High school baseball: Avella wins fourth straight
Gavin Frank went 2-for-2 with a triple and three RBI, Brian Martos drove in five runs and Avella remained undefeated with a 14-2 thumping of host Northgate in a five-inning non-section game Thursday.
The win moves Avella’s record to 4-0.
The Eagles scored nine times in the third inning to open a 10-1 lead.
Martos, who went 3-for-4, had a double, as did teammates Brian Humensky and Alex Krocker.
Frank and reliever Bryce Wright combined on a one-hitter. The lone Northgate hit was a two-run homer by Tyler Adams.
• Eric Kovach struck out nine over six innings and Burgettstown scored four times in the fifth to rally for a 9-6 win at Freedom in a non-section game.
The Blue Devils trailed 5-4 entering the fifth and grabbed the lead on a two-run single by James Leuice.
Wyatt Stevenson drove in three for Burgettstown.
• Alex Nash threw a one-hitter and Jake Gedekoh drove in three runs, sparking Belle Vernon to a 10-0 five-inning victory over host California in a non-section contest.
The Leopards (1-1) scored five runs in the top of the first inning. Gedekoh went 2-fro-3 with a double and triple. Martin Marion also tripled, and Max Kostelnik and Jake Wessell doubled.
Cam Scrip’s single was the only hit off Nash, who struck out six and walked two.
• The winning run scored on an error in West Greene’s 3-2 victory over Beth-Center in a Section 2 game in Class A.
Dom Revi and Tyson Dingle each had a double to help B-C (2-1, 3-3) take an early 2-0 lead.
West Greene (1-2, 2-3) responded with doubles by Jackson Grimes and Ian Van Dyne to tie the game in the fourth.