Donkin delivers in the clutch for Springfield

Norm Donkin proved once again he’s pretty good in the clutch.

Donkin’s RBI single chased home Gabe Encarnacion home to cap a four-run rally in the seventh inning that gave the Springfield Colonials a 9-8 victory over the Marple Newtown Black Sox in the Delco League Sunday.

Donkin finished with three hits and two RBIs. Encarnacion had two doubles, Brendan Ricciardi drove in the tying run with a single and Gerard Sweeney had two hits and two RBIs. Dillon Bevan fanned three in two innings to get the win.

WAYNE 9, CONCORD 0 » Bill Corcoran, Culver Hughes, Matt Eiel and Will Carey combined on a one-hit shutout for the defending champs.

Corcoran went three innings to get the win. He struck out four and allowed the only hit, a single to Jones. Hughes and Eiel threw one inning each, and Carey tossed the final two frames. It was the second straight shutout and third of the season for Wayne.

Alden Mathes, Nate Sides and Luke Mutz paced the offense. Mathes was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Sides drove in three runs and Mutz was 3-for-4 with a homer, three runs scored and two RBIs. NARBERTH 3, CHESTER 2 » Pitchers Tom Kane and Frank Driscoll made Jim Quinn’s three-run homer in the second inning stand up as the winning hit on Saturday.

Kane went the first four innings to get the win, and Driscoll fanned seven in three innings to nail down the save. Each allowed an earned run.

In the Delco MSBL: SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 4, CLIFTON ORIOLES 2 » Dan Carr went the route and punched out 11 for the Cardinals.

Jesse Pantano, Chris Zingler, and Reggie Easely all had big hits while Domenic Nardini drove in two runs.

In the Mid-County Senior: HAVERFORD HEAT 2, HAVERFORD 2 » Michaels took a nohitter into the seventh inning for the Heat before Haverford used a walk, and error and a single by Andrew Robideau to come away with a tie.

DELCO TIGERS 17, MEDIA MUSTANGS 9 » Zack Imburgia scored four times and Mike O’Brien contributed a big double for the Tigers. Dan Fusaro made his first outing on the mound with four solid innings

Softball

Who says pitching doesn’t matter in slow pitch softball?

Rob Benigni allowed just eight hits in each game and three runs total as Stephen’s on State swept DiGravio Plumbing/Barnaby’s of Aston 2, 17-2 and 9-1, in the Millennium League.

Benigni also had five hits overall and drove in two runs in the opener. Jimmy Jenkins finished with six hits and four RBI.

MARTY MAGEE’S THUNDER

13-15, BUSTY’S TAVERN 8-17 » Shane Walker went 3-for-3 in the opener for the Thunder.

Johnny Walker belted a two-run homer and Fred Ziegler slugged a three-run shot as Busty’s took the nightcap in extra innings.

JT BREWSKI’S DEER 14-10, OPDENAKER 9-16 » Ryan Devlin drilled two homers and drove in six runs and Chris Ross hit for the cycle in the first game for Brewski’s. UPLAND AC 16-10, BRICK & BREW 4-9 » Lee Tadalan, Dylan Ayars and Luigi Malo stroked two hits each in the opener. Ayars added three more knocks in the nighcap. BALLHOGZ 17, JT BREWSKI’S

9» Danny Sanchez and Alexander Marquez drove in four runs each. Abdon Cruz added three this and three runs scored.

MANOA POST 10-8, FLO MECHANICAL 7-10 » Ryan McGuire (HR), Ryan Ennist(3for-3, two runs score, RBI) and Bob Ferrara (3-for-3, two RBIs) showed the way for Manoa in the first game.

Matt Locher belted a three-run homer in the nightcap to help Flo Mechanical earn a split.

MARTY MAGEE’S KNIGHTS

17-32, BEHMKE CONSTRUCTION 13-10 » Gordy Hutton knocked in 12 runs, four in the first game and eight in Game 2 with the help of a grand slam. Tyler D’Angelo plated four runs in the opener while Danny Leicht got things started in the nightcap with a two-run blast.