Recap

In Saturday’s season opener, it took Township’s bats a few innings to wake up, but at Exeter earlier this afternoon, the Blue Streaks wasted no time finding home plate. With a lead off homerun to left field, Senior CF Kyle Musser put MT on top after only 3 pitches. A single and steal by Drew Sassaman and a follow-up single by Evan Clark put MT up 2-0 early. After reaching base on a FC, Ryan Jones was able to score on a Michael Heckman single and in the very next at-bat, Ryan Flury busted things open in Township’s favor with a 3-run shot over the left field fence to score Heckman and Colin Fitzgerald and make it 6-0 after the first half inning.

With a large lead before he took the mound for his first appearance of the season, Ben Shenosky was in control most of the afternoon (5.0 IP, 1 ER, 9 K, 2 BB). Pitching a nearly flawless first 3 innings, Shenosky wasn’t challenged by the Eagles until the 4th inning where they managed to scratch out a run. The Blue Streaks’ offense provided a handful of insurance runs for their starter as the game continued. A SAC fly in the top of the 5th from Jones scored Clark before Township struck for 5 more runs in the 6th. Consecutive hits from Dylan King, Clark, Jones, and Fitzgerald pushed across 3 runs before Flury collected his 4th hit (2nd double) of the day and made it 11-1. A pair of fielder’s choices by Exeter and a double by Sassaman allowed for 3 more Blue Streaks’ runs before the chaos subsided in the 6th.

Exeter managed two late runs in the bottom of the 6th inning off JT Weaver, who relieved Shenosky, but the result of this contest was unchanged. With the 14-3 victory, Township moves to 2-0 on the young season and will visit J.P. McCaskey under the lights on Wednesday (6:30 pm) in their 2nd game of this week.