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Baseball: Walk-off single sends South Fayette to win over West Allegheny

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Richie Dell’s single with the bases loaded scored Spencer Barber in the bottom of the seventh inning to give South Fayette a 6-5 walk-off win over West Allegheny in a Section 3-AAA game at home.

The Lions (2-0, 3-4) took a 4-2 lead in the third inning after a four-run third inning. The Indians (0-1, 6-1), who were led by Michael Crawford’s two-run homer, regained the lead with three runs in the fourth before South Fayette tied it on a sacrifice fly by Geavonie Love. Cam Hoover earned the win with seven strikeouts.

Waynesburg 9, Frazier 3: Nick Fox had three hits and drove in two runs to help Waynesburg defeat Frazier 9-3 in a Section 2-AA game.

Tyler Rush also drove in two for the Raiders (2-2, 3-4. who snapped a two-game losing streak with a five-run fifth inning. Jacob Olbrys and Logan Muzina had two hits for the Commodores (0-4, 0-6).

Montour 5, McGuffey 4: Trent Vietmeier struck out seven and had two hits to lift Montour to a 5-4 win over McGuffey in a Section 3-AAA game.

Vietmeier, a Louisiana State recruit, had a double for the Spartans (1-1, 5-2), and Dan Orr went 3-for-4 with two RBI for the Highlanders (0-1, 2-2).

California 15, Jefferson-Morgan 4: Louden Conte drove in two and scored twice as California defeated Jefferson-Morgan 15-4 in a five-inning Section 1-A game.

Conte earned the win with three strikeouts and allowed six hits for the Trojans (2-0, 7-1). Gage Clark had a triple for the Rockets (0-2, 3-3).

Carmichaels 17, West Greene 2: Joel Spishock had a pair of doubles and Jacob Wamsley had two hits, including a triple, as Carmichaels defeated West Greene, 17-2, in a four-inning Section 1-A game.

Mike Ludrosky also doubled while Matthew Barrish allowed three hits to pick up the win for the Mikes (2-0, 6-1).

Dillon Shields doubled and Patrick Brady tripled for West Greene (0-3, 1-5). Michael Howard took the loss.

Chartiers-Houston 9, Beth-Center 6: Chartiers-Houston took advantage of six Beth-Center errors to score nine unearned runs, including three in the top of the eighth inning, to beat the Bulldogs, 9-6, in a Section 2-AA game.

Tyrone Wormsley and T.J. Johnson both had two hits for the Bucs (4-0, 6-1), while Zach Southern picked up the win.

Losing pitcher Lane Ziker doubled, as did Dillon Dingle for the Bulldogs (1-2, 1-3).

Avonworth 5, Burgettstown 2: Avonworth scored three runs in the first inning and held on for a 5-2 win over Burgettstown in a Section 1-AA game.

The Antelopes (4-1, 5-1) had seven hits and Ryan Louder had two hits with a run for the Blue Devils (0-4, 1-7).

Chartiers Valley 12, Trinity 0: Chartiers Valley scattered 13 hits and scored nine unearned runs to defeat Trinity 12-0 in a five-inning Section 3-AAA game at Consol Energy Park.

Dante Panucci went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI for the Colts (2-0, 7-2), who scored nine runs in the second inning. The Hillers (0-2, 2-5) committed five errors.

Uniontown 5, Ringgold 4: Uniontown scored four runs in the fifth inning and held on for a 5-4 win over Ringgold in a Section 4-AAA game.

The Raiders (3-2, 4-5) had five different players with multiple hits. Dalton Holt went 4-for-4 with a run and an RBI for the Rams (2-3, 3-5).

South Park 4, Belle Vernon 1: Four different players drove in a run and South Park turned three hits into four runs in a 4-1 win over Belle Vernon in a Section 4-AAA game.

Kyle Thompson pitched a complete game with four strikeouts and allowed just one run for the Eagles (2-2, 6-4). Evan Hannan went 4-for-4 with an RBI for the Leopards (3-2, 6-2), who stranded nine runners on base.

Avella 15, Cornell 2: Luke Lloyd went 2-for-3 and drove in three to help Avella rout Cornell 15-2 in a Section 1-A game.

Cody Dobbin struck out 10 and hit a double for the Eagles (1-2, 2-6). Dalton Simonelli and Dylan Markle each had a double.

Shawn Dilard doubled for COrnell (0-2, 0-6).

• In other games, Washington lost to Brownsville, 6-5, in a Section 2-AA game and Monessen fell to Geibel Catholic 12-0 in a Section 2-A game. No other details were made to the Observer-Reporter

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