Township offense alive and well in romp at Cedar Crest, 12-4

Following a tough loss on Monday at home, the Manheim Township Blue Streaks made their first of two visits to Cedar Crest in 2023 on Wednesday to face the Falcons.

Results

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Manheim Township126030012104
Cedar Crest3000001454

After back-to-back games getting to bat second while playing at home, the Blue Streaks were first to the plate today on the road. Leading off for the Blue Streaks, Tyler Mulholland roped a single past the second baseman to give Township some early life. Wild pitches during the next 2 ABs landed Mulholland at 3rd with 2 outs. A balk on the Falcons’ pitcher sent the first run across for the road team. Leading 1-0, MT sent Trey Eckman (5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 9 K) to the mound to make his 2nd start on the season. An early single and pair of errors on Township loaded the bases for Cedar Crest with 2 outs. A 2-run single and balk later put 3 runs on the board before the first inning was over.

Now behind 3-1, the Blue Streaks quickly responded in the 2nd. Cole Stoltzfus took a pitch off the elbow and advanced all the way to 3rd on a Nick Tomlinson infield grounder that was mishandled by the Falcons’ shortstop. With 2 RISP, Gavin Glass singled up the middle to plate both runners and tie us up 3-3. Eckman knocked down Cedar Crest 1-2-3 to hold the tie score into the 3rd where the Blue Streak flood gates really opened up.

Ben Connors led off the 3rd with a 4-pitch walk before a Ryan Brader RBI-double broke the 3-3 tie. A bunt single for Ty Jenkins left runners on the corners for Stoltzfus to double home both runners and double up the score 6-3. Tomlinson singled home Stoltzfus before Eckman helped himself out with his first career varsity homerun over the left field fence to cap the 6-run half inning. Additionally, all 6 runs came with no outs in the inning. Eckman proceeded to run with the 9-3 lead and retire 6 of the next 7 Cedar Crest batters to keep it 9-3 MT through 4.

Tomlinson’s hot bat struck again in the top of the 5th as a 1-out triple sparked the Township offense once again. Glass brought in courtesy runner Josh Boll with a single and scored on a Mulholland liner two batters later. Kaden Kemp crossed the plate as Township’s 12th run on the day before the Blue Streaks were retired in the 5th. Eckman pitched his final inning in the bottom of the 5th and turned over the reins to Boll for the 6th.

Boll, making his first appearance on the mound for the varsity Blue Streaks, turned in a solid final 2 innings and held the Falcons to just 1 run (un-earned) over 8 batters faced with 2 Ks. A pop up to the mound with 2 outs in the 7th allowed Boll to seal the victory for the Blue Streaks and return the team to a .500 record on the season (2-2).

Quick turnaround for Township as they will travel to Manheim Central tomorrow to close out the week. Game time: 4:15pm.

Manheim Township

# Batting Position AB PA R H RBI 2B 3B HR SF SB BB SO HBP
1Ty JenkinsCF3411000000110
3Lance LeidigPR1100000000000
4Tyler Mulholland1B5512100000000
5Gavin Glass3B3412300000100
6Cole StoltzfusRF2321210000001
9Ethan BeckPR0000000000000
10Andrew FluryC1100000000000
11Trey EckmanP3311200100010
12Kaden Kemp2B1210000000100
16Nicholas TomlinsonC3312101000000
17Josh BollP, PR1120000000010
19Ryan PeipherDH1100000000010
22Ben ConnorsLF3410000000100
23Christian Kleckner2B1100000000010
27Ryan TurnerLF0000000000000
28Ryan BraderSS3411110000100
 Total 313712101021100551
Pitching Position W L APP GS SV IP H R ER K BB
Trey EckmanP10110543092
Josh BollP, PR00100211020
Total 102107540112

Cedar Crest

Position AB PA R H RBI 2B 3B HR SF SB BB SO HBP
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Position W L APP GS SV IP H R ER K BB
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