Local roundup: Raiders suffer 3-1 setback at Ripken Experience
Mira Jarzembak hit two inside-the-park solo home runs to help lead Kenston, Ohio, to a 3-1 victory over Waynesburg Central on Thursday morning at the Ripken Experience in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Jarzembak’s first homer came just as the game got started, as the Bombers’ leadoff hitter smacked an 0-2 pitch to center field and sprinted around the base paths for a 1-0 lead. Kherington Swader followed with a bunt single, Olivia Gowdy walked and Swader scored on Kendall Roberston’s single to center field for a 2-0 advantage.
Jarzemak hit her second homer in the top of the second with one out for a 3-0 lead.
The Raiders (2-3) pulled within two in the bottom of the third inning when Avery Davis and Kylie Schaum hit back-to-back singles with two outs and Davis scored on an error, but it was all the scoring Waynesburg could muster against Kenston starting and winning pitcher Quinn Robertson, who yielded no earned runs on seven hits over 6 鈪� innings. She had seven strikeouts and walked two.
Waynesburg’s Gina Tedrow had 15 strikeouts and walked three, but took the loss in allowing three earned runs on five hits in seven innings. Tedrow helped her own cause with a double to left field in the second but she was left stranded at second.
Waynesburg Central 2, Mogadore, Ohio 1 — Bre Kerr’s RBI single in the top of the ninth inning provided the Raiders with the go-ahead run and Tedrow struck out the side in the bottom of the frame for a non-section victory on Wednesday at the Ripken Experience in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Waynesburg Central opened the scoring with a run in the fifth before Mogadore tied the game in the sixth. Neither team scored in the seventh to send the contest into extra innings.
After a scoreless eighth, Ellie Makel doubled to center field and Tedrow was intentionally walked before Mogadore turned a double play. Kerr’s base hit to center field scored Makel for a 2-1 lead.
Kerr walked and scored in the fifth when Davis hit into a fielder’s choice.
Mogadore’s Lily Hotchkiss doubled in the sixth, and Tali Bartholemew scored after an error was made.
Tedrow struck out 18 and walked three in nine innings. She threw 156 pitches (101 strikes). Tedrow allowed one unearned run on three hits.
Bartholemew allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits over nine with 12 strikeouts and two walks. She threw 135 pitches (96 strikes).
Uniontown 2, Indiana 0 — Emmaleigh Noah threw a two-hit shutout and smacked a solo home run in the Lady Red Raiders’ non-section home victory.
Noah had five strikeouts and walked one in earning the pitching victory.
Alexa Budner had two singles for Uniontown (2-1).
The Lady Red Raiders scored the only run Noah would need in the first when Budner singled and Noah walked before Budner stole third and scored on Lauren White’s groundout for a 1-0 lead.
Connellsville 15, Laurel Highlands 6 — Kalyn Cole hit two home runs and the Lady Falcons used a seven-run fifth inning to defeat the Fillies in non-section play.
Cole, who homered in the third and fifth, had four RBIs, three hits and two runs scored. Teammate Cali Leichliter also had four RBIs, in addition to four hits and scoring four runs. Leichliter doubled and tripled.
Winning pitcher Kendal King helped her own cause with two hits, including a double, and two RBIs.
Maggie Orndorff and Molly Greenwalt had two hits apiece, including a double.
Harlie Dirda doubled for Laurel Highlands (1-3). Teammate Gianna Miller had three RBIs. Dirda and Payton Rambo had two hits apiece.
Connellsville improved to 3-0.
Baseball
Waynesburg Central 13, Brownsville 5 — The Raiders used a nine-run fifth to take control in a Section 4-3A victory over the Falcons on Wednesday.
Alex VanSickle had two triples for Waynesburg Central (2-0, 5-0). Teammate Derek Turcheck hit a home run, and the Raiders’ Zach Jiblits and Tyler Groves doubled.
Groves earned the victory on the mound.
Brownsville’s Hunter Pelehac hit a home run. Teammate Nash Petroff doubled.
Carmichaels 14, Mapletown 3 — The Mikes put together a seven-run sixth inning and rolled to a Section 1-1A victory at Mapletown.
Scottie Maskil earned the pitching victory. Colin Andrews doubled for Carmichaaels (2-0, 2-1).
Greensburg Central Catholic 5, Jefferson-Morgan 2 — The Centurions built up a four-run lead in the top of the third inning and Tyler Samide did the rest in shutting down the Rockets in a Section 1-1A win.
John Woodward doubled for Jefferson-Morgan (0-2, 1-2).
Greensburg Central Catholic improved to 2-0 in the section and 4-1 overall.