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Pitching, pitching, and more pitching ruled the day as the Cal Ripken District 3 (covering virtually all of Bucks County) 11-year-old Championships opened last night (July 6) at the Upper Makefield baseball complex.
Warrington shut down Doylestown, 5-0, using a dominant complete game two-hitter by Zack Dennis. On the other side of the complex, Upper Makefield worked past Pennsbury, 5-3, as Juliano Kovalcik also went the distance, surrendering just four hits while striking out three.
Using a small ball strategy and aggressive base-running, Warrington jumped to a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning and then rode Dennis’s pitching and very solid defense the rest of the way. Connor Moffat slapped three hits to lead the way while Ty Rossi added two hits and two runs scored .
Providing the rest of the offense for Warrington were Willie Moller and Zach Dennis, who poked a double in the sixth inning. Doylestown’s T.J. Garvin and Anthony Russo had the tough luck of pitching solid games against Dennis, as they allowed only seven hits, combined, in their three innings each.
Juliano Kovalvik controlled the game as he overcame a rough fourth inning (in which he gave up two runs on two hits) to provide Upper Makefield with the steady outing it needed while its team-spread offense gelled.
For UM, Andrew Gruebel had two hits in the clean-up spot, while Jackson Parker scored two runs. Riley Thompson and Nick Roda each had a hit and scored a run.
For Pennsbury, Nick Tenilucci picked up two RBIs, scoring Fred Schrandt and Joe Braun, on a line drive hit in the gap in right-center during the fourth inning.
Like their Doylestown counterparts across the complex, Rob Daly and Tim Clarke pitched well for Pennsbury, but fell just short on a night when their team faced a very talented, composed pitching opponent.
No one wants to open a double elimination tournament with a loss and two pitchers enabled both Upper Makefield and Warrington to open on a positive note. As neither Dennis nor Kovalcik will be available to pitch when Warrington faces Upper Makefield Wednesday night in the winner’s bracket, pitching depth would appear to be the determining factor for the victor.
With Warrington having won two of the previous three outings against Upper Makefield this year, and with no less than 15 runs having been scored by the teams in any previous game, the only thing certain is that the battle will be very entertaining.
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Submitted by James D’Arcangelo
Pitching, pitching, and more pitching ruled the day as the Cal Ripken District 3 (covering virtually all of Bucks County) 11-year-old Championships opened last night (July 6) at the Upper Makefield baseball complex.
Warrington shut down Doylestown, 5-0, using a dominant complete game two-hitter by Zack Dennis. On the other side of the complex, Upper Makefield worked past Pennsbury, 5-3, as Juliano Kovalcik also went the distance, surrendering just four hits while striking out three.
Using a small ball strategy and aggressive base-running, Warrington jumped to a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning and then rode Dennis’s pitching and very solid defense the rest of the way. Connor Moffat slapped three hits to lead the way while Ty Rossi added two hits and two runs scored .
Providing the rest of the offense for Warrington were Willie Moller and Zach Dennis, who poked a double in the sixth inning. Doylestown’s T.J. Garvin and Anthony Russo had the tough luck of pitching solid games against Dennis, as they allowed only seven hits, combined, in their three innings each.
Juliano Kovalvik controlled the game as he overcame a rough fourth inning (in which he gave up two runs on two hits) to provide Upper Makefield with the steady outing it needed while its team-spread offense gelled.
For UM, Andrew Gruebel had two hits in the clean-up spot, while Jackson Parker scored two runs. Riley Thompson and Nick Roda each had a hit and scored a run.
For Pennsbury, Nick Tenilucci picked up two RBIs, scoring Fred Schrandt and Joe Braun, on a line drive hit in the gap in right-center during the fourth inning.
Like their Doylestown counterparts across the complex, Rob Daly and Tim Clarke pitched well for Pennsbury, but fell just short on a night when their team faced a very talented, composed pitching opponent.
No one wants to open a double elimination tournament with a loss and two pitchers enabled both Upper Makefield and Warrington to open on a positive note. As neither Dennis nor Kovalcik will be available to pitch when Warrington faces Upper Makefield Wednesday night in the winner’s bracket, pitching depth would appear to be the determining factor for the victor.
With Warrington having won two of the previous three outings against Upper Makefield this year, and with no less than 15 runs having been scored by the teams in any previous game, the only thing certain is that the battle will be very entertaining.
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Submitted by James D’Arcangelo
posted by Steve Sherman at
3:56 PM
2 Comments:
Juliano Kovalcik also pitched the whole game,picked off 2 people
Juliano Kovalcik also pitched the whole game, and picked off 2 people.
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