Wednesday’s Baseball Round-Up: Tussey Hits Two Home Runs as West Deptford Downs Golden Nugget 9-3
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Courier-Post Staff
Tri-County-West Deptford hit three home runs in the first inning and outslugged Golden Nugget 16-12.
Adam Tussey, who hit two, led off the game with a home run. John McMullen, Nick Dalasandro and Ryan Murray also homered for West Deptford. Dustin Roach hit three home runs for Golden Nugget.
Deptford scored six times in the fourth inning and three more times in the sixth to down Dandrea 9-3. Derrick Reagan had two hits and two RBIs for Deptford.
Conlin Baseball got its second game-ending home run in a week, a two-run shot by Paul Painter, to defeat Moorestown 8-6.
Matt Schiecher pitched two innings of shutout relief to pick up the win.
Matt Longo went 4-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI and scored twice to lead the Rough Riders over Bellmawr 4-1. Brian Spicer hurled a three-hitter for the win.
Senior American Legion: Gary Derhagopian homered in both games as Mount Laurel swept a doubleheader from Pennsauken 9-5 and 7-3.
Matt Tiagwad helped the cause in the opener, hitting two solo homers and a double.
West Deptford pounded Gloucester Township 15-5 putting the game away with seven runs in the top of the seventh inning. Dave Guiliani had a two-run home run and drove in three runs and Casey Havers hit a three-run homer to lead the West Deptford attack.
Garden State: Josh Weber hurled a two-hitter, striking out eight, and Mike Maxwell and Jack Schulze each slugged home runs as Woodstown blanked Collingswood 11-0.
Senior Little League: Ethan Rhinehart hurled a three-hitter and Nick Ura was 2-for-3 and knocked in three runs as unbeaten Glassboro shut out West Deptford 10-0 in a District 15 game.
Junior Little League: Monroe Township remained unbeaten in Section 4 with a 16-10 win over Pitman.
Ryan Ilgenfritz had four hits, scored three runs and drove in two for the winners.
Monroe Township plays the Gloucester-South Vineland winner on Friday at Franklin Township.
Little League 11: Waterford broke open a tie game with seven runs in the top of the sixth inning to remain unbeaten in District 21 with a 15-8 win over Franklin Township. Winning pitcher Chris Huster also went 3-for-3.
In another District 21 game, Berlin Boro scored seven runs in the second inning and held on to defeat Franklin Township 8-6. Jake Quinn was 3-for-3 for the winners, including a fifth-inning solo home run.
Matt Brown drove in four runs with two doubles and picked up the win as Haddon Heights advanced to the playoffs in District 14 with a 15-5 win over Barrington.
Haddon Heights will play undefeated Erial, which beat Gloucester 10-5, Thursday. Hunter Brody hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Ryan Boyle added an RBI triple in the fourth for Erial.
Little League 10: Haddonfield scored in every inning and advanced to the District 13 semifinals with a 14-11 win over Willingboro.
Charlie Clarke had two doubles and drove in two runs and Carter Fichter also had two hits and drove in two runs to pace the Haddonfield attack.
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