Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Lefty Danny Millard (40, Beach Lake) tossed a complete-game three-hitter as the Starrucca Hawks stayed unbeaten with a 2-1 victory over the Prompton Anglers on Tuesday evening.
Millard allowed an unearned run in the top of the sixth and finished with one walk and 12 strikeouts. He coaxed 124 pitches, 84 strikes, out of his 40-year-old arm while making his second start of the season.
“I’m not going to lie — I was getting tired out there,” Millard said after the win. “I’d trade a few of those strikeouts for some one-pitch outs. But the soreness will be easier to deal with tomorrow because we got the win today.”
Starrucca took the lead in the second inning on a solo homer by shortstop Ryan Thompson (24, Mt. Cobb), but Prompton knotted things up with an unearned run on a two-out, RBI single by second baseman Tim Johnson (43, Mt. Cobb).
The Hawks immediately retook the lead in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI double by left fielder Felix Inger (45, Forest City).
Prompton starter Justin Wright (20, Forest City) took the loss while going the distance, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out four.
In other Wayne County Baseball League action …
♦ Damascus 3, Hawley 1, 10 innings
The Grays scored twice in the top of the 10th to deny Hawley its first victory of the season. Second baseman Norm Lewis (47, Honesdale) delivered an RBI sac fly to put Damascus ahead, and left fielder Mike Reed (40, Greentown), who had come into the game on defense in the eighth, added an RBI double.
Damascus starter Brandeis Lector (28, Honesdale) got the win, allowing a run on eight hits and five walks while fanning six in nine innings. Lefty John “Mauler” Pelletier (21, Honesdale) worked a perfect bottom of the 10th, striking out two, for his second save.
Hawley lefty Dave O’Quinlan (22, Clifford) pitched all 10 innings in the loss, allowing three runs on seven hits and a walk while fanning three.
Donald “Fingers” Phillips (49, Forest City) finished singled, doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th for the Grays.
♦ Waymart 3, Lake Ariel 1
Waymart left fielder Cy Irvin (44, Uniondale) went 2-for-3 with a home run, RBI and two runs scored as Waymart kept Lake Ariel winless.
Brent St. John (27, Greentown) went the distance for the win, giving up a run on seven hits and three walks while striking out five.
Lake Ariel center fielder Ralph “Refund” Paulton (22, Waymart) tried to get the best of his hometown team by singling twice and scoring the Angels’ only run.
♦ Honesdale 4, Bethany 2
All six runs came in the last two innings, and it was left fielder Sam Beasley’s (34, Cherry Ridge) three-run homer in the top of the eighth that made the difference for Honesdale.
“Beasley was beastly tonight,” joked Honesdale manager Steve Shanney.
Beasley finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored, and third baseman Paul McDaniel (45, Waymart) singled twice, doubled, drove in a run and scored a run in the win.
Bethany catcher Bryan Jenkins (38, Palmyra Township) had a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the ninth. Blues starter Richard Peterson (21, Forest City) took a no-decision after working seven scoreless innings before being lifted for a pinch-hitter. He allowed seven hits and three walks while striking out five.
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