Tamaqua 9-10 team downs JT
Tamaqua Blue remained in the winners bracket of the District 18 10-11 tournament by gaining a 15-0 win over Jim Thorpe.
In other baseball action, the Keystone Senior Babe Ruth completed its regular season and will begin its playoffs later this week.
DISTRICT 1810-11
Tamaqua Blue-
Jim Thorpe
Matthew Kistler pitched a shutout and the Tamaqua Blue bats had a big day in posting a 15-0 victory over Jim Thorpe.
Nine different players had hits for the winners with Hamm, Boyle and Davis each finishing with two.
KEYSTONE SENIOR
BABE RUTH
ES Mustangs-
Towamensing
Rich Steigerwalt had a double and knocked in three runs for the Towamensing Yankees, but it was the East Stroudsburg Mustangs who came away with a 9-5 victory.
The Yankees jumped out to a 4-0 lead but Jason Montalvo had two hits, one a double, and two RBI and Luke Monica knocked in two runs to help the Mustangs rally.
ES Mustangs 003 240 0 - 9 5 0
Towamensing 130 010 0 - 5 3 3
Nieves, Cardenas (2), Lewis (4) and Clare; Svetik, Wierzbicki (6) and Sander. W - Lewis. L - Svetik.
Phillipsburg-
PV Black Diamonds
Nick McArdle knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Panther Valley Black Diamonds to a 6-5 win over the Phillipsburg Indians.
McArdle finished the contest with four hits and three stolen bases. PV, which rallied from a 5-0 deficit, also received two hits from both Jake Szczecina and Dave Marouchoc.
For Phillipsburg, Dan Blazejewski had two hits and knocked in two runs.
Phillipsburg 003 200 00 - 5 10 2
Panther Vy. 000 140 01 - 6 13 1
Corman, Woscek (7) and Marinelli, Hartman (6); King, Szczecina (4) and Marouchoc. W - Szczecina. L - Woscek.
PV Black Diamonds-ES Mustangs
The East Stroudsburg Mustangs swept a doubleheader with the Panther Valley Black Diamonds.
In the first game, East Stroudsburg scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out the win. Jason Montalvo knocked in the game-winning run, while PV received three hits, four runs and two stolen bases from Zach Stanko.
In the second game, the Mustangs broke a tie with a six-run third inning to help post a 14-9 win. Billy Lewis paced ES with three RBI. For the Black Diamonds, Dave Marouchoc and Nate Hrebik both had a double and knocked in two runs.
B. Diamonds 112 230 1 - 10 9 2
ES Mustangs 100 008 2 - 11 10 2
W - Folkes. L - Vidzicki.
ES Mustangs 326 010 2 - 14 11 2
B. Diamonds 320 003 1 - 9 8 5
W - Lewis. L - Heitz.
FT Hurricanes-
Lower Nazareth
The Franklin Hurricanes jumped out to an early lead and held on to post an 11-9 victory over the Lower Nazareth Township Titans.
Dane Ciavarella had two hits, one a double, and scored two runs for the winners. The Titans received two hits from Devin DeJesus.
FT Hurricanes 520 202 0 - 11 7 4
L. Nazareth 113 003 1 - 9 10 2
W - Ciavarella. L - DePalma.
