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![]() By Nolan Potts The number seven seed Broadway went on the road and took home field advantage with an 8-5 win over the Grottoes Cardinals. Grottoes got out to a 4-0 lead after two innings, but Broadway scored three in the third, two in the fourth, two in the fifth, and then another in the eighth to pull away, Broadway’s Wesley Landis, who led the league in ERA during the regular season, went eight innings and threw 130 pitches in the win. He allowed eight hits, five runs (two earned) while striking out nine. He turned it over to Ethan Burgreen for the ninth, and Burgreen picked up the save while striking out two batters. Bruins’ leadoff hitter Brody Bower had three hits and scored two runs while driving in one, while Jayden Nixon also had three hits, and Grant Landis, Noah Leonard, Ryan Martin, and Conner Michael – numbers six through nine in the lineup – each had two hits. RCBL Rookie of the Year Seth Moomaw also had two hits and a RBI, while Carl Keenan had a hit and RBI, as well. For Grottoes, Austin Nicely had three hits and two RBI, while Tucker Garrison had two hits. Dylan Nicely also drove in a run for the Cardinals. Game two is Tuesday night in Broadway.
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![]() By Nolan Potts Bridgewater jumped out to a 4-0 lead through four innings, but Elkton scored two in the sixth and two in the eighth, necessitating the Reds to bring in RCBL MVP and Pitcher of the Year Chris Huffman to finish the game out as the Reds took the first game of the series, 5-4. Derek Shifflett made the start for the Reds and went five innings, allowing two unearned runs and just two hits while striking out eight. Elkton got to reliever Nick Griffin and had the bases loaded down 5-4 with one out in the eighth, and that’s when the Reds pulled Huffman in from shortstop. He got out of the eighth and left the bases loaded, and then set the Blue Sox down in order in the ninth. Elkton’s starting pitcher Eli Hall did a good job of keeping the Reds’ bats in check, allowing nine hits and four runs (three earned) in his five innings. Reliever Colby Cave was fantastic out of the bullpen, going 1.2 innings while allowing no hits and striking out four. Mason Hamilton had three hits for Bridgewater, while Ryan Williams and Corbin Lucas each had one hit and drove in two runs. Huffman also drove in a run. Evan Sutton had two hits for the Blue Sox, while Tyler Stobbs, Wyatt Estep, and Zach Hafer each had one. Estep and Grayson Smith both drove in a run. Game two is Tuesday night at Elkton. ![]() By Nolan Potts The Clover Hill Bucks will enter the postseason as the number three seed as they finished the regular season with an 8-1 win at Elkton. Tyler Hill got the start for Clover Hill (14-10) and turned in six strong innings, allowing just one run on four hits. Submarine pitcher Steven Woerner took care of business in the seventh and eighth innings, now allowing a baserunner and striking out five of the six batters he faced. Reid Long, the Bucks’ main starting pitcher, got a tuneup inning for the playoffs in the ninth, allowing just one hit and striking out three. Offensively, Bryce Suters had a huge night as he went 2-3 with a home run and four RBI. John Siciliano went 3-4 and drove in two runs, while Cole Freeman also had two hits. The Bucks got a hit and RBI each from Luke Tomajcayk and Alex Knicely, as well. For Elkton (1-22), Taran Baker went the first 5.1 innings on the mound before turning things over to Trent Coffey for the last 3.2 innings. Coffey and Jamal Neal each had two hits for the Blue Sox, and Evan Sutton also had a hit. Clover Hill will take on Montezuma in the first round of the playoffs, while Elkton finishes their regular season on Friday night at Stuarts Draft in a game that was rained on Wednesday before they take on the top-seeded Bridgewater Reds in the first round. ![]() By Nolan Potts Broadway took a 3-2 lead entering the bottom of the sixth inning and left the inning leading 10-2. They would then tack on two more in the bottom of the eighth to put the slaughter rule into effect as the Bruins took down the Reds by a final score of 12-2. Bridgewater would strike first as Noah Cornwell hit an RBI double in the top off the first that scored Brett Tharp, who led off the game with a triple. Broadway would respond in the bottom of the frame as Seth Moomaw hit an RBI single to drive in Brody Bower. In the second inning, Jayden Nixon grounded into a fielder’s choice but drove in Carl Keenan. In the fifth inning, the Reds would tie the game when Chris Huffman doubled to bring home Tharp. Broadway would recapture the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth when Noah Leonard singled to right field to bring home Grant Landis. The floodgates would open in the sixth inning. Seth Moomaw would reach on an error that scored Carl Keenan, who had reached on a dropped third strike. Micah Canterbury singled, and then Jayden Nixon doubled to bring home Moomaw. Two batters later, Leonard doubled and scored both Canterbury and Nixon and made the score 7-2. After a strikeout to the next hitter, Conner Michael singled to extend the inning, and then Brody Bower tripled to center field and scored Leonard and Tharp. Keenan, in his second at-bat of the inning, would double and bring home Bower and make the score 10-2. In the bottom of the eighth, Keenan would hit an RBI single to make it 11-2, and then Moomaw would follow with the “walk-off” RBI single to finish the ballgame. For the Bruins, Bower and Keenan each had three hits and two RBI, while Moomaw, Leonard, and Michael all had two hits. Leonard had three RBIs while Moomaw and Nixon each had two. All nine Broadway starters had at least one hit as the team racked up 16 in the game. Kody Dobyns went the first five innings for Broadway to earn the win after allowing two runs on four hits while striking out seven. Shea Kushner threw the next two innings, allowing no runs and no hits and striking out four. Ethan Burgreen pitched a scoreless eighth inning, Bridgewater had seven hits, led by Malachi Simmons’ two, while also getting one each from Tharp, Huffman, Cornwell, Corbin Lucas, and Caden Swartley. Despite the win, Broadway (11-13) will be the seven seed as Montezuma won on this night as well and owns the tiebreaker over the Bruins and will play Grottoes in the first round. Bridgewater (19-5) misses out on a twenty-win regular season, but they still won the regular season by four games and will be the number one seed and host Elkton in the first round. ![]() By Nolan Potts Montezuma and Stuarts Draft were tied 5-5 entering the ninth inning, but Carter Childs had an RBI single and Dalton Hall drew a bases-loaded walk as the Braves clinched the number six seed in the upcoming playoffs with a 7-5 victory at the Diamond Club. The game was tied 3-3 after three innings, and Montezuma would add on a run in the fifth inning on a double play that brought home a run, and then would tack on another run in the sixth after Gavin Rush reached on an error with two outs, but it scored Noah Kessler from third base. The Diamondbacks would respond with two runs of their own in the seventh inning to tie the game after Wyatt Raymond reached on an error but drove in a run, and then Will Decker singled and brought home Grayson Bush. Tucker Hensley was dominant out of the bullpen for Montezuma. He pitched the final two inning to earn the win, allowed no baserunners and struck out five of the six batters that he faced. Ethan Fitzgerald went the first four innings for Montezuma, and Blake Argenbright went the next three before turning it over to Hensley. Will Coleman went the first 3.2 innings for Stuarts Draft, and then left-hander Trevor Vernon came in and went the next 4.2 innings before Jacob Dunford came in and was tasked with getting the last two outs in the ninth. For the Braves, Carter Childs had three hits, while JT Stevenson, Gavin Rush, and Kyle Armstrong each had two hits. Noah Kessler also had a hit and drove in two runs. Stuarts Draft got two hits and two RBI from Wyatt Raymond, and also got two RBI from Ryan Jones. Montezuma (11-13) will take on Clover Hill in the first round of the playoffs, while Stuarts Draft (11-12) has a makeup game against Elkton on Friday night to finish the regular season, but regardless of how that game goes, the Diamondbacks will take on Massanutten in the first round of the playoffs beginning on Monday night. ![]() By Nolan Potts Massanutten held a 7-0 lead after three innings, but Grottoes scored four run in the sixth inning as well as three more in the ninth. In the end, the Mountaineers held on and won the ballgame, 8-7. Massanutten got on the board in the second inning on a single by designated hitter Colin Troilo that ended up turning into a two-base error and allowed Dawson Russell to score all the way from first base. The bats came alive for the Mountaineers in the third inning as the team got RBI singles in the inning from Haden Madagan, Russell, and Harrison Madagan, as well as RBI triples from Troilo and Nate Brookshire to extend the lead to seven runs. Massanutten’s Garett McAlexander, making his third start of the season on the mound, was great through five innings as he had blanked the Cardinals up to that point. But, the Cardinals offense broke through in the sixth inning with RBI singles from Tristan Gordon, Grayson Shifflett, and Austin Nicely, as well as an RBI double from Tucker Garrison to make the score 7-4. Dominic Pancione would enter on the mound for Massanutten and give them two outstanding innings of relief in the seventh and eighth innings. The hard-throwing right-hander did not allow a hit and the only baserunner to reach was via an error. The Mountaineers’ last run would come courtesy of a sacrifice fly off the bat of Kaden Spaid that scored courtesy runner Bodie Pullen from third. Massanutten catcher Porter Craver doubled down the left field line and advanced to third on an error, and then Spaid came up and hit a fly ball to drive in the run. The Cardinals’ bullpen did a great job of keeping the Mountaineers’ bats in check after the third inning as Landon Bruce threw three scoreless innings, Clayton Michael moved to the mound from his usual spot at shortstop and threw two innings and allowed one unearned run on the sacrifice fly from Spaid. Austin Nicely then came in from center field in the ninth for his first pitching appearance of the season. The tenth-round draft pick in the 2013 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros and current pitching coach at Bridgewater College showed he can still get it done on the mound as he struck out the side in the inning. Entering the bottom of the ninth, Massanutten led 8-5. Austin Nicely greeted Mountaineers’ reliever Mason Sawyers, who entered for Pancione to start the inning, with a home run over the right field wall, and after the next batter, Dylan Nicely, walked, Massanutten brought in Andrew Baugher to try to finish out the game. Cam Irvine singled to make it first and second with no one out. Clayton Michael then reached on an error on a ball that looked like a routine double play and enabled Nicely to score and Irvine to move up to third base. Baugher would strike out Tristan Gordon and then induce a groundout from Theo Wood for the first two outs of the inning, but Wood’s groundout scored Irvine and advanced Michael to third base and made the score 8-7. The next batter was Jaden Rose, and with a 1-1 count, Baugher’s pitch made its way to the backstop. Michael attempted to score from third and tie the game, but Porter Craver hurried to the backstop and made a perfect throw to the hustling Baugher who applied the tag and got the speedy Michael to end the game on a very close play at the plate. All nine Mountaineer starters had at least one hit, with Haden Madagan leading the way with three hits and Kaden Spaid and Colin Troilo each getting two hits of their own. Russell had two RBI, while Troilo, Brookshire, both Madagan brothers, and Spaid each drove in one. The Cardinals got two hits each from Austin Nicely and Dylan Nicely, as well as two RBI from Austin Nicely and one RBI each from Gordon, Garrison, Wood, and Shifflett. The Mountaineers (13-11) finish as the number four seed and will take on the number five seed, Stuarts Draft, in the first round of the playoffs. After starting the season 3-9 in the first twelve games, Massanutten went 10-2 in the last twelve games of the season. Grottoes (15-9) had already clinched the number two seed prior to this game so the loss did not affect their playoff positioning, and they will take on the number seven seed Broadway in the first round. ![]() By Nolan Potts Grottoes scored three runs in the first inning and never looked back as they defeated the Broadway Bruins by a score of 11-3. Dylan Nicely drove in the first run of the game on an infield single. Three batters later, Tucker Garrison hit into a fielder’s choice and brought home another run, and then the next batter, Jaden Rose, hit an RBI single to center field to make the score 3-0. The Cardinals (15-8) would tack on a run in the fifth, sixth, and eighth innings, as well as scoring four runs in the seventh inning. Grottoes had 14 hits, with Dylan Nicely’s three hits leading the way. Clayton Michael had two hits, while nine other players all had one hit each. Garrison had two RBI, while Rose, Dalton Nicely, Cam Irvine, and Theo Wood all had one RBI each. Broadway (10-13) scored a run in the fifth, sixth, and ninth inning and got three hits from Conner Michael two hits each from Brody Bower, Seth Moomaw, and Jayden Nixon. Carl Keenan had a hit and drove in two runs, while Noah Leonard also had a hit for the Bruins. Marcus Smith went the first six innings on the mound for Grottoes and earned the win after giving up eight hits, two runs to go along with no walks and four strikeouts. Cam Irvine picked up the save after going three innings and allowing just one run and striking out two. With the win, Grottoes will be the number two seed in the upcoming playoffs and host either Montezuma or Broadway in the first round. They have their regular season finale on Thursday night when they host the Massanutten Mountaineers. Broadway will be the number six seed and play Clover Hill in the first round if they win on Thursday against Bridgewater, or if Montezuma loses to Stuarts Draft on Thursday. If Broadway loses and Montezuma wins, the Bruins will be the seventh seed and play the Cardinals in the first round. ![]() By Nolan Potts Bridgewater catcher Caden Swartley hit two home runs and drove in three runs, while center fielder Grey Sherfey had three hits and drove in three as the Reds scored two runs in the top of the ninth to defeat Montezuma by a score of 9-8. Montezuma led 6-4 heading into the fourth inning. Bridgewater would score one in the fifth to tie the game at 6-6, and they would add another in the seventh to take a 7-6 lead on an RBI single by Sherfey that scored Malachi Simmons. In the bottom of the eighth, Montezuma would tie it at 7-7 on an RBI single off the bat of Dylan Rankin, and then would take the lead two batters later on an RBI single from Josh Lallo. In the top of the ninth, Braves’ pitcher Roman Borders retired the first two batters of the inning. Colton Harlow would then pinch hit for Sherfey with two outs, and he would reach on an error to extend the inning. The next batter was Swartley, and he hit a home run to left field to give the Reds a 9-8 lead. Harlow, the former James Madison University pitcher and a former 2018 MLB draft pick in the Colorado Rockies’ organization, stayed in the game to pitch and to try to pick up the save. Kelly Hackley led off with a single, but the left-hander struck out the next three batters to seal the win for the Reds in just his second appearance on the mound this summer. Lallo and Kyle Armstrong each had three hits for the Braves (10-13), while Rankin, Tyler Morley, and Gavin Rush each had two hits. Tyler Smith also had two hits for Montezuma, one of which was a home run, and also had four RBI in the game. For the Reds (19-4), all nine starters tallied at least one hit, with Sherfey’s three hits and Swartley’s two home runs leading the way. Malachi Simmons and Cam Herron each also had one RBI a piece. Thomas Knight, Garett Van Meter, and Ryan Costello all had scoreless relief appearances for the Reds. Brett Tharp pitched the eighth inning and picked up the win, and Harlow earned the save. The regular season finale for both teams is Thursday night. Bridgewater travels to Broadway, while Montezuma travels to Stuarts Draft. The Reds will be the number one seed in the upcoming playoffs and host eighth-seeded Elkton in the first round. Montezuma will be the number six or seven seed, depending on how the games go tomorrow night. If they’re the sixth seed, they’ll play Clover Hill in the first round. If they’re the seventh seed, they’ll play Grottoes in the first round. ![]() By Nolan Potts Broadway got a stellar pitching performance from right-hander Wesley Landis and the Bruins scored all four of their runs in the first inning as they shutout Massanutten by a final score of 4-0. In the top of the first inning, the first two batters were retired, but number three hitter Micah Canterbury hit an 0-2 pitch out of the ballpark to make it 1-0 Broadway. Brody Bower would then reach on an infield single and Noah Leonard followed that up with a double to make it 2-0. Ethan Burgreen would walk and then Miguel Fajardo would get hit by a pitch to load the bases, and then Micah George and Connor Michael would each draw bases-loaded walks to make the score 4-0. That was more than enough run support on this night for Wesley Landis. The right-hander, an RCBL rookie who pitches collegiately at Wheeling University, had a no-hitter going into the eighth inning. Drew Hawkins, the number eight hitter for the Mountaineers, hit a chopper directly over second base. Broadway shortstop Carl Keenan made a great play on the ball, but Hawkins narrowly beat it out at first base. It would be the only hit Landis allowed in his eight innings of work to go along with three walks and six strikeouts. After the first inning, there wasn’t much offense to talk about for either team, and the pitching for Massanutten was solid, as well. Cole Orr, the starting pitcher who plays at Ferrum College, settled down after the rough start and pitched a scoreless second and third inning before turning it over to Mason Sawyers. Sawyers, a right-hander at Hood College, went four innings and allowed just one hit and struck out two. Andrew Baugher would then pitch the eighth and ninth innings and did not allow a hit while striking out three. Landis departed after eight innings and 109 pitches and turned it over to Dawson Moomaw for the ninth. The Mountaineers got two runners on in the ninth inning and got a baserunner to third base for the first time in the game, but Moomaw was able to strand runners on first and third to preserve the shutout. Massanutten (12-11) is back in action on Thursday in their regular season finale at Grottoes, while Broadway (10-12) will travel to Grottoes on Wednesday and then will host Bridgewater on Thursday. ![]() By Nolan Potts It took eight innings, but Massanutten’s bats finally woke up at Stonewall Memorial Park as the Mountaineers defeated the Blue Sox by a final score of 14-5. Elkton got on the board twice in the first inning on a two-run single by Josh Tayman that scored Logan Hicks, who reached on a hit by pitch, and Tyler Stobbs, who reached on a walk. In the top of the second inning, Massanutten would cut the deficit to one on an RBI groundout by Harrison Madagan that scored his older brother Haden from third base. Elkton would get the lead back to two in the third inning after an RBI single off the bat of Trent Coffey. From there, no runs would be scored until the sixth inning when the Mountaineers scored on a bases-loaded balk to make the score 3-2. Elkton (1-21) led 3-2 entering the eighth inning after seven strong innings on the mound from starting pitcher Jake Barker. The right-hander allowed six hits, two runs (one earned) and struck out four and kept the Mountaineers bats in check. On the other side, Massanutten starter Jaden Click pitched seven innings and allowed just two hits while really settling down after a rocky first inning to pick up the win. After 112 pitches from Barker, Elkton went to the bullpen, and that’s where the Mountaineers (12-10) were able to find some success. Haden Madagan led off the eighth inning with a walk. Pinch hitter Bodie Pullen sacrificed him over to second base, and then Harrison Madagan drew a walk. Nate Brookshire ripped a double to left field to score Haden Madagan and move Harrison Madagan to third. Drew Hawkins then walked, and two batters later Matt House singled to drive in Harrison Madagan and make it 5-3. Nick Arnold then reached on an error which enabled two runs to score, and then Dawson Russell doubled to score Arnold to make it 8-3. Elkton would get a runoff of Massanutten reliever Andrew Baugher in the bottom of the eighth when a passed ball allowed Jamal Neal to scamper home and make the score 8-4. The Mountaineers’ bats stayed hot in the ninth inning. Pinch hitter Brady Hoover led off the inning with a double, followed by a Harrison Madagan Walk. From there, Massanutten tallied five straight hits: singles from Nate Brookshire, Drew Hawkins, and Andrew O’Brien, and then triples from Matt House and Nick Arnold. It was 14-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth, but Elkton tacked on a run after a towering home run off the bat of catcher Zach Hafer. Brookshire and House each had three hits and two RBI for Massanutten, while Arnold and Harrison Madagan each had two hits and one RBI. For Elkton, Tayman, Coffey, and Hafer all had a hit and one RBI, while Zach Coburn and Jamal Neal each had one hit a piece. Massanutten is back in action on Tuesday night when they host Broadway, while Elkton is back at it on Wednesday night when they travel to Stuarts Draft. |
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