Not this time: Mikes无毛视频� suffer season-ending loss in third meeting with Avella
WASHINGTON 无毛视频� It无毛视频檚 hard to beat a good team three times.
Avella lost the regular-season series to section rival Carmichaels by a combined score of 20-5 in two games, but behind a strong pitching performance from Bryce Wright and some clutch hitting, the Eagles clinched a spot in the PIAA Class A baseball playoffs with a 6-2 victory over the Mikes on Thursday at Ross Memorial Park.
Avella (12-6) will play District 10 champion West Middlesex (10-11) Monday in the first round of the state playoffs. The site and time have yet to be determined.
Eagles coach Jason Fogg believes his team is the first in program history to qualify for the state tournament.
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Avella won its first two games in the playoffs, including a victory over section champion Fort Cherry in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semifinals to Eden Christian that set up Wednesday无毛视频檚 third-place game.
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The Mikes无毛视频� season comes to an end at 13-6.
无毛视频淲e didn无毛视频檛 hit,无毛视频� Carmichaels coach Richard Krause said. 无毛视频淲e knew them well, we played them twice during the regular season, and things do change over the course of a season.
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Wright, a sophomore, yielded two unearned runs on one hit over 6鈪� innings. He had seven strikeouts and walked three. Wright was pulled after reaching 105 pitches while facing the Mikes无毛视频� Dom Colarusso. Per the pitch-count rules, Wright was able to finish the at-bat against Colarusso, and the righty did it in style with a strikeout.
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Isaiah Bradick finished the game with a strikeout.
Carmichaels took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Colarusso reached on a two-base error, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Robbie-Wilson Jones无毛视频� groundout.
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Avella responded with two runs in the bottom of the first on back-to-back singles by Chuck Rush and Brian Martos, who scored on wild pitches for a 2-1 advantage. Rush and Martos had three hits apiece.
The Eagles extended their lead to 5-1 in the third with three runs on three hits. Wright hustled into second base with a double after hitting a ball to right field before advancing to third on a single by Rush.
Wright scored on Martos无毛视频� single that dropped between the center and right fielders for a two-run advantage.
Bradick was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Rush scored on Westley Burchianti无毛视频檚 groundout. Martos raced home on Brayden Fuller无毛视频檚 groundout for a 5-1 lead.
Avella scored its final run in the fourth as Wright scored on a two-out single by Martos. Wright and Rush had back-to-back singles to set the stage for Martos.
The Mikes cut the deficit to four in the fifth when Colarusso walked, stole second, moved to third on an error and scored on Liam Lohr无毛视频檚 groundout. Lohr, who started on the mound for Carmichaels, had his team无毛视频檚 lone hit.
Lohr had five strikeouts and no walks.
Aydan Adamson pitched well in relief for the Mikes with 2 鈪� scoreless innings, allowing just one hit while striking out four.