Tigers squeak past Tornado
Mike Dorondo hit a three-run home run in the top of the seventh for Butler to tie the game at six, but North Allegheny pushed a run across in the bottom of the seventh to topple the Golden Tornado 7-6 in high school baseball Tuesday.
Todd Walker doubled and Matt McCune had two hits for Butler (2-14, 0-9).
In other action:
Seneca Valley banged out 18 hits en route to a 10-2 victory over New Castle. Chris Tremblay, Nick Hull and John Sklarsky each had two RBI for the Raiders (14-3, 8-2).
Luke Westerman led off the game with his first career home run and Ben Smith had three RBI in Freeport's 12-0 blanking of Summit Academy
Adam Milanovich doubled and drove in a run, but Union fell to Clarion-Limestone 15-4.
Butler 300 000 3 - 6 6 4
N. Allegheny 102 021 1 - 7 7 4
WP:
Eric Leuthold (3 IP) 1 strikeout, 0 walks.
LP:
Shane Seybert (3 IP) 0 strikeouts, 2 walks
Butler (2-14, 0-9):
Mike Dorondo HR, 3-RBI; Todd Walker 2B; Matt McCune 2-1B
North Allegheny:
Tim Merolillo 2B, Brandon Woods 2B.
Today:
New Castle @ Butler
Seneca Valley 101 501 2 -10 18 2
New Castle 020 000 0 - 2 2 3
WP:
Ryan Page (7 IP) 5 strikeouts, 0 walks.
LP:
Berkely (3
IP) 2 strikeouts, 3 walks
Seneca Valley:
Andy Wilmoth 2-1B, R; Adam Ranalli 2-1B, SB, R; Chris Tremblay 3B, 2B, 1B, SB, 3R, 2 RBI; Ben Follett 1B, R, RBI; Kevan Smith 2-1B, RBI; Ryan Roble R; Nick Hull 2-1B, 2 RBI; Joe Sklarsky R; Tyler Neff 1B, RBI; Scott Carney R; Dan Reale 3-1B; John Sklarsky 2B, 1B, SB, R, 2 RBI
New Castle:
Chris Berkely 1B; John Villani 1B; David Colella R, Mike Lepore R
Freeport 103 44x x -12 6 0
Summit Acad. 000 00x x - 0 4 4
WP:
Mike Krchnak (4 IP) 5 strikeouts, 0 walks.
LP:
Haadee Bennett (4 IP) 2 strikeouts, 5 walks
Freeport (4-9):
Luke Westerman HR 2-R, Sean Mienius 2-R, Kory Micholas 2-R RBI, Ben Smith 2B 1B 3-RBI, Tim Tomayko 1B RBI, Jake Lassinger 1B RBI 2-R, Luke Turner RBI, Ben Cataldi 1B RBI
Summit Academy (1-12):
Jeff Branche 1B, Rudy Smith 1B, Rudy Britton 1B, Matt Goddard 2B
Thursday:
Burrell @ Freeport, Summit Academy @ Deer Lakes
C-Limestone 340 404 x -15 12 1
Union 100 030 x - 4 6 6
WP:
Neil Reynolds (6 IP) 3 strikeouts, 3 walks.
LP:
Adam Milanovich (3 IP) 3 strikeouts, 9 walks
Clarion-Limestone:
Hayden Johnston 3B, 2-2B, 4-RBI
Union (7-5, 5-5):
Toby Best 2B, 2-RBI; Scott Milanovich 2B, RBI; Derek Carmichael 2B
Thursday:
Clarion @ Union
Ally Wood's first-inning single drove home Jen Fair for the game's lone run in Freeport's 1-0 victory over Deer Lakes Tuesday.Heather Fair struck out nine, walked one and allowed the Lancers just three singles.Commodore Perry had a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 12th inning to break a 2-all tie and to pull out a 3-2 win over Slippery Rock.Jenny Remington had two doubles and scored a run for the Rockets.Freeport 100 000 0 - 1 4 0Deer Lakes 000 000 0 - 0 3 1WP:Heather Fair (7 IP) 9 strikeouts, 1 walk.LP:Mueller (7 IP) 4 strikeouts, 1 walkFreeport (9-3, 6-3):Jen Fair 1B, R; Ally Wood 1B, RBI; Stephanie Leslie 1B; Laney Pastoria 1BDeer Lakes:Ferguson 3-1BToday:Burrell at FreeportKeystone 600 000 2 - 8 10 3Karns City 000 101 0 - 2 5 3WP:Cozad (7 IP) 3 strikeouts, 1 walk.LP:Shelby Waltman (7 IP) 8 strikeouts, 4 walksKeystone:Cozad 3-1B; Neely 2-1BKarns City (5-9):Shannon Christie 3B; Chrichele Griffiths 2-1B; Jess Spafford 1B, RBI; Haley Callihan 1B, RBIToday:Karns City at KeystoneGrove City 204 003 0 - 9 9 2Sharpsville 100 000 0 - 1 1 5WP:Katie Sonntag (7 IP) 10 strikeouts, 1 walk.LP:Kim Danos (7 IP) 1 strikeout, 4 walksGrove City (9-4, 7-0):Sonntag 2B, 3-1B; Tara Walmsley 1B, 2-RBI; Mandy McCoy 1B, 2-RBI; Stephanie Blakely 1B, RBI; Kari Barnes 2-RBI; Ashley Patterson RBISharpsville:Germano 1BThursday:Grove City @ Reynolds
Grove City 3, Sharon 2 -The Eagles used a sweep in the doubles matches en route to the win over the Tigers.The junior varsity team also prevailed, 5-0.Grove City (10-2) will play at Kennedy Catholic todaySingles:Brad Planski (S) def. Ian Smith 6-4, 6-1; Dan Byerly (S) def. Phil Hoffman 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Mark Schnelzner (GC) def. Ken Robison 6-3, 6-4Doubles:Logan Crow-Drew Bestwick (GC) def. Shawn Weston-Warren Reed 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; Dan Spears-Joshua Lynn (GC) def. Mark Drabick-Carl Franks 6-1, 6-0