Lehigh Valley League champion Lower Macungie stayed alive Monday morning in the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 2 tournament in Quakertown but couldn\u2019t survive another game later in the day.<\/p>\n
So, as the eight-team tournament reached its final day on Tuesday, all four Lehigh Valley teams were done with Lower Macungie being the last to exit.<\/p>\n
The Red Rockets lost their first game in the double-elimination tournament on Friday, falling to Quakertown 10-2.<\/p>\n
But after rain washed out most of the schedule on Saturday, Lower Mac bounced back with a 3-2, walk-off win over Nazareth on Sunday and followed it up with a 2-1 victory over Boyertown Monday morning.<\/p>\n
The end, however, came later in the day as West Lawn took out Jeff Smith\u2019s squad 9-1.<\/p>\n
In their last contest, the Red Rockets were outhit 10-5 and made four errors that led to five unearned runs. Lower Mac got its only run in the bottom of the first inning on a bases-loaded walk by Drayce Schmidt. Schmidt also walked twice.<\/p>\n
In the win over Nazareth, Ryan Hummell\u2019s sacrifice fly to right scored Cole Geiger with the game-winning run.<\/p>\n
Geiger started the inning with a single and advanced to third on a single by Cole Moreau which led to Hummell\u2019s sac fly.<\/p>\n
Moreau worked six strong innings, allowing just four hits, three walks and one earned run while striking out six. Robbie Barnes worked one scoreless inning.<\/p>\n
Lower Mac\u2019s first two runs came in the bottom of the third when two walks and a single by Hummell loaded the bases. Geiger scored on Aaron Fleetwood\u2019s fielder\u2019s choice grounder. After Barnes singled to reload the bases, Chase Simmons scored Hummell with a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
Parker Kalinoski and Hank Newton both knocked in runs for Nazareth, which finished the season at 13-6.<\/p>\n
In Lower Mac\u2019s win over Boyertown, Chase Simmons\u2019 grounder in the bottom of the eighth plate the game-winning run.<\/p>\n
With one out in the eighth, a pair of walks and a single by Hummell loaded the bases. Simmons then drove in Jackson Burton with the winner.<\/p>\n
Lower Mac (15-8) outhit Boyertown 7-4 with Barnes going 3-for-3. Moreau had a double and Jack Sparango had an RBI.<\/p>\n
Hummell was outstanding on the mound, going all seven innings, allowing just four hits and no earned runs. He walked none, struck out four.<\/p>\n
Other games involving local teams over the weekend, included Hellertown eliminating South Parkland 4-0 behind a combined six-hitter by Landon Huber and Matt Chaffier. Huber worked six innings, working around four walks.<\/p>\n
Chaffier worked a 1-2-3 seventh.<\/p>\n
Mac Gilman led Hellertown with two hits, including a double, and stole two bases. Chaffier, Eli Szlachtianshyn and Jake Eshleman each knocked in runs.<\/p>\n
South Parkland finished 16-6, losing its last three games. Mack Parsell pitched well in the defeat, scattering six hits over six innings. He walked none and struck out six.<\/p>\n
Quakertown 5, Hellertown 4<\/p>\n
Peyton Trappler\u2019s single to left to score Brandon Labs with the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh to end Hellertown\u2019s season.<\/p>\n
Hellertown (13-5-2) rallied from a 4-0 deficit to tie it with four runs in the top of the fifth. Zak Ziegler was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score one run. Eli Szlachtianshyn (3-for-4) singled in a run and two scored on an error.<\/p>\n
Chase Luckenbach pitched well in relief for Hellertown, allowing six hits, and one run with a walk and strikeout over 4.1 innings.<\/p>\n
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