Mercury Baseball Roundup (May 10): Spring-Ford closes in on Pioneer Athletic Conference championship
Spring-Ford 12, Pottsgrove 2
Michael Cunningham and Nick Ashley combined on a two-hitter and the hot-hitting Rams continued their tear through the PAC.
The win improved Spring-Ford to 13-1 to put it a way away from clinching the Pioneer Athletic Conference championship. Phoenixville is second at 11-3 but holds a tiebreaker over Spring-Ford due to the Phantoms’ head-to-head win.
The Rams’ wrecking crew has scored 166 runs this season (2nd in the PAC is OJR at 122) against just 17 runs allowed.
Spring-Ford was out to an 8-0 lead after two innings. Griffin Straface (2 hits), Jake Books (double, 2 hits, 3 RBI), Dylan Ducharme (2 hits, 2 RBI) had RBI singles in the five-run second.
Steven Rinda’s two-run double in the fourth was the highlight for Pottsgrove.
Pioneer Athletic Conference Baseball Standings/Scores/Stories
Owen J. Roberts 9, Phoenixville 1
The Wildcats kept coming with runs in their final four at-bats to pull away from the Phantoms in a PAC crossover battle Monday.
Grant Reitz was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI and Sam Morris was 2-for-4 with a double and RBI to lead the OJR bats.
Jarred Berish didn’t allow an earned run in 5.1 innings (6 Ks, 3 BBs). Dean Mihos and Alex Lobello threw scoreless relief.
Phoenixville starter Kade Breisblatt, who tripled, was chased after five innings. He allowed five hits, two earned runs and struck out six.
Upper Perkiomen 3, Methacton 1
Malachi Duka struck out 11 and allowed a run on two hits over 6.1 innings to hurl the Tribe to a PAC cross-division win over the Warriors Monday.
Evan Shade and Conor Martin drove in runs for UP while Dalton Dunlap (double) and Jacob Ankele both were 2-for-3 to lead the 7-hit offense.
Kross Howarth drove in Methacton’s run.
Boyertown 10, Pope John Paul II 4
Cole Hertzler put a hurting on the ball Monday while going 3-for-3 with a double, triple and four RBI to propel the Bears to a PAC crossover win.
Boyertown (10-3) led 5-0 after two innings and then sealed it with a five-run sixth. Trey Yesavage drove in two runs for the Bears.
Evan Hetrick got the win while throwing two scoreless innings of relief.
Frank DiMaio as 2-for-2 for PJP.
Norristown 11, Upper Merion 1
Dylan Duke was a two-way star by going 2-for-4 with 3 RBI at the plate and throwing 5.2 innings of one-hit, one-run ball in the Eagles’ rout of the Vikings.
Perkiomen Valley vs. Pottstown
