PL Playoff Results, 2002
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MAY 22
FIRST ROUND
   Saul 17, Lamberton 5: The Razorbacks sent 14 batters to the plate in an 11-run home sixth that ended the game. Andrew Godlewski (2-for-4, six RBI) capped the outburst with a three-run homer. Bill Clark saved John Loftus' win. Clark had two hits in the sixth. Mike Taylor had two hits, three RBI.
   Franklin LC 13, Engineering and Science 2: Terrell Harris allowed three hits and struck out nine in the six-inning game. Chris Bragg (two doubles) and Billy Griffiths (two hits) led the offense.
  Kensington 11, Furness 4: Francis Colon pitched a three-hitter with 12 strikeouts and no walks. Frank Graber's two-run double highlighted an eight-run first. Harllyn Perez had two hits and scored three runs.
  Fels 13, Southern 2: Steve Barnes excelled in the five-inning game, allowing two hits, striking out 14 and collected three RBI on two hits. Michael Raimo added two doubles.

MAY 23
ROUND OF 16
   Roxborough 16, Olney 4: Mike Gibbs allowed five hits and fanned 11 in the six-inning game. He also went 5-for-5 with a double and two homers for eight RBI. His grand slam ended it. Chuck Richardson went 3-for-5 with two doubles and homer for three RBI.
   GAMP 6, Bok 4: Mario Malatino struck out 13 over six innings and went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Anthony Caines pitched the entire seventh and ended it by getting a looking strikeout with the bases loaded. Nick DiVario had a two-run double. Bok's Joe DeSalis had two RBI.
   Northeast 12, Fels 2: Ryan Zastowney pitched a three-hitter in the six-inning game and Ken Wlodarczyk went 4-for-4 with four doubles, four RBI and three runs scored.
   Washington 17, Kensington 0: Rob Ritterson pitched a five-inning no-hitter, marred only by a walk, and went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI. Brian Morgan went 3-for-3 and scored three runs. Washington had seven hits in a 14-run fourth.
   Frankford 16, Franklin LC 0: Dave Firth went four innings in the five-inning game and had three doubles en route to three RBI. Joe Farina had two doubles among four hits, good for four RBI.
   Bartram 8, Mastbaum 4: Horatio Henry fanned six in a nine-hitter and tripled twice en route to five RBI. Randall Eggleton went 3-for-3 with a double while stealing three bases and scoring three runs.
   Lincoln 3, Edison 1: Devin Wirt pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts. Lincoln broke a 1-1 tie in the home fifth on Rick Bates' sacrifice fly and Nick Zanczuk's RBI single.
   Central 10, Saul 2: John Hickey went five innings for the win and Noah White went 4-for-4 with two RBI. Central scored six in the third; all with two out.

MAY 30
QUARTERFINALS
   Frankford 3, Lincoln 2 (11 inn.): Dave Firth pitched scoreless ball over the final seven innings, striking out 15 and allowing three hits, and became a winner when pinch-hitter Jason McCune stroked an RBI single with one out in the home 11th. Carlos Rivera had doubled before yielding to pinch-runner Carlos Massip. Lincoln's Tim Szychulski went the distance, throwing 160 pitches in mid-80s temperatures. He allowed seven hits and seven walks while striking out six. Both teams scored twice in the second inning. Frankford's Glenn LaBadie went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Lincoln's Steve Gallo went 3-for-6 with an RBI. Lincoln's batters struck out 22 times.
   Northeast 4, Roxborough 1: Ryan Zastowney scattered seven hits and fanned eight over six innings and Ken Wlodarczyk earned a save. Wlodarczyk also went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Losing pitcher Mike Gibbs doubled twice.
   Washington 4, Bartram 3: Rob Ritterson fanned seven in a six-hitter. In the fifth, he doubled and courtesy runner Stephen Kern came around on Jason Welte's single, breaking a 3-3 tie. Bartram's Gerry Rogers went 3-for-3 with an RBI.
   GAMP 2, Central 1: Mario Malatino permitted six hits and struck out eight to outduel Noah White (four-hitter, 10 whiffs). The Pioneers' runs scored on an error and a wild pitch. Central's John Hogan had an RBI single.

JUNE 3
SEMIFINALS
   GAMP 8, Frankford 7: GAMP, 5-9 during the regular season, scored eight runs in the third inning to take an 8-1 lead and then held on. Anthony Caines went four innings for the win. Mario Malatino earned the save by escaping a one-out, second-and-third jam in the home seventh with a strikeout and groundout. Malatino and Jeff Colon had RBI singles in GAMP's third. For Frankford, 14-0 in the regular season, Joe Manini (single) and Ambioris Puntier (double) had hits worth two RBI.
   Northeast 8, Washington 2: Ryan Zastowney (four innings) and Ken Wlodarczyk combined on a two-hitter (with just three strikeouts) while Steve Sandberg and Ari Bluestein had consecutive RBI triples to provide a 4-1 lead in the visiting fifth. Jim Brady's RBI triple capped a four-run seventh. Dennis Massott, on a would-be sacrifice bunt that became a single, had a first inning hit for Washington. The other hit, Abdiel Sanchez's groundball single to center, came with two out in the seventh.

JUNE 6
FINAL
   GAMP 8, Northeast 6: The Pioneers, part of PL baseball since 1989, won their first championship by rallying from a 4-1 deficit in the last three innings. David Scirrotto had an RBI single in a three-run fifth and a two-run single in a three-run sixth. The run that broke a 4-4 tie scored on a passed ball. Matt Sestito also had hits in each of the three-run uprisings. The momentum swung when third baseman Jeff Colon made an outstanding play on a grounder to end the fourth and keep Northeast's lead from expanding to 5-1. Mario Malatino, on two days' rest, toughed out a 10-hitter and went the distance. Northeast had runners at second and third with one out in the home seventh when Malatino induced a popout and groundout to end it. Ken Wlodarczyk went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and one RBI. Starting pitcher Ryan Zastowney had a two-run single. Northeast committed six errors to none for GAMP. GAMP, which had just 11 players in uniform (10 percent of the school's male enrollment), won its four playoff games by six runs total.