CURWENSVILLE – It didn’t take long for the Curwensville Golden Tide to make quick work of Harmony Thursday afternoon in Moshannon Valley League (MVL) baseball action.
The Golden Tide racked up 11 first inning runs on their way to a 15-0 mercy rule victory which was called in the bottom of the fourth when the Tide plated run number fifteen.
The win gives Curwensville an overall record of 3-1 for 2009 and 1-0 in MVL play. Harmony is now 0-2 in league games.
Senior Jesse Hoover of Curwensville made his first outing on the mound a good one, as he threw a two hit shutout in the abbreviated contest while striking out nine. Hoover also connected for two home runs on the afternoon. One in the first and another in the second. Teammate Jed Greslick, a junior, also cracked a round tripper, which came in the first inning.
Head coach Ryan Briskar of Curwensville praised his pitcher, “Jesse just had a great day on the mound and at the plate. He threw very well. It was great to see him throw all three pitches effectively. He took a lot of pressure off of our defense and worked very hard on the mound.”
About Greslick, who had two hits, Briskar said, “Jed had a great day at the plate. He was struggling a bit, hopefully this will get him going.”
Concerning the easy win, Briskar mentioned, “Any win is a good win.”
The Tide had two doubles as Cory Bloom and Brett Sutika picked up extra base hits back to back in the first inning.
Harmony’s Roger Young had the only two hits off of Hoover, both singles.
The current MVL standings are: Curwensville 1-0, West Branch 1-0, Moshannon Valley 1-1, Glendale 0-0, Harmony 0-2.
Curwensville will host Moshannon Valley at 4:15 pm on Monday in another MVL league game.
NOTE: Curwensville athletic director announced some make-up dates for the Golden Tide baseball team. The Tide will host Cameron County on April 21 at 4:15 pm and then on May 5 they will entertain DuBois Central Catholic in a doubleheader that gets underway at 3:30 pm.
HARMONY – 0 Kelly Smith 2b 1000, Drew Wright cf 2000, Joey Schneider 3b 2000, Evan Hutton p/ss 2000, Roger Young 1b 2020, Josh Ward lf 2000, Jacob Moyer c 1000, Devon Kurtz ss/p 2000, Cody Black rf 0000, Robert Fry rf 0000, Scott Norris dh 1000. TOTALS – 15 0 2 0
CURWENSVILLE – 15 Ben McGary cf 221, Derek Dixon cf/1b 110, Jed Greslick ss 322, Alex Holland ss 010, Brett Sutika 2b 222, Jeff Smallwood 2b 100, Cory Bloom c 111, Derek Brothers c 100, Mark Dell’Antonio 1b 211, Garrett LaBorde 1b 111, Sam Gardner lf 200, Boone McGary lf 100, Jesse Hoover p 222, Shae Best 100, Tyler Johns 3b 111, Nick Opaliski 3b 200, Wes McGarry rf 010, John Rancik rf 100. TOTALS – 24 15 11
SCORE BY INNINGS R H E
HARMONY 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
CURWENSVILLE (11)1 1 2 15 11 1
ERRORS – Schneider 3, Kurtz, Fry, Wright, Johns LOB – HARMONY – 5 CURWENSVILLE – 6
2B – Sutika, Bloom HR – Hoover 2 (1st & 2nd), Greslick (1st) SB – Ben McGary, Sutika, Johns HBP – Holland (by Kurtz)
PITCHING
HARMONY – Hutton 2/3 IP, 5 H, 9 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 0 K Kurtz 3+ IP, 6 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP
CURWENSVILLE – Hoover 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
WP – Hoover (1-0) LP – Hutton