Busy weekend for Tamaqua

The Tamaqua Legion baseball team had a busy weekend, playing one game Saturday and then a doublheader on Sunday.

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Tamaqua-Kutztown

Nate McDonald's walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Tamaqua a 3-2 victory Kutztown on Saturday.

McDonald's hit was his third of the game and scored Joe Heery with the winning run.

Harold Moll added two hits for Tamaqua and also knocked in a run.

Ed Titus fanned two in a scoreless inning of relief to pick up the pitching victory. Tamaqua starter Adam Bates allowed just five hits in six innings of work and struck out nine.

Tamaqua-Fleetwood

Fleetwood swept a doubleheader from Tamaqua on Sunday. Fleetwood won by scores of 10-5 and 4-3.

Fleetwood was holding a one-run leading heading into the seventh inning of the opener before a four-run eruption blew the game open. Ed Titus had two hits and two RBIs for Tamaqua in the loss. Peter Baddick added a hit, an RBI and two runs scored; Jake Humes had a double and scored twice; and Cy Rother had a hit and also knocked in a run.

In the second game, Fleetwood scored three times in the bottom of the sixth to rally for the victory.

Adam Bates had three hits and an RBI for Tamaqua. Matt Roberts added a hit and three runs scored while Peter Baddick had a hit and an RBI.

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Shockers-Mustangs

The Franklin Township Shockers blew open a close game with a six-run explosion in their fial atbat as they defeated the East Stroudsburg Mustangs, 10-3.

Cody Scherer scattered five hits and allowed just two earned runs in a complete-game pitching performance for the Shockers.

Scherer also had three hits at the plate. He knocked in a run and scored a run. Also contributing offensively for the Shockers were Brody Hydro (three hits, two RBIs); Taylor David two hits, RBI); Ryan McCullough (two hits, two runs); Gabe Wagner (double, RBI, run scored); Jordan Knappenberger (single, RBI, run scored).

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Yankees-Braves

The Northern Yankees blanked the Berlinsville Braves, 3-0.

Hebert outdueled Zack Svetik to get the pitching victory. Hebert allowed just four hits in seven shutout innings and struck out nine. Svetik allowed just two earned runs in six-and-a-third innings of work. He struck out seven.

The loss drops the Braves' record to 2-8. The Yankees, who got a pair of hits and an RBI from Jacen Nalesnik, improve to 7-3.