (3), Williams (4), Gurzynski (4) and Adamczyk; Boyer and Wenrick. W — Boyer. L — Brodi.
HITS: Penn State Wilkes-Barre — Portugal, Brodi, Gurzynski, Moffett 2. Penn State Schuylkill — Visconti, Perez, Kreider, Roberts 2, Kreiser, Joseph 3, Starry 2, Wenrick 3, Ney.
2B — Gurzynski, Roberts 2, Joseph, Starry, Wenrick 2.