The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
La Salle tops Carroll for PCL title
Explorers capture first league championship since ‘13
EAST WHITELANDS » Eric Marasheski started his day by running 90 feet and ended his day by running 90 feet.
The La Salle senior shortstop opened the first inning with a strikeout, but a passed ball gave him the chance to sprint to first and reach base to kick off a big inning. He ended the game scoring the game-ending run after Brian Schaub laced a bases-loaded single into left field.
In between, Marasheski and his teammates put together a pretty complete effort as they defeated Archbishop Carroll 10-0 in five innings in the PCL title game Saturday morning at Immaculata.
“It was great, I was so happy for Schaub to put a great ball into left field and happy for the team, they deserved it,” Marasheski said. “Joe (Miller) pitched his heart out today. I’m just so happy for all of them.”
The Explorers won their first PCL baseball crown since 2013. It also gave La Salle its 12th PCL title this year, a school record for a single academic year.
La Salle topped the PCL in the regular season but its lone setback came to Carroll, which finished second, in a one-run defeat. So, it wasn’t surprising the two met for the title. What was surprising was the final score.
“They’re really talented, they can pitch, they can play defense and they can hit and we knew that coming in,” La Salle coach Kyle Werman said. “You’re going to have games like this. I think if we played 10 times, we’re fighting and clawing in one-run games for most of them. The emotion of a game like this sometimes lends itself to a blow-up inning somewhere either