Powerful Pitching By Tyler Shirk Not Enough As Manheim Township Varsity Blue Streaks Lose To Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats
By GameChanger Media
Tyler Shirk struck out 10 batters, but Manheim Township Varsity Blue Streaks fell to Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats 6-1 on Friday. Shirk surrendered eight hits and four runs over five innings while walking one.
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanicsburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Manheim Township | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
A single by Jayden Matarrese on a full count put Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats on the board in the top of the first.
Jacob Carrasco homered to left field, which helped Manheim Township Varsity Blue Streaks tie the game at one in the bottom of the first.
A single by William Lucas gave Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats the lead, 2-1, in the top of the third.
Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats scored two runs in the top of the fourth on a home run to left field by Grady Weaver.
James Markowitz earned the win for Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats. The hurler surrendered two hits and one run over six innings, striking out 10 and walking none.
Carrasco went 1-for-3 at the plate and led the team with one run batted in. Lincoln Stoltzfus went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Manheim Township Varsity Blue Streaks in hits.
Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats amassed nine hits in the game. Caiden Valentino and Weaver each collected three hits for Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats. Weaver led Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats with two runs batted in. The infielder went 3-for-3 on the day. Matarrese collected two hits for Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats in three at bats. Mechanicsburg Varsity Wildcats were sure-handed in the field and didn’t commit a single error. Calvin Collier had the most chances in the field with 12.
Manheim Township Varsity Blue Streaks will travel to Manheim Central for their next game on Monday.
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Mechanicsburg
| Position | AB | PA | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SF | SB | BB | SO | HBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Position | W | L | APP | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Manheim Township
| # | Batting | Position | AB | PA | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SF | SB | BB | SO | HBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dionisio Acosta | CF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Rocco Billiard | DH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Brett Kirchoff | LF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | JJ Good | P, 1B, RF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Lincoln Stoltzfus | 3B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Alex Derderian | 2B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Jack Kenneff | SS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Jacob Carrasco | C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Nolan Peters | 1B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 25 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pitching | Position | W | L | APP | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Good | P, 1B, RF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tyler Shirk | P | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
