Upper Moreland, Torpey shut down Upper Dublin
Senior lefty strikes out nine batters over 51⁄3 innings
It’s typically an advantage for the batter when they see the same pitcher multiple times in a game, but that wasn’t the case when Upper Moreland hosted Upper Dublin in a Suburban One League crossover game.
After allowing four hits his first time through the Cardinals lineup, Golden Bears pitcher Jimmy Torpey allowed only three hits through the rest of his outing. The left-hander went through Upper Dublin’s lineup two full times and saw the top six spots in the
batting order a third time before hitting his pitch limit in the top of the sixth inning.
Torpey struck out nine batters to two walks over 5 1/3 innings and allowed one run on seven hits in Upper Moreland’s 3-1 win Monday afternoon.
“I like to analyze their swings, analyze their at-bats,” Torpey, who’s friends with a lot of players on Upper Dublin and plays with them in the summer with
Thoroughbred Baseball Academy, said. “I see what they’re looking for, what I can lean on, stuff like that. I find myself getting stronger as the game goes on.”
“(Torpey is) just an excellent high school pitcher,” Upper Moreland coach Jim Fasano said. “He throws strikes, he commands two pitches — he throws strikes with both of them. He’s going to go down as one of the best pitchers in Upper Moreland High School history — not because of his overwhelming velocity, but because of his mound presence and his competitiveness. He throws strikes. It’s just so important to throw strikes and get ahead in counts and he did.”
The only run Torpey surrendered came in the top of the first inning when Upper Dublin’s Jared