Connellsville Legion opens with win
Connellsville scored three runs in the top of the third inning Tuesday night and the pitching staff made the lead stand for a season-opening 6-2 victory at Jefferson-Morgan in Fayette American Legion baseball action.
Austin Puskar led the Connellsville offense with two singles, a double and an RBI. Jacob Ansell added a pair of singles.
Connellsville added single runs in the fourth, fifth and eighth innings. The home team scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Corey Fogle pitched from the third through the seventh inning to earn the win. He struck out seven and walked five.
Gage Clark went five innings in the loss, allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits with two strikeouts and three walks.
Eli Rafail had two singles for Jefferson-Morgan.
Connellsville returns to action on Friday at Uniontown.
Fayette County League
Mitch’s Bail Bonds 1, Mill Run 0 — Travis Sankovich raced home on Adam Jacko’s two-out double for the winning run as Mitch’s Bail Bonds opened the FCBL season with a victory.
Sankovich walked with two outs to set up Jacko’s game-winning double, his second hit of the game.
Brian Fisher went the distance for the win, allowing five hits while striking out 10 and walking two.
Trevor Farrell also went the distance for Mill Run, allowing six hits with 16 strikeouts and two walks.
Mill Run had several opportunities to score. The visitors left the bases loaded in the first inning, had second and third in the third inning and first and third in the fourth inning.
Mitch’s Bail Bonds had two-out infield singles from Zack Durbin and Josh Luko in the bottom of the eighth inning, but both were stranded.
Mitch’s Bail Bonds returns to action on the road Thursday against Economy Electric.