May 4, 2018 4 min read

Destin Weiser hit a hard ground ball to left field and Matt Whitfield scored from second base as Chartiers-Houston defeated Fort Cherry, 6-5 in eight innings, Friday for its fourth straight Section 2-A win.

Whitfield was intentionally walked earlier in the inning and advanced to second on a flyout before scoring the winning run.

Chartiers-Houston (9-4, 10-6) had an opportunity to win the game in the bottom of the seventh inning when it had the bases loaded with no outs in a tied game but the Bucs failed to score. Weiser led C-H with three hits and three RBI. Jimmy Sadler also had a multi-hit game.

Fort Cherry (8-4, 8-4) took a 5-4 lead in the eighth after the Bucs committed an error. Blake McElhaney, Hunter Terpack and Mark Permigiani each had a pair of hits for the Rangers, who fall behind C-H to third place in the section standings.

• Trey Rohanna hit a home run, Luke Robinson pitched a strong game and Waynesburg had half of its eight hits in a seven-run seventh inning to defeat Washington, 9-3, in a Section 3-AAA game.

Rohanna’s three-run homer came after six of the first seven batters for Waynesburg (7-4, 7-4) reached base safely to start the inning. Rohanna went 2-for-4 with four RBI. Kyle Blasco hit a two-run double earlier in the inning for the Raiders. Robinson lasted 5 2/3 innings before reaching the 100-pitch limit, striking out seven and only surrendering one run.

Cooper Sharp had three hits and Jordan Swart went 2-for-4 with a double for Washington (3-9, 3-12).

• Frazier scored five unearned runs with two outs in the fourth inning to defeat California, 8-2, in a Section 1-AA game.

After the Trojans committed a two-run error, Frazier (3-8, 4-9) took full advantage of the inning being extended with four straight hits to score another three runs to take a 5-1 lead.

The top of the Commodores lineup caused California (8-5, 8-6) problems. The first three hitters for Frazier – Logan Kulikoski, JD Celaschi and Mason Kelly – combined to go 6-for-11 with three RBI and scored three times.

California starter Brandon Powell was the hard-luck loser after giving up the five unearned runs.

The result ended streaks for both teams. California, which moved into third place in the section, had its three-game winning streak ended. The Commodores, who is eliminated from playoff contention, stopped what would have been four straight losses.

• Mitch Dunay drove in two runs, Ryan Kokoski pitched a five-hitter and South Fayette won at Quaker Valley, 6-4, in a Section 2-AAAA game shortened to five innings because of rain.

South Fayette (11-3, 13-5) erased a 4-1 deficit by scoring three times in the fourth inning and winning the game with a two-run fifth.

Christian Gabriel scored the tiebreaking run when he raced home on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Bedillion. Kokoski gave himself an insurance run when he singled home Richie Dell.

Kokoski struck out four and did not issue a walk. Gabriel had a triple and Matt Primm doubled for the Lions.

Quaker Valley is 4-10, both in section and overall.

• Mapletown built a six-run lead in the second inning, then had to fight off a late comeback to edge Jefferson-Morgan 6-5 in Section 2-A.

Brian Bogden drove in two runs, Dylan Rush had two hits, scored two runs and stole four bases four Mapletown (3-9, 4-11). Winning pitcher Ethan Carter pitched 6 2/3 innings and gave up five runs (zero earned). The Maples took a 6-2 lead into the seventh inning when Jefferson-Morgan (4-7, 5-7) scored three runs, including two on a single by Devin Stoneking. Lane Powell then relived Carter and got a game-ending strikeout to earn a save.

J-M’s Zack Gamble had a double for the game’s only extra-base hit.

• Cameron (W.Va.) defeated West Greene 11-1 in a nonsection game.