High school baseball: Waynesburg walks off Keystone Oaks
C.J. Corwin’s two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Jaxon Parker from second base and gave Waynesburg a 5-4 come-from-behind win over Keystone Oaks in a Class 3 Section 4 baseball game played Tuesday in Carmichaels.
Waynesburg (5-5, 6-10) split the two-game series with KO (5-5, 7-8) as both teams are fighting for a playoff berth.
The Raiders went to the bottom of the seventh trailing, 4-3. An error started the inning and two singles, the second a shot to left field by Austin Surber, tied the score.
Surber was the winning pitcher with one inning of relief.
Jarrett Tretinik went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for Waynesburg.
Charleroi 10, Brownsville 0: Jaxson Klinger hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Charleroi went on to a 10-0 win over visiting Brownsville in a five-inning Class 3A Section 4 game.
Charleroi swept the two-game series.
Klinger finished with three RBI to back the winning pitching of Brock Henderson, who twirled a two-hit shutout. Henderson struck out seven and did not issue a walk.
Burgettstown 10, Frazier 3: Burgettstown scored seven runs in the third inning to wipe away an early deficit and the Blue Devils went on to a 10-3 win over Frazier.
Burgettstown swept the Class 2A Section 1 series. The playoff-bound Blue Devils are 5-5 in section and 7-9 overall.
Matthew Bredel pitched a five-hitter and was backed by a 13-hit Burgettstown attack. Blake Neal was 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI, Colton County and Jayden Roach also doubled and Bryce Speers drove in a pair.
Frazier led 3-0 in the third inning.
Ringgold 5, Mount Pleasant 0: Anthony Koziel fired a four-hit shutout, needing only 76 pitches, and Michael Green drove in two runs as Ringgold blanked visiting Mount Pleasant 5-0 in nonsection action.
Koziel struck out six and did not issue a walk. All four Mount Pleasant hits were singles.
Ringgold is 8-9.
Avella 11, Carmichaels 1: Chas Rush pitched four shutout innings and Brayden Fuller drove in three runs, powering Avella to an 11-1 win over Carmichaels in a five-inning Class A Section 1 game.
The teams split the two-game series. Avella, which has clinched a playoff berth, is 8-4 in section and 11-6 overall. Carmichaels, which is battling Jefferson-Morgan and Jeannette for a playoff spot, is 5-5, 6-9.
Avella scored seven runs in the third inning to open a 10-0 lead.
Rush had the game’s only extra-base hit, a double.
Jeannette 16, Mapletown 1: Noah Rattigan homered, doubled and drove in four runs as Jeannette defeated visiting Mapletown 16-1 in four innings in Class A Section 1.
The lone run for Mapletown was a solo homer by Carson Vanata.
Jeannette, which is battling for a playoff spot, is 5-5 in section and 9-6 overall. Mapletown is 0-10, 2-15.
Greensburg Central Catholic 14, Avella 4: Tyler Samide and Carson Kramer each drove in three runs and undefeated Greensburg Central Catholic pulled away late for a 14-4 win over West Greene in Class A Section 1.
The game was tied 4-4 in the fifth inning, when GCC (10-0, 11-0) scored four runs. The Centurions ended the game with a six-run sixth.
Winning pitcher Stephen Kochis struck out seven over 4.1 innings of relief.
Darren Knight had two hits for West Greene (2-8, 2-14).
Trinity 8, Peters Township 4: Trinity scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat Peters Township 8-4 in a key Class 5A Section 2 game Monday night at Ross Memorial Park.
The game was tied 4-4 before Trinity’s Asher Donley led off the bottom of the sixth with a double and scored on a single by Landon Conn. Ayvari Chandler added a two-run triple in the inning and he scored on a sacrifice fly by Jonah Williamson.
Williamson hit a three-run homer in the third inning. PT’s David Oberschelp hit a solo homer.
Trinity pitchers Karson Hathaway and Aaron Harshman combined on a five-hitter with 13 strikeouts.
Chartiers-Houston 5, Jefferson-Morgan 3: Brady Gotfredson singled home Aaron Walsh with the go-ahead run in Chartiers-Houston’s three-run fifth inning and the Bucs went on to beat Jefferson-Morgan 5-3 in a nonsection game Monday night at EQT Park.
Josh Hawkins also had an RBI single in the fifth inning, which began with the score tied 2-2.
C-H pitcher Brady Robaugh threw a six-hitter and allowed only one earned run.
Brayden Ellsworth had two hits, and John Woodward and Austin Grandel doubled for Jefferson-Morgan (9-7).
Linescores
Brownsville 000 00 – 0 2 2
Charleroi 200 53 – 10 12 1
W-B. Henderson (0 walks, 7 strikeouts). L-McDonald (1 walk, 0 strikeouts). 2B-Charleroi, Todaro, Glasser. HR-Charleroi, J. Klinger.
Avella 217 01 – 11 10 2
Carmichaels 000 01 – 1 4 2
W-Rush (1 walk, 4 strikeouts). L-Ray (2 walks, 2 strikeouts). 2B-Avella, Rush.
Frazier 102 000 0 – 3 5 0
Burgettstown 007 201 x- 10 13 2
W-Bredel (1 walk, 4 strikeouts). L-Alekson (1 walk, 2 strikeouts). 2B-Frazier, Fulmer. Burgettstown, Neal, County, Roach.
Mount Pleasant 000 000 0 – 0 4 2
Ringgold 002 003 x – 5 4 1
W-Koziel (0 walks, 6 strikeouts). L-Grieff (3 walks, 4 strikeouts). 2B-Ringgold, Bartkus.
Mapletown 001 0 – 1 3 3
Jeannette 543 4 – 16 12 1
W-Schaeffer (1 walk, 2 strikeouts). L-Halbert (2 walks, 2 strikeouts). 2B-Jeannette, Thomas, Ponzetti, Yargeau, Kennedy, Sperl, Rattigan. HR-Mapletown, Vanata. Jeannette, Rattigan.
West Greene 020 020 – 4 6 2
Greensburg CC 002 246 – 14 12 3
W-Kochis (0 walks, 7 strikeouts). L-Rizor (4 walks, 2 strikeouts). 2B-GCC, Samide.
Keystone Oaks 100 300 0 – 4 8 3
Waynesburg 012 000 2 – 5 8 5
W-Surber (1 walk, 2 strikeouts). L-Boehm (0 walks, 3 strikeouts). 2B-KO, Boehm 2. Waynesburg, Corwin.
Monday’s late results
Peters Township 002 002 0 – 4 5 1
Trinity 003 014 x – 8 11 2
W-Harshman (1 walk, 4 strikeouts). 2B-Trinity, Donley. 3B-Trinity, Chandler, Crayton. HR-PT, Oberschelp. Trinity, Williamson.
Jefferson-Morgan 000 201 0 – 3 7 1
Chartiers-Houston 001 130 x – 5 6 3
W-Robaugh (3 walks, 3 strikeouts). L-Woodward (2 walks, 3 strikeouts). 2B-J-M, Grandel, Woodward. 3B-C-H, Bitz.