{"id":159066,"date":"2026-04-07T02:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159066\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T02:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:47:06","slug":"scotch-west-scranton-top-north-pocono-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159066\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotch, West Scranton top North Pocono \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Scotch had a three-run home run in the sixth inning and four RBIs, and pitched a complete game, allowing three hits, one walk and no earned runs while striking out nine, <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/West_Scranton\/?gamedate=4\/6\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lead West Scranton to a 7-2 victory over North Pocono on Monday in a Lackawanna League Division I baseball game at West Scranton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mason Lesh added a double and a run, Cameron Cole had a hit and two runs and Thomas Selemba had a hit and an RBI for the Invaders (2-1, 2-4).<\/p>\n<p>Cael\u00a0Hafner had a double and an RBI, and Jake Reese added a double for the Trojans (2-1, 3-2).<\/p>\n<p>Scranton Prep 8, Abington Heights 0: At Connell Park, Johnny Petrosky pitched a complete-game four-hitter, allowing two walks while striking out seven, and added a hit and an RBI <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Scranton_Prep\/?gamedate=4\/6\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lead the Cavaliers to a Division I victory and their first win of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A.J. Croom added two hits and three runs, and Zach Charneski, Eli Zapotoski and Stephen Turock each tacked on a hit and two RBIs for Scranton Prep (1-2, 1-5).<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u00a0Bradley had two hits, and Luke Dougherty had a double for the Comets (1-2, 4-4).<\/p>\n<p>Scranton 4, Valley View 1: At Valley View, Connor Thomas had two hits an RBI and a run and was the winning pitcher, allowing five hits and one run while striking out nine in six innings, <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Scranton\/?gamedate=4\/6\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lead the Knights to a Division I win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brady Donahue had an RBI double in the sixth inning, as Scranton scored two in the sixth and two in the seventh to secure the win. Adrian Hernandez added a double and a run for the Knights (3-0, 3-3).<\/p>\n<p>Brody Call had two hits, Marco Ruby had a double and Kevin Essig had a hit and an RBI for the Cougars (0-3, 0-5).<\/p>\n<p>Wallenpaupack 10, Delaware Valley 1: At Wallenpaupack, Logan Caruso tossed a complete-game three-hitter with seven strikeouts, and helped his own cause with two hits, including a double, <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Wallenpaupack\/?gamedate=4\/6\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lead the Buckhorns past the Warriors in Division I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Lake had three hits, including a double, while Cameron Lynch and Thomas Kiersted each had two hits for Wallenpaupack (2-1, 5-2). One of Kiersted\u2019s hits was a double, and Lynch drove in four runs.<\/p>\n<p>Londyn Hernandez had a single and an RBI for the Warriors (1-2, 1-2).<\/p>\n<p>Riverside 3, Honesdale 1: At Honesdale, Jose Sosa had two hits and two RBIs, <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Riverside\/?gamedate=4\/6\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as the Vikings secured a Division II win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Winning pitcher Cooper Borowski allowed five hits, one run and five walks while striking out seven in 5.2 innings and added a hit and a run. Jason Posluszny added two hits, and Aidan Chapman tacked on a hit, an RBI and a run for Riverside (3-0, 6-0).<\/p>\n<p>Gino Patrisso had three hits, including a double, for the Hornets (1-2, 2-4).<\/p>\n<p>Lackawanna Trail 10, Blue Ridge 0 (6 inn.): At Blue Ridge, Grady June had two hits, one RBI and one run, <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Lackawanna_Trail\/?gamedate=4\/6\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as the Lions rolled to a Division III victory in six innings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Winning pitcher William Evans allowed one hit and three walks while striking out five in four innings, and added a hit an RBI and a run. Michael Palmer secured the shutout in relief, allowing three hits while striking out one, and Sean Dwyer added a hit and an RBI for the Lions (3-0, 3-1).<\/p>\n<p>Braylen VanEtten had a double for the Raiders (0-3, 0-4).<\/p>\n<p>Elk Lake 9, Montrose 5: At Elk Lake, Brayden Miller scattered six hits across five innings and struck out seven to pick up the win in Division III, <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Elk_Lake\/?gamedate=4\/6\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">handing Montrose its first loss of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Miller also had three hits, including two doubles, and drove in three runs.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Parr and Cohen Orlandini each had two hits for the Warriors (2-0, 5-2).<\/p>\n<p>Keaton Kildaire had two hits and Kasey Carey doubled for the Meteors (2-1, 3-1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyler Scotch had a three-run home run in the sixth inning and four RBIs, and pitched a complete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-159066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}