Beth-Center walks off with key Section 2-AA win
Lane Zekir’s double down the left-field line scored Hunter Bowen from first in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Beth-Center a 6-5 win over Waynesburg in a Section 2-AA game Monday night.
The Bulldogs (5-5, 5-7) is 1/2 game behind Charleroi for the third and final playoff spot in the section. Zekir went 2-for-4 and pitched a complete game with seven strikeouts. His RBI single started a four-run sixth inning to help Beth-Center tie it 5-5. Nick Pryor singled and Bowen walked before Zekir hit an RBI single. Ed Zellie added another run-scoring single and Tyler Zelenick’s two-run single tied it.
Hunter Robinson went 2-for-3 with two runs for the Raiders (4-8, 5-11).
South Fayette 1, Chartiers Valley 0: Tristan Tinney threw a three-hitter as South Fayette kept its playoff hopes alive with a 1-0 Section 3-AAA win over Chartiers Valley.
Spencer Barber had a two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning to provide the game’s only run for the Lions (5-4, 7-9), who need a win Wednesday over McGuffey to secure a playoff spot.
Dante Panucci doubled, while Cole Horew took the loss for Char Valley (6-3, 11-5), which had the game end on a double play on a lineout to short.
McGuffey 2, Trinity 0: Matt Novak’s suicide squeeze scored Joe Townsend in the top of the sixth inning as McGuffey edged Trinity, 2-0, in a Section 3-AAA game.
Dan Orr threw a four-hitter with eight strikeouts and McGuffey (2-7, 4-10) took advantage of a pair of errors by the Hillers (2-8, 5-11) in the sixth to plate the winning runs.
Connor Thompson added a double for McGuffey.
Nick Herrnberger allowed seven hits over seven innings and struck out seven for Trinity, which also got a double from Tanner Hudak.
Carmichaels 12, Jefferson-Morgan 2: Reed Long had four hits, including a double, as Carmichaels wrapped up third place in Section 1-A with a six-inning, 12-2 win over Jefferson-Morgan.
Matthew Barrish got the win for the Mikes (6-4, 10-5), who also got a double from Darren Krause and a pair of hits from Mike Ludrosky.
Gage Clark suffered the loss for Jefferson-Morgan (2-6, 5-8), which managed just two hits off Barrish and Jacob Kinsell.
Eden Christian 7, Avella 1: Winning pitcher Jesse Clary went 3-for-3 with a double and thre runs to pace Eden Christian to a 7-1 win over Avella in Section 5-A.
Cody Dobbin doubled for Avella (4-6, 5-11). Eden Christian is 4-5 and 4-9.
Belle Vernon 7, Ringgold 0: Justin Ivill went 2-for-4 and drove in four runs to power Belle vernon to a 7-0 victory over Ringgold in Section 4-AAA.
Jordan Zilko drove in two runs for the Leopards (9-4, 13-4). Evan Hanna doubled.
Bo Haines doubled for the Rams (3-9, 6-12).