TCA rallies past Lawrence in MCT action
HAMILTON » After falling behind early, the sixthseeded Trenton Catholic Academy baseball team rallied to defeat 11thseeded Lawrence High Monday in Mercer County Tournament action.
Latrell Reid doubled and drove in three runs for the Iron Mikes, who will play at third-seeded Nottingham at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Steve Kop went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple and a run scored for the Cardinals.
Lawrence (6-11) TCA (13-5-1) 2B: 003 000 001023 1 —4 8 0 x—671
Kop (L), Frias, LReid, Vizzoni (TCA); Castoral, Kop (L); Castoral, Nevius (L), LReid 3, Vizzoni (TCA).
Pompey (2-3);
WP—
(2-2).
3B: LP— RBIs:
D’Angelo
HUN 8, PENNINGTON 5 PRINCETON » The fifthseeded Raiders used a five-run second inning to get past the 12th-seeded Red Raiders.
Adam Wijaya went 3-for-3 with a double, a triple and four runs batted in to lead Hun, which will play at fifthseeded Steinert at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
David Iorio Jr. had two hits and scored three times for Pennington.
Pennington(9-6) Hun (12-5) 2B:
Sloss, Soper, Wijaya (H); Wijaya (H); Blair, Psomaras (P), Melnick, Pontrella, Soper, Wijaya 4 (H).
WP— S—
(3-2);
RBIs: 101 000 3 —5 5 2 150002 x—882
Murdock (6-0); Sloss (1).
LP— 3B:
Archer STEINERT 5, PDS 4 HAMILTON » The fourth- seeded Spartans came up with four runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to avoid being upset by the 13thseeded Panthers.
Brady Plunkett had a two-run single during the rally. Then C.J. Pittaro and Jake Muller delivered RBI singles to change the game.
PDS (6-9) Steinert(12-5-1) 2 —4120 4 —5 81
NOTTINGHAM 5, WW-P SOUTH 1 HAMILTON » David Scott, Wyatt Baker, Phil Rojek and Brett Hoffman knocked in runs as the Northstars defeated the 14th-seeded Pirates.
Josh Eisenberg singled in WW-P South’s lone run in the seventh.
WW-P South(6-10) 42 Nottingham(17-3) 031 100 2B: 000 200 000 001 000 000 1 —1 x —5 2 1
Eisenberg (WWS), McParland (N); Eisenberg (WWS), Scott, WBaker, Rojek, Hoffman (N). Houghton (4-1); Millinger
RBIs: WP—
(1-4).
LP—
ALLENTOWN 5, ROBBINSVILLE 4 (8 INN.) ALLENTOWN » Austin Ferrier tripled in Dante DiSilvestro, then Brandon Gaul singled in Ferrier in the bottom of the eighth inning to help the secondseeded Redbirds get past the 15th-seeded Ravens.
After playing to a 3-3 tie through seven innings, Grayson Cooke had given Robbinsville the lead in the top of the eighth when he doubled in Shane Martin with two outs.
Robbinsville(4-14) 2 Allentown(16-3) 2 2B:
GCooke (R), Gaul, Bethea (A); Marcario, Ferrier, Zupko (A); GCooke 3 (R), Ferrier, Gaul, Marcario, Bethea, DiSilvestro (A).
Frein (2-0); GCooke (2-5).
WP— 000 102 01 — 4 000 102 02 — 5 10 LP— 3B: RBIs: 7
HOPEWELL 9, EWING 0 HOPEWELL TWP. » Cole Hare and Drew Brodine had two RBIs apiece to lead the top-seeded Bull- dogs past the 16th-seeded Blue Devils.
Andy Blake and Dylan Joyce combined to throw a four-hitter for Hopewell Valley, which will host ninth-seeded Notre Dame at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Jay Lawrence went 2-for-3 for Ewing.
Ewing (2-13) HopewellV(19-1) 2B:
Hare, Savas (HV); Blake, Brodine (HV); Blake, Hare 2, Savas, Brodine 2, Greenzang (HV). Blake (4-1); Yarson (0-5).
WP— LP—
REGULAR SEASON PEDDIE 15, ST. BENEDICT’S 3 HIGHTSTOWN » Justin Moreno and Tim DeGray drove in three runs apiece as the Falcons defeated the Gray Bees in five innings.
Winning pitcher Erick Patterson helped his own cause with two RBIs.
St.Benedict’s(1-10) 4 Peddie (5-11) 2B:
Hennessy, Cettina (P); Moreno (P); Correa, Cocco (SB), Spadaccini, Moreno 3, Patterson 2, DeGray 3, Famularo, Cettina (P). Patterson (2-3); Anthony.
WP— RBIs: RBIs: 000000 0—041 012 033 x —9 8 4 3B: 000 192 3xx 3B: LP— 21 — 3 2 —15 14 2
DELRAN 12, PEMBERTON 3 PEMBERTON » The Bears shook off a bad first inning to surge past the Hornets.
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Delran (13-3) 2 Pemberton(2-13) 1
FLORENCE 13, WESTAMPTON TECH 2 FLORENCE » The Flashes used an 11-run first inning to defeat the Panthers in five and return to .500.
Jarrod Marshall, Nick Morgan, John Woolston, Shane Fajgier, Joe Brunner and Osmar Quiñones each knocked in two runs.
WestamptonT(1-11) 002 00 —2 84 Florence (7-7) (11)10 1x —13 11 1
Williams (WT), Marshall, Walachy, Kramer (F); Morgan (F); MDougherty, Robinson (WT), Marshall 2, Morgan 2, Woolston 2, Fajgier 2, JBrunner 2, Quiñones 2 (F).
Walachy (3-2); Small.
2B: WP— 040 321 300 000 3B: LP— 2 —1211 0 — 3 5 RBIs: