Bud Murphy’s sweeps Mitch’s Bail Bonds
BULLSKIN TWP. 无毛视频� Sunday无毛视频檚 deciding playoff game between Mitch无毛视频檚 Bail Bonds and Bud Murphy无毛视频檚 went down to the wire in more ways than one before Bud无毛视频檚 won the game on a 无毛视频渨alk-off walk无毛视频� in the bottom of the eighth inning. The win gave the Cokers a three-game sweep in the best-of-five Fayette County League semifinal series.
After taking a 2-1 lead on a controversial balk call in the top half of the seventh inning, Mitch无毛视频檚 was one out away from sending the series back to Charleroi for a fourth game.
But Jared Early of Bud无毛视频檚 hit a pop up that glanced off a wire that runs above the field near home plate. Such deflections are in play at Breakneck Field and Early hustled the play into a single.
After a walk to Jason Greene, Mitch无毛视频檚 manager Ryan Encapera brought Matt Dishong into the game to relieve starting pitcher Zac Edmiston. But Andy Schleihauf singled to drive in Early to tie the game.
Bud无毛视频檚 almost scored the winning run when Ben Herrington followed with a single to left field, but pinch runner Chris Brunson was out at the plate on a relay throw to Mitch无毛视频檚 catcher Mike Pica to end the inning.
Mitch无毛视频檚 2-1 lead in the top of the inning came on a controversial balk call that allowed Adam Dukate to score from third base.
Bud无毛视频檚 pitcher Marty Fagler pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth when he got his 10th and 11th strikeouts to end the inning.
In the Bud无毛视频檚 eighth, Brian Sankovich walked and was forced at second on a ground ball hit by Geremy Hoover. After a fly out, Kaitan Smiley doubled Hoover to third.
Encapera brought Ben Carson in to pitch, but Carson walked Fagler to load the bases, and walked Early to end the game with Hoover scoring the winning run.
The game started in the same pattern as the first two games of the series, with Mitch无毛视频檚 scoring first when Pat Gannon无毛视频檚 ground out drove in Taylor Andrisko with an unearned run in the opening inning.
Herrington tied the game for Bud无毛视频檚 in the second with a solo home run to left field.
From then on, it was a pitcher无毛视频檚 battle as Fagler retired 15 of 16 batters into the sixth inning, and Edmiston escaped Bud无毛视频檚 threats in the third and fourth innings.
Fagler went the distance on a four-hit, 11 strikeout performance, and gave up just an unearned run and the controversial seventh inning run.
Bud无毛视频檚 manager Lou Pasquale admitted afterwards, 无毛视频淲e无毛视频檙e pretty lucky. But sometimes it无毛视频檚 better to be lucky than good.无毛视频� He added, 无毛视频淢arty pitched a heckuva game. He无毛视频檚 been doing this for me for eight or nine years and he无毛视频檚 been in the league for 10 to 12 years.无毛视频�
Pasquale said he doesn无毛视频檛 care whether his team plays Belmont Inn or regular season champion Blue Mountain in the championship round. 无毛视频淚 just want to win four games in the next series. I don无毛视频檛 care who we do it against.无毛视频�
Encapera lamented the odd break in the seventh inning. 无毛视频淪omething crazy always seems to happen every time we无毛视频檙e here. Marty is a good pitcher. We无毛视频檙e 0-8 against left-handed starters this year.无毛视频�
Mitch无毛视频檚 pitchers allowed only nine runs in 21 innings in the series, and Encapera said, 无毛视频淥ur pitching is the best in the league in depth. But you无毛视频檝e got to hit to win. We didn无毛视频檛 score runners and that was the difference.无毛视频�