Boyertown gets revenge on Boone

A fast start proved big for Boyertown Saturday.

Big enough to withstand a Daniel Boone rally that threatened, but didn’t overcome, its run total in the Bears’ 8-7 victory.

Six first-inning runs helped stake Boyertown to a 6-3 lead it padded with another pair in the bottom of the third. The Mavriks put up a four-spot in the fourth, but a solid relief pitching effort by Tyler Sharayko helped close the door on Boone and enabled the Bears to answer a 4-2 loss in Thursday’s Berks County Independent League game.

Sharayko came on for starter Tony Xanthopoulos with one out in the fourth, yielding just three hits and one walk over the final 3-2/3. Xanthopoulos was tagged with all Boone’s runs and seven of its 10 hits against four strikeouts.

Boyertown got two RBI from Derrek Basile (triple) and saw other runs driven in by Chase Mercon, Tyler Hoffman and Hunter Seyler. Boone got multiple-hit outings from Matt Stevens (3for-3, triple, double), Teagan Duffie (2-for-3, double, one RBI), Evan Colgrove (2-for-4, one RBI) and Josh Piccaretta (2-for-4, double, one RBI).

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BOYERTOWN GRIZZLIES 6,

MUHLENBERG 1 » The Grizzlies combined the efforts of five pitchers in their victory over Muhlenberg Friday.

Richard Black went the first two innings for Boyertown

(3-1), getting the win off three-hit, two-walk mound work. Luke DiBricida also went two frames for the Grizzlies while Elijah Calvert, Ryan Young and Max Kneidinger went one apiece; they held Muhlenberg to just a pair of hits between them.

The Grizzlies tallied 9 hits against Muhlenburg pitching

Ryan Young went 2-3 with 2 RBI for Boyertown, which collected nine hits off Muhlenberg pitching. Zach Rothermel also went 2-for-3.