Local roundup
Connellsville Legion slams California Brandon Bryner was 3 for 3 with a home run and a double as Connellsville rolled to a 13-1, seven-inning victory over host California in American Legion baseball action Tuesday.
Andy Beucher pitched a complete-game, three-hitter as Connellsville improved to 8-0. Beucher struck out five and walked just one.
Connellsville scored three runs in the first and never trailed again. Chris Marsinko started the opening rally with the first of his two doubles, and scored on Bryner’s double. Zack Leonard singled in Bryner to give Beucher the only two runs he would need.
California scored its only run off Beucher in the bottom of the first, but Connellsville countered that with another run in the second, then Beucher and Bryner hit back-to-back home runs leading off the third. The visitors added one more run later in the frame to make it 7-1.
Connellsville all but put the game away with a six-run fourth, highlighted by Tony Marciante’s three-run homer for his second hit of the game.
Corey Fox and Leonard both singled twice in Connellsville’s 16-hit attack, which included four homers. Brad Livingstone hit a solo shot to account for the other home run.
Matt Stay had two of California’s three hits. Losing pitcher Robby Galis went the first four innings.
Connellsville travels to Charleroi today for a 5:30 p.m. game.
Colonial 16, Waynesburg 1 – Jason Rechichar had three hits and was the winning pitcher as Colonial hammered host Waynesburg.
Colonial improved to 3-6, while Waynesburg fell to 0-6. The game was called due to the 15-run rule after six innings.
Rechichar (1-1) allowed one run in five innings with four strikeouts and two walks before Chad Rice finished up with a scoreless sixth.
Colonial, which pounded out 13 hits, struck for three runs in the second and third innings to go up 6-0. Craig Rechichar, who had two hits, smacked a three-run homer in a four-run fourth to make it 10-0 and the visitors coasted home from there.
Nathan Lewis doubled and singled twice for Colonial, and Buck Erdely also had three hits.
Nick Ross collected two of Waynesburg’s seven hits.
Losing pitcher Matt Smith was knocked out in the fourth inning.
Colonial travels to Connellsville on Monday.
County League
Mario’s 3, Redstone 2 – Scott Van Sickle doubled in the bottom of the ninth and scored the winning run on an error to lift Mario’s over visiting Redstone in a Fayette County Baseball League battle.
Chris Brunson pitched all nine innings for Mario’s (8-1), allowing two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and no walks.
Redstone starting pitcher Jared Slusser surrendered two runs in 5 2-3 innings before being relieved by Kevin Dvorchak, who finished up from there and took the tough loss.
Redstone took a 2-0 lead in the second inning without the aid of a hit as Mario’s committed four errors in the frame.
Mario’s rallied against Slusser to pull even in the fifth. Ron Dellarose singled and scored on Brad Baker’s double, and John Harvey followed with an RBI single.
The game remained tied until Van Sickle hit his second double of the game leading off the ninth. Jason Greene put down a sacrifice bunt to move Van Sickle to third and he scored from there when the throw to first went awry.
Bill Rouse contributed a double for Mario’s, which totaled 13 hits, including two apiece by Dellarose, Baker, Harvey and Van Sickle.
Jim Cales singled three times and Dvorchak doubled and singled to account for five of Redstone’s seven hits.
Redstone hosts Perryopolis today, and Mario’s hosts Perryopolis on Friday.
Perryopolis 3, Carmichaels 3 – Dustin Schwab hit a game-tying solo home run in the sixth inning to help Perryopolis gain an eight-inning deadlock with host Carmichaels.
Ryan Shetterly tossed a four-hitter with seven strikeouts for Perryopolis, which got doubles from Matt Chalfant and Chris McManus, and two singles from Craig Kordich.
Scott Swinchock and Brian Bandish doubled for Carmichaels.