Repoter Baseball Roundup: Chan helps North Penn top Pennridge on Senior Day

Colby Chan went 2-for-2 with a home run, two RBIs and two run scored as the North Penn baseball team capped its Senior Day with a 4-3 SOL Continental Conference win over Pennridge Wednesday.

Kolby Barrow was 2-for-3 as the Knights (9-10, 6-6 conference) scored three runs in the bottom of the third to take a 4-1 lead then held on the seventh to earn a third straight victory.

Ray Knight gave Pennridge (5-13, 1-11) a 1-0 lead with his solo home run in the top of the first but Chan answered with his longball to even the contest. North Penn plated three in the third on a Kyle Schulze RBI sacrifice fly and RBI singles from Chan and Connor Ertel. 

With two outs in the seventh, Pennridge pulled within a run after Jack Goddess stole home and Trent Fisher’s RBI single. The Rams had the tying run on second base but a groundout to the shortstop ended the comeback bid.

North Penn starting pitcher Joe Valenti earned the win, giving up one run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. The left-hander walked one and struck out six.

Upper Dublin 5, Springfield (Montco) 4 >> Elijah Peck went 3-for-4 with a run while Brian McPeak and Jacob Womelsdorf both drove in two runs as Upper Dublin finished its regular season with an SOL American victory.

McPeak broke a 1-1 tie with his two-RBI single in the bottom of the second while Womelsdorf’s RBI ground out had the Cardinals (11-9, 8-6 conference) up 4-1 in the fifth.

Springfield (7-11, 6-8) pulled within 4-2 on Brian Murphy’s RBI double in the top of the sixth. Upper Dublin answered with a run in the bottom of the inning, which came in handy when the Spartans scored twice with two outs in the top of the seventh on a Kevin Keown RBI single and Morgan D’Amico’s RBI double.

With runners on second and third, Sean Curran got a fly out to seal his complete-game victory. Curran gave up four runs — three earned — on nine hits. He walked one and struck out eight.

Kyle Rizzo was 2-for-4 with a run scored while Jarrod Martz scored twice for the Cardinals.

D’Amico and Max Perry both went 2-for-4 for Springfield while Perry scored a pair of runs.