RECAP >> Senior Andrew O’Brien and junior Tyler LePage each had four hits and combined to drive in seven runs as Emmaus banged out 13 hits in beating Central Catholic 12-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Sam Balliet Stadium in Coplay.
O’Brien went 4-for-5 at the plate with four RBI, while LePage was 4-for-4 and drove in three runs as the Hornets rallied from an early 3-1 deficit to move to 2-0 on the season.
Junior Luke Deschenes had his second strong outing of the season on the mound as he improved to 2-0. The right-hander went six strong innings allowing just three runs on five hits. He struck out four and walked two.
Central Catholic (1-3) was led by junior Andrew LaRock who had two hits. Sophomore Josh Ossiander suffered his second loss on the mound after giving up seven runs on seven hits in 4 2-3 innings.
Emmaus will be back in action on Wednesday at 4 p.m. as they travel to Dieruff.
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Emmaus 12, CCHS 3
Em – 101 350 2 – 12-13-4
CC – 210 000 0 – 3-5-5
Luke Deschenes, Colin Foley (7) and Dominick Chiego; Josh Ossiander, Andrew Sawarynski (5), Andrew Sweetana (7) and Griffin Patridge. WP – Deschenes (2-0), LP – Ossiander (0-2)
Em – Jaden Gallagher 1-4, Andrew O’Brien 4-5, Tyler LePage 4-4, Blake Schantz 1-5, Braden Waller 1-4, Colin Foley 0-5, Dominick Chiego 1-3, Evan Amey 0-3, Noah Hogan 0-1, Anthony Viola 0-0, Sam Dietz 0-1, Bahyron Martinez 1-1, Austin Schaffer 0-0.
CC – Cole Croslis 0-2, Andrew LaRock 2-4, Mason Abromitis 0-3, Andrew Sawarynski 0-2, Zach Hoffman 0-3, Jared Barto 0-2, Griffin Patridge 1-2, Josh Ossiander 1-2, Chris Quizada 1-2, Luke Kuklis 0-1, Cole Herczeg 0-1, Ben Seifert 0-1, Rocco Lucci 0-1