HOW TWEET IT AIN’T
MCCAFFERY: SIXERS NEED TO CUT TIES WITH COLANGELO RIGHT NOW
Jim Quinn’s infield single plated Mike Ricci Wednesday night, and thereby lifted the Middletown Lions to a 5-4 extra-inning victory in Delco League baseball action.
Chris Lansberry chipped in with two hits, including a double, and Tim Becker had three hits for Middletown, which earned its first victory against two losses.
The Lions were led on the mound by Andrew Abrams, who went the eight-inning distance, scattering four hits and striking out six Chester batters. Chip Scherer had two of the Chester hits. In other Delco League action: NARBERTH 9, SPRINGFIELD 4 » Spencer Stokes and John Banes both went 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Five Narberth pitchers combined over the six-inning distance, allowing just four hits. They were Ryan Haley, Jorge Jimenez, Pat Vanderslice, Jared Mattera and Marty McKeone.
“It’s early in the year,” coach Steve DiBarberie said. “We’ve got to get these arms fresh. Got a lot of new arms here.”
With the team-effort win, Narberth went to 3-0.
MSBL
Perhaps with a little help from a fast-setting sun, the Delco Tigers finally turned out the lights on their losing streak to the Glen Mills Rays.
In a game shortened to six innings due to darkness, the Tigers built a lead and then held on for a 9-5 victory, their first win over the Rays in their four-year history.
In the third inning, Rhett Whitton had a two-run double. Then a clutch two-run single by Mike Miller and a three-run home run by John Cowell boosted Delco to a big early lead and the Tigers held on from there. Not that the Rays went quietly: They scored five unanswered runs only to fall a touch short after Tigers reliever Joe Little pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
Glen Mills reliever Joe Scardino pitched three scoreless innings while leading the Rays with two hits and two runs scored. MEDIA 11, ASTON 9 » Sean Walker pitched 6⅔ innings to notch his first victory of the Mustangs’ season and he received plenty of help. Matt Palmer went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, while Greg Bashaw and Jim Diorisio also knocked in a pair of runs each and Andrew Pisani and Chris Schilling added RBIs.
Main Line Senior Legion
Brendan Ricciardi and Andrew Yates each had two hits and knocked in two runs as Nether Providence beat Haverford, 9-2.
Henry Dawes allowed only three hits six innings pitched to get the win.
Softball
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Mike Gervasi smacked five hits while Steve Berk, Gary Zimmerman, Larry Riggs and John Nitsche each added four to lead Life Smoke Vapors past T & T, 19-14, in Brandywine Valley Senior Softball Association action.
T & T was paced at the plate by Bruce Gilbert and Jack Freehoff (back to back homers).