Baseball: Big inning carries W&J; Paskert pitches Waynesburg to win
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PAC leader Washington & Jefferson scored six runs in the third inning and pitcher Eddie Nogay won his 16th consecutive career decision Friday in the Presidents’ 9-6 victory over Thiel at Ross Memorial Park
Ronny Peirish led W&J (12-1, 16-5) at the plate by going 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and four RBI.
The Presidents needed only three hits, including John Kutzfara’s two-run double, to score the six runs in the third that gave the Presidents a 6-4 advantage.
Nogay (6-0) and Jared Baird protected the lead. Baird pitched four innings of one-run ball for his first save.
The loss dropped Thiel to 7-2, 13-10. The teams meet in a doubleheader today at Thiel.
• Wash High graduate J. Jay Paskert threw a complete-game seven-hitter and Waynesburg scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat host Geneva in a PAC game.
Paskert walked only one batter and struck out five for the Yellow Jackets (3-7, 10-12).
Clay Roman broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI-double with one out in the top of the ninth. Nick Berdine followed with a two-run single and scored on Bobby Hartman’s second double of the game. Berdine led Waynesburg’s offense with three hits and three RBI.
Geneva fell to 4-8, 9-15.