Red-hot Bush powers Pogue Mahone’s to sweep
If the opposition was feeling the heat, it was due to Dave Bush’s bat and not the scorching sun. Bush crushed a three-run home run to power Pogue Mahone’s to a 10-2 victory over Cocco’s Pizzeria & Pub of Aston in Game Two of the first round of the Millennium Sunday B Division playoffs.
In Game One, Bush went 4-for-4 and fell a home run short of the cycle in leading Pogue Mahone’s to a 16-13 win. Mike Malkoun added three hits and two runs scored while Bob Doherty went 4-for-4 with a pair of runs. STEPHEN’S ON STATE 17-619, MILLER’S ALE HOUSE/ JUBILEE CATERING HEAVY HITTERS 5-18-3 » Anthony SanFilippo Jr.’s first career home run capped off a seven-run first inning in Game Three for Stephen’s on State and Chip Proctor limited the opposition to only six hits to advance in the A Division playoffs. ROTHMAN INSTITUTE 17-13, MANOA POST 15-14 » Tom Reilly hit a grand slam in totaling six RBIs and Chris Kloepfer had a three-run triple for Rothman Institute in Game One to clinch a spot in the D Division playoffs. J.D. MCGILLICUDDY’S KIRKLYN DUCKS 20-21, CASEY’S RIDLEY PARK PEACOCKS 3-10 » Brian LePoski tallied three dingers and six runs scored, and Rick Brennecke had two home runs and six RBIs for the Ducks. Matt Stumm, Joe Kerley, Pat Lanni, and Joe Carlile all added four hits each on the day. UPLAND A.C. 7-15, BURGUNDY LOUNGE PUNISHERS 6-4 » Kevin Potter laced a walkoff single to notch the win and Cody DiAmicos had two RBIs in Game One. Vinnie Long went 3-for-3 with three RBIs in his first game in five years while Kenny Smith added four RBIs in Game One as Upland clinched the No. 1 seed in the C Division playoffs. KNUCKLEHEADS 8-15, MAGGIE’S IRISH PUB II 7-4 » Jay Bernard went 6-for-7 with a home run, Aaron Allebach went 6-for-6 with a double and Arnadid Ortiz was 5-for-6 as the Knuckleheads moved into first place in the Rec Division. GALLE ELECTRIC BOMBERS 16, DUFFER’S PUB 8 » Chris Buonodonna went 3-for-4 with a home run, Steve Rinaldi also had three hits and Steve Sakers picked up the win on the mound in Game One. No score or stats were reported for Game Two. ACTION AUTO/B.D.A. BALLBUSTERS 11-13, RAM’S HEAD TAVERN 5-6 » Rich Chambers and John Alvanitakis each went 3-for-3 with a home run in Game One for B.D.A. In Game Two, Tony Medina and Al Layton continued the impressive offensive outing with three hits and a dinger apiece to complete the doubleheader sweep. MARTY MAGEE’S KNIGHTS 10-14, HUNT’S RAIDERS 8-6 » Dan Leicht blasted a home run in each game and Mike Komorowski was the winning pitcher in both games for the Knights.
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Brian Anderson and Jim DiCave both fell a double short of the cycle and Bill Barnett went 3-for-4 with a triple as Casey’s defeated Keystone, 14-2, in Game Two of their doubleheader. In the opener, Rich Lynch went 5-for-5 with two doubles and Kyle Hagerty was 4-for-5 as Casey’s made it a clean sweep. MONAGHAN’S 28-13, CLANK’S 12-6 » John Shemeluk went 4-for-4 with two doubles and five RBIs while Dan Fradette and Mike Magrann both had four hits apiece in Game One. Shemeluk kept his hot day going with three more hits and four more RBIs in Game Two for Monaghan’s.