Uniontown earns walk-off victory over Belle Vernon
Juliet White scored on Lyric McLee’s sacrifice fly and Uniontown rallied from a five-run deficit for a 6-5 walk-off win over Belle Vernon on Thursday in Section 2-4A softball play at Bailey Park.
With the win, the Lady Red Raiders (5-3, 7-5) swept the season series against the Lady Leopards (3-4, 5-8).
Uniontown trailed 5-3 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, but tied the game when starting and winning pitcher Emmaleigh Noah hit a two-run home run to left field that scored Alexa Budner, who led off the frame with a double to left.
Following Noah’s homer, White reached second base on an error that was hit to left field. Lauren White was intentionally walked before being forced out at second base on Graci Rodeheaver’s force out.
Juliet White advanced to third on Rodeheaver’s force out to set the stage for McLee, who hit her sacrifice fly to right field on a 2-2 count.
Belle Vernon scored five runs in the second inning for a 5-0 lead.
The Lady Red Raiders cut the deficit to 5-3 in the fifth inning on Juliet White’s three-run blast.
Laurel Highlands 10, Oakland Catholic 0 — Payton Senge threw a five-inning one hitter in the Mustangs’ Section 2-4A triumph over the Eagles.
Senge had 12 strikeouts and no walks in earning the pitching victory. The freshman’s lone hit was a lead-off triple to Nina Hillard in the fifth inning.
Laurel Highlands (4-3, 5-6) put up six runs in the first inning. It added one in the second and fourth frames, and two in the fifth.
Kayla Howell had a triple and double for the Fillies. Teammate Aubrey Speelman also doubled.
Connellsville 6, Bethel Park 5 — Maggie Orndorff’s single to right field scored Addison Lloyd as the Lady Falcons earned a walk-off triumph over the Lady Black Hawks in Section 4-5A play.
Lloyd reached on an error to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning and advanced to third on Cali Leichliter’s double to left field before Orndorff’s hit on an 0-2 count.
Leichliter had two doubles and three hits. Teammate Molly Greenwalt also doubled. Orndorff tripled and scored one run, as Connellsville improved to 2-2 in the section and 6-2 overall.
Bethel Park fell to 4-3 in section play and 8-3 overall.
Mount Pleasant 9, Ligonier Valley 4 — The Lady Vikings remain unbeaten in Section 1-3A play following a victory over the Lady Rams.
Danica Trainer allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits over seven innings for the pitching victory. She struck out three and walked one. Trainer had two RBIs and doubled.
Natalie Bizup doubled and Elyse Witcoski hit a home run for Ligonier Valley (2-2, 2-7).
Mount Pleasant improved to 6-0 in section play and 8-3 overall.
Brownsville 7, Washington 4 — Ava Clark doubled and had two hits in the Lady Falcons’ win over the Lady Prexies in Section 4-2A action.
Clark earned the triumph in the pitching circle after yielding four runs (two earned) on nine hits in seven innings. She had 12 strikeouts and one walk.
Brownsville (4-1, 7-3) had a 4-0 lead after two innings before Washington (0-4, 4-4) scored one run in the third. The Lady Falcons added a run in the sixth and two in the seventh. The Lady Prexies responded with an equal amount of runs in the final two frames.
Washington’s Zkyiah Hines doubled.
Frazier 16, Bentworth 8 — The Lady Commodores exploded for nine runs in the eighth inning en route to a Section 2-4A victory over the Lady Bearcats.
Frazier’s Gracen Hartman, Zoey Zurenski, Addison Hiles, Grace Polkabla and Grace Vaughn each had a double. Polkabla had five hits and three RBIs. Hiles had four hits and drove in three runs. Hartman had three singles in addition to her double.
Hiles earned the win in the pitching circle, as the Lady Commodores improved to 3-1 in section play and 6-2 overall.
Bentworth’s Nora Lindley hit a home run. Teammate Zoie McDonald doubled in the back-and-forth affair.
The Lady Bearcats (2-2, 5-5) had a 7-0 lead after four innings before Frazier’s offense came to life. The Lady Commodores scored three runs apiece in the fifth and sixth inning before adding one in the top of the seventh frame to send the game into extra innings.
Bentworth added one run in the bottom of the seventh, but Hiles was able to close the game out. She had nine strikeouts.
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Uniontown 7, Southmoreland 3 — The Red Raiders used six pitchers in earning a non-section win over the Scotties at Bailey Park.
Caleb Bartock started for Uniontown (0-6, 2-7) and went two innings before winning pitcher Lane Smiley pitched a clean inning in the third. Elim Martin, Chandler Myers, Brayden Hinzy and Gary Smitley followed with each throwing one inning apiece. The Red Raiders only allowed one earned run on four hits with nine strikeouts and five walks.
Southmoreland (0-6, 1-9) had a 1-0 lead after the first inning before Uniontown scored three in the second and one in the third frame. The Scotties scored one run apiece in the fourth and fifth innings. The Red Raiders scored three in the fourth inning.
Luke Gresh had two hits, including a double for Uniontown. Hinzy and Shane Kelly added two hits apiece. Martin and Lucas Payton chipped in with two RBIs apiece.
Jefferson-Morgan 7, Avella 5 — The Rockets rallied from a five-run deficit to edge the Eagles and sweep the Section 1-1A season series.
Avella (6-2, 10-2) had a 5-0 lead after five innings before Jefferson-Morgan (5-3, 6-3) put up six runs in the sixth and one in the seventh.
The Rockets’ John Woodward tied the game at 5-5 with a three-run home run to center field in the sixth inning. Jefferson-Morgan’s Tyler McVay scored the winning run on an error.
The Rockets’ Deakyn DeHoet had two RBIs.
The Eagles had a 10-4 advantage in hits, but committed five errors.
Frazier 13, Monessen 0 — The Commodores’ Dalian McManus pitched a five-inning, one-hit shutout in non-section play at Monessen.
McManus had 12 strikeouts and walked four.
Frazier (2-4, 6-5) scored four runs in the second inning, six in the third, one in the fourth and two in the fifth.
The Commodores’ Brant Alekson had three hits, including a double. Teammate Noah Bachinski tripled and drove in three runs.
Brownsville 3, Beth-Center 2 — Gary Thorpe’s line-drive single to right field scored Nash Petroff in the Falcons’ non-section walk-off win over the Bulldogs at Redstone Field.
The game was tied at 2-2 after seven innings before Petroff singled to lead off the bottom of the eighth. Hunter Pelehac singled to set the stage for Thorpe.
Petroff allowed two runs on four hits over five innings with nine strikeouts and one walk. Teammate Jeremiah McDonald earned the pitching victory in relief with three scoreless innings. Had allowed one hit with seven strikeouts and one base on balls.
Beth-Center’s Eli Wright was 4 for 4.
Mount Pleasant 5, Burrell 3 — The Vikings rallied for a three-run deficit to edge the Buccaneers in Section 3-3A action.
Mount Pleasant (6-2, 7-4) avenged a 10-5 setback to Burrell (6-2, 6-4) on April 9.
Jacob Kitz allowed three runs in the first inning, but settled down to throw six scoreless to earn the victory. The Buccaneers had five hits.
The Vikings scored two in the second and three in the sixth.
Jordan Grieff tied the game with an RBI single and Dane Firmstone’s two-run base hit proved to be the game winner.
Mount Pleasant’s Santino Marne had multiple hits.
Belle Vernon 8, Waynesburg Central 5 — The Raiders battled but lost their first game of the season in non-secton play to the Leopards at Meadowlark Park.
Waynesburg Central (6-0, 10-1) had a 4-1 lead after two innings, but Belle Vernon (6-2, 9-2) scored three in the top of the third to tie the game at 4-4 before taking an 8-4 advantage with four in the top of the fifth frame. The Raiders scored one run in the bottom of the seventh.
Ian Porter earned the win in relief after allowing one earned run on three hits in 5鈪� innings pitched. He had five strikeouts and no walks.
Belle Vernon’s Connor Bergman had two doubles and scored two runs.
Waynesburg Central’s Alex VanSickle and Derek Turcheck doubled and had multiple hits, with Turcheck’s three and VanSickle’s two.
Turcheck had three RBIs.
Hopewell 3, Laurel Highlands 1 — The Vikings scored two runs on an error and held off the Mustangs in a non-section win.
After six innings of scoreless baseball, Hopewell got on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh when Ben McDonald tripled and scored on James Gill’s base hit.
Drew Donovan walked before he and Gill scored when Jacob Knobloch reached on an error for a 3-0 lead.
Laurel Highlands (0-6, 1-8) cut the deficit to 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh when Sevi Vecchiolla doubled to lead off the frame and scored on Nick Crouch’s base hit to center field.
McDonald, who earned the pitching victory, induced a game-inning double play following Crouch’s run-scoring single.
McDonald had four strikeouts and two walks over seven innings. He allowed one earned run on four hits.
Jack Johns took the loss, but allowed just four hits with four strikeouts and one walk over six innings.
Trinity 8, Albert Gallatin 1 — The Hillers jumped out early and cruised to a non-section victory over the Colonials.
Trinity (2-4, 5-5) scored three runs in the first inning, and one apiece in the second, third and sixth innings. The Hillers scored two runs in the fifth frame.
Karson Hathaway doubled and drove in one run for Trinity. The Hillers had eighth hits, each one from a different player, but drew nine walks, including three from Jonah Williamson, who scored three runs.
Albert Gallatin (4-4, 4-5) scored in the fourth when Jason Myers scored on Evan Weakland’s sacrifice fly to left field.
Jeannette 2, Carmichaels 0 — The Jayhawks scored one run apiece in the fourth and fifth innings and Wyatt Schaeffer pitched a five-hit shutout in a Section 1-1A triumph over the Mikes.
Schaeffer struck out two and walked one in seven innings.
Carmichaels’ Colin Andrews allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits over 4鈪� innings. He struck out six and walked two.
The Mikes fell to 5-3 in section play and 6-4 overall.