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McAlonie added an RBI double two batters later. Connor Douglas started the rally with a leadoff walk before Pearson hit an RBI triple to make it 2-0. Shen got Ketcham starter Tim Zehnbauer in the fifth inning as well. It was a slow game in the beginning and it felt like that got us going.” “He threw me a couple curve balls in both at-bats and I just picked one up,” Yurchak said of the homer. The senior teed off on a hanging curve, sending it over the right field fence for a solo home run to make it 1-0. Wake Forest-bound shortstop Justin Yurchak did all the damage the Plainsmen needed with one swing of the bat in the fourth inning. “I got out of it and my batters do what they do.”
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“The first inning got a little rough, some of my pitches weren’t working,” Warzek said. He struck out two and induced a shallow pop up to get out of the first inning jam, then struck out three in the fifth after loaded the bases with three walks. Warzek, a left-handed junior, needed 125 pitches to get through seven innings, allowing no runs on two hits with 14 strikeouts and six walks. Warzek threw a two-hit shutout to lead Shenendehowa to a 5-0 win over Section I’s Ketcham. Like he’s done most of the season, however, the lefty got himself out of the jam. It didn’t start that way, however, as starter Bryan Warzek hit a batter with his first pitch and faced a bases-loaded no-out situation in the first inning. The semifinal earlier in the day featured similarly solid pitching, but with a different result for Shenendehowa. “We had some timely hitting and we got the job done.” “I tip my cap to Shen, they’re a great team and they battled all the way through it,” said Victor coach Sean Rucker. Sophomore Ian Anderson got the final out of the seventh for the Plainsmen. The right-hander allowed three runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings of work with eight strikeouts and one walk. Senior Aaron Kalish pitched well enough to win but suffered his first loss of the season. Kyle McAlonie and Brad Pearson hit leadoff doubles for Shenendehowa, but neither were able to come around to score. On offense Wickham doubled twice, scored the game-winning run and had an RBI while Blue Devils teammates Mike Wagner and Brett Prong also doubled during the key fourth inning stretch. When you have a lot of fly balls on a line drive-hitting team it means your timing’s off.” “He pitched a wonderful game,” Christodulu said of Wickham. The senior right-hander pitched a 6-hit shutout with two strikeouts and one walk to keep the Plainsmen off the board. We have a lot to celebrate.”ĭale Wickham was a force on the mound and at the plate to lead Victor to its second state title in four years. “The sad part is we’ll be together one more time at our banquet. “(This team) has outstanding personalities that will not be matched,” said Shenendehowa coach Greg Christodulu. The two-out rally failed to produce any runs, however. After Victor’s string of doubles gave the Section V champs a 2-0 lead in the top half of the inning, the Section II champs loaded the bases in the bottom half of the inning.