One string ends and another continues in Falls win
BucksLocalSports Editor
– If all good things must come to an end – and they do – then Yardley Morrisville’s win streak in Lower Bucks American Legion (LBAL) play culminated with the team’s June 25 loss to Falls Post 834.
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“I was just trying to re- deem myself, make sure I got the runner in,” said DeMarchis, an incoming senior at Pennsbury. “That did the job.”
With Goldberg struggling with his control – he walked a pair of batters in the fourth and the sixth innings and hit IRuU EDWsPDn Ln fiYH DnG 1/3 frames on the hill – Falls had multiple chances to take the lead in the late innings of the duel at Pennsbury.
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“I was focused more on staying back on the ball not getting out ahead of it and trying to crush it,” said DeMarchis. “I was just trying to meet the ball where it’s pitched.”
He did and thus ending a nine-game win string for Yardley Morrisville, a tear that extended all the way back to June 4 when it defeated Lower SouthampWRn 9-4 Rn LWs KRPH fiHOG DW Cairn University.
“We knew it was going to be a close game. Goldberg is a good pitcher,” stated )DOOs LnfiHOGHU BUDnGRn GDUrett. “He was a little wild today, walking some guys and hitting some others. He had some good stuff today and kept us off-balance but fortunately, we got the win.”
Jensen recorded the victory on the hill for Falls, now 11-4-1 overall and 101-2 in Lower Bucks Legion play. Esling suffered the
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Ironically, the last team to beat Yardley Morrisville was Falls in yet another 3-2 victory for Post 834 on June 2 at Pennsbury. The last time – and its only loss in LBAL action – Post 834 lost a league game was June 9 when Newtown Post 440 got past the Dirtbags by an 8-4 score.
Now it appears Falls is the team with the current win string. Post 834 grabbed both ends of a doubleheader with Western June 23 at Pennsbury. In game one, the ‘bags took advantage of Post 317 starter Matt Graham, scoring 11 runs on 21 hits, including six hits for extra bases.
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In game two, Falls faced a tough foe on the hill for