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WILKES-BARRE — The formula sounds simple enough.
Meyers has once again opened the season with a sub-2.00 team ERA, and the Mohawks are playing some opportunistic baseball.
“We’re just trying to hit zones, keep hitters off-balance, throw to contact, have the hitters put the ball in play and have the fielders make plays,” Meyers coach Matt Skrepenak said. “Fundamental baseball.”
There has, of course, been some drama.
Monday’s 3-2 win over Wyoming Seminary kept the Mohawks unbeaten in WVC play at 5-0. Four of those wins have now come by one run — a trio of 3-2 victories to go with a 4-3 win.
In the one game that wasn’t decided by just a run — an 11-5 triumph — Meyers trailed heading into the bottom of the sixth before breaking out for the win.
Each time, the Mohawks have found a way to win.
On Monday, it was an early 2-0 hole and a 2-1 deficit in the bottom of the fifth. But with two outs, Colin Pasone lifted a high shot to left that fell in for an RBI triple that tied the game. Not long after, the senior would come home to score the winning run on a passed ball.
Kenny Macko hit an RBI single in the second, but his best work came on the mound.
Macko got all but the final out of the game, scattering seven hits and allowing just one earned run and one walk. Senior Ryan Gilgallon came on to face the final batter, getting a strikeout with the tying run on second to pick up the save.
Gilgallon and Macko are picking up where they left off from last season’s strong pitching performances.
“They have years,” Skrepenak said. “Ryan, this is his fourth year with us. This is Kenny’s third year with us. They have that experience, which is really valuable. So they’ve been in these situations. They handle it well.”
Wyoming Seminary (3-2) has shown a spark at the plate in the first few weeks of the season, and the Blue Knights struck first in this one.
Freshman Yudai Kachi (2 for 3) lined an RBI single. A throwing error later brought home Justin Negron for a 2-0 lead in the top of the second.
Todd Phillips tripled with one out in the fourth, but the Mohawks escaped the jam.
“It was a very competitive game,” Knights coach Brian Kaschak said. “Hats off to Meyers. They played a good game, and they didn’t really give us anything. They made us earn everything, and we just couldn’t quite earn enough.”
Holy Redeemer 6,
Hanover Area 5
The Royals scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie it up, but the visiting Hawkeyes (2-2) answered with the winner in the top of the seventh. Matt Clarke (double), Kyle Kowalski (double, RBI) and Sean Hart (two RBI) all had two hits apiece.
Tom Borum and Cade Flanley both finished with two hits and two RBI for the Royals (3-2).
Wyoming Area 9,
Nanticoke 0
Steve Homza (double), Cole Keating and Aaron Lee drove in two runs apiece for the Warriors (2-2). Josh Kopcza struck out six for the win and combined with Dylan Melberger on a four-hit shutout.
Kyle Pokrinchak, Kris Rynkiewicz, Eric Grodzicki and Nick Bukofski had the hits for the Trojans (1-4).
Lake-Lehman 11,
GAR 5
Chris Hadsall went 3 for 4 with a double and also picked up the win on the mound for the Black Knights (4-2). Matt Kurtz, Jacob Wesley and Kyle Sincavage all had two RBI.
Simon Peter finished with a double and two RBI for the Grenadiers (0-4).
Northwest 3,
MMI Prep 2
Brian Hardiman hit a tie-breaking RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to rally the Rangers (1-3) to the win. Cam Capece had two hits with a double and an RBI.
Kisan Patel struck out 10 for the Preppers (1-4). George Palermo went 2 for 3 with a double.
Meyers 3, Wyoming Seminary 2
Wyo. Seminary`AB`R`H`BI
Gabriel cf`4`0`0`0
Kehl ss`3`0`0`0
Oravic c`3`0`2`0
Sweitzer 2b-1b`3`0`1`0
Jerome 3b`3`0`0`0
TPhillips lf-2b`2`1`1`0
Negron 1b-p`3`1`1`0
Nockley rf`3`0`0`0
Hromisin p`0`0`0`0
Kachi dh`3`0`2`1
Totals`27`2`7`1
Meyers`AB`R`H`BI
JNargoski c`2`0`0`0
DNargoski 2b`3`0`1`0
Pasone cf`3`1`1`1
Gilgallon 1b-p`2`0`0`0
Galey ss`0`0`0`0
Bottger dh-1b`2`1`1`0
AMacko lf-3b`2`0`0`0
KMacko p`3`0`1`1
Strobel lf`0`0`0`0
Ostrowski rf`3`0`1`0
Pugh 3b-ss`3`1`1`0
Totals`23`3`6`2
Wyo. Seminary`020`000`0`—`2
Meyers`010`020`x`—`3
2B — DNargoski; 3B — TPhillips, Pasone
Wyo. Seminary`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Hromisin (L)`4.2`6`3`2`1`0
Negron`1.1`0`0`0`1`3
Meyers`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
KMacko (W)`6.2`7`2`1`1`3
Gilgallon (S)`0.1`0`0`0`0`1
Hanover Area 6, Holy Redeemer 5
Hanover Area`AB`R`H`BI
Windt p`2`1`1`0
Piscotty 3b`4`0`0`1
Clarke ss`4`2`2`0
Kowalski 2b`3`2`2`1
Gately 1b`4`0`0`0
Hart c`3`0`2`2
Wheeler cf`3`0`1`1
Flaim rf`2`0`1`0
Stevens dh`3`1`0`0
Murphy lf`0`0`0`0
Mercandante ph`1`0`0`0
Totals`29`6`9`5
Holy Redeemer`AB`R`H`BI
Ell ss`3`2`1`0
Molitoris 3b`0`0`0`0
Cavanaugh dh`3`2`2`0
Borum c`3`0`2`2
Flanley 2b`3`0`2`2
Bozentka 1b`3`0`0`0
Choman p`4`0`1`0
Ambosie lf`4`0`1`0
McClay cf`4`1`1`0
Wills rf`2`0`0`0
Vender ph`1`0`1`0
Totals`30`5`11`4
Hanover Area`000`302`1`—`6
Holy Redeemer`200`003`0`—`5
2B — Clarke, Kowalski
Hanover Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Windt`3.2`4`2`0`4`5
Clarke (W)`2.1`5`3`3`1`1
Gately (S)`1.0`2`0`0`0`0
Redeemer`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Choman`5.0`4`3`3`1`4
Wills (L)`2.0`5`3`2`1`0
Wyoming Area 9, Nanticoke 0
Wyoming Area`AB`R`H`BI
Bonita cf`3`2`2`1
Homza 2b`2`1`1`2
Charney 3b`4`1`0`0
Keating lf`3`1`2`2
Williams lf`0`0`0`0
Lee c`3`0`2`2
Wright 1b`2`1`1`0
Rome 1b`1`0`0`0
Kopcza p`4`1`1`0
Melberger p`0`0`0`0
Webb rf`3`1`1`0
Minichello rf`1`0`1`0
Nardell ss`3`1`1`0’
Hogan ss`1`0`0`0
Totals`30`9`12`8
Nanticoke`AB`R`H`BI
Szychowski cf`3`0`0`0
Butczynski p`0`0`0`0
Stecco rf`0`0`0`0
KPokrinchk p`2`0`1`0
Rynkiewicz c`3`0`1`0
Shatley 1b`0`0`0`0
Krupinski dh`2`0`0`0
Kurkowski 3b`2`0`0`0
TPokrinchk 3b`1`0`0`0
Norton lf`2`0`0`0
Novakowski lf`1`0`0`0
Piestrak ss`2`0`0`0
Ormes ph`1`0`0`0
Grodzicki rf-p`2`0`1`0
Heald ph`1`0`0`0
Bukofski 2b`2`0`1`0
Heffron ph`1`0`0`0
Totals`25`0`4`0
Wyoming Area`110`025`0`—`9
Nanticoke`000`000`0`—`0
2B — Homza
Wyoming Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Kopcza (W)`6.0`4`0`0`2`6
Melberger`1.0`0`0`0`0`3
Nanticoke`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
KPkrnchk (L)`5.0`8`5`5`1`1
Butczynski`1.0`3`4`2`2`0
Grodzicki`1.0`1`0`0`0`0
Lake-Lehman 11, GAR 5
Lake-Lehman`AB`R`H`BI
Weston ss`4`1`1`0
Sikora c`4`1`1`1
Hadsall p`4`1`3`0
Kurtz lf`4`2`1`2
Cercone rf`2`1`0`0
Field rf`1`0`0`0
JJames 3b`2`1`0`0
Sokolowski cf`2`0`0`0
Wesley 1b`2`1`1`2
Magdalinski 1b`2`0`1`0
Sincavage 2b`2`1`1`2
Zekas 2b`2`0`0`0
Kolb cf`2`2`0`0
Totals`33`11`9`7
GAR`AB`R`H`BI
Peralta rf`4`1`1`0
Peter 2b`3`0`1`2
Marte lf`4`0`1`0
Lake 3b`4`0`1`0
Kolativa p`2`1`1`0
Edwards 1b`3`1`1`0
Shinal c`3`1`1`1
ODay ss`3`0`1`1
Peguero cf`0`0`0`0
Yelland dh`3`1`2`1
Totals`29`5`10`5
Lehman`008`120`0`—`11
GAR`000`023`0`—`5
2B — Sikora, Hadsall, Wesley, Peter
Lehman`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Hadsall (W)`4.2`5`2`2`1`3
Weston`2.1`5`3`3`1`0
GAR`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Kolativa (L)`2.2`5`8`7`5`2
Edwards`4.1`4`3`2`2`5
Northwest 3, MMI Prep 2
MMI Prep`AB`R`H`BI
Patel p`4`0`0`0
Jordan 2b`2`0`1`0
Palermo 3b`3`1`2`0
Smith 1b`3`0`0`0
Kassick lf`3`0`1`0
Book c`3`0`1`0
Hoover ss`2`0`0`0
Carrato lf`0`0`0`0
Yamula dh`1`1`0`0
Lobitz ph`0`0`0`0
Young cf`3`0`1`0
Totals`24`2`6`0
Northwest`AB`R`H`BI
Piestrak p`3`1`0`0
Callahan c`3`0`0`0
BriHardmn 1b`2`1`1`1
Gleco lf`3`0`0`0
BraHardmn ss`3`0`0`0
Hazlet 2b`3`1`1`1
Capece rf`3`0`2`1
Ridgely 3b`3`0`0`0
Bukavich cf`2`0`1`0
Totals`25`3`5`3
MMI Prep`011`000`0`—`2
Northwest`000`210`x`—`3
2B — Palermo, Capece
MMI Prep`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Patel (L)`6.0`5`3`3`0`10
Northwest`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Piestrak (W)`4.0`5`2`1`0`3
Gleco`1.0`0`0`0`1`0
BriHrdmn (S)`2.0`2`0`0`0`0
