Manheim Township at Ephrata

Manheim Township at Ephrata

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Recap

Taking their 13-0 record on the road to Ephrata on Monday evening, the Blue Streaks were looking to finish off a Section II sweep against the Mountaineers on their own turf (literally).

Kyle Musser and Drew Sassaman came prepared at the plate in the top of the 1st. A leadoff single from Musser and quick triple to right field from Sassaman made it 1-0 Township only moments into the game. A full count single from Colin Fitzgerald plated Sassaman and gave Township’s starter, Dylan King, a 2-0 lead as he took the mound in Ephrata’s half of the 1st.

Coming off a win at E-Town last Tuesday, King (5.2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 7 K) pounded the strike zone on 90 mph fastballs with ease in the 1st. Allowing only one baserunner, King retired the Mountaineers on a ground out and back-to-back strikeouts to hold the 2-0 lead. Both teams generated two baserunners in the 2nd, but the score remained unchanged.

After quiet 3rd and 4th innings, Ephrata capitalized on back-to-back full count walks from King in the 5th. The Mounts cut the Township lead in half, 2-1, with a single to right to score one before a tag out at the plate during the next AB and tag out at 3rd on a thwarted steal attempt ended the half inning.

King was replaced on the mound by Evan Clark with 2 outs in the bottom of the 6th after reaching his 100-pitch limit on his 24th batter faced. Clark proceeded to need only 5 pitches to strike out the next batter and send Township into the 7th with their 2-1 lead intact.

With 1 out in the top of the 7th, Michael Heckman beat out an infield grounder to give the Blue Streaks some offensive life. Musser and Sassaman collected consecutive walks to load the bases on Ephrata’s relief pitcher before Fitzgerald dropped a single into shallow right field and extended Township’s lead back to two, 3-1. Clark helped himself out with a SAC fly to the right fielder to allow Musser to tag up and score prior to an Ephrata fielding error on a Ryan Jonesground ball that sent Sassaman home safely. Thanks to the three insurance runs, Clark carried a 5-1 lead back to the mound to pitch the final half inning.

Ephrata nabbed two walks in the 7th, but two more Clark strikeouts and an unassisted groundout to Fisher Druck at 1st base sealed the Blue Streaks’ victory.

Manheim Township

# Batting Position AB PA R H RBI 2B 3B HR SF SB BB SO HBP
1Dylan KingP, RF4400000000010
2Drew Sassaman2B3422101001100
5Ryan JonesDH4400000001000
6Kyle MusserCF2421000000101
9Ben ShenoskyPR0000000000000
10JT WeaverLF3301000001000
11Michael HeckmanSS3311000000000
17Evan ClarkP, RF2400100010100
20Ryan FluryC3301000000000
22Colin Fitzgerald3B4402200001010
 Total 283358401014321
Pitching Position W L APP GS SV IP H R ER K BB
Dylan KingP, RF101105.6631174
Evan ClarkP, RF001011.3300032
Total 102116.99311106

Ephrata

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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Details

Date Time League Season
April 26, 2021 7:00 PM Varsity 2021

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