APRIL 15
NON-LEAGUE
Frankford 10, Wood 3
   It was a beautiful day for baseball at Frankford's Baldwin Field as the Pioneers faced off against the Vikings of Archbishop Wood in some non-league play. Edwin Burgos got the nod from head coach Bob Peffle and looked good in the first inning allowing only an infield single. The Frankford squad jumped on Wood's starter, Jr. Charles Kruzits, early to take a 2-0 on a Juan Carlos Torres' 2-run double. Wood quickly answered with three as Burgos showed a bit of early struggle with his location. A bases-loaded walk scored a run and then a RBI single, by Matt King, tied the game. The Frankford staff thought Burgos had enough and sent him to the outfield and brought in Sr. Richard Jimenez. The scoring in the top half of the second was capped off as So. Andrew Finley received the RBI by way of a fielder's choice. With his team down, 3-2, Sr. Ramon Reyes hit a bases-clearing double to deep left-center that gave Frankford the lead. The very next batter, Torres, collected another RBI while stroking a single and scoring Reyes. The game then became a defensive showdown as the middle infield of Frankford turned three 6-4-3 double plays, in the middle innings. Archbishop Wood's mid-infield looked pretty good as well, snagging some hard hit balls. In the fifth and sixth, Frankford started to pick up the bats again extending their lead to eight. Jeffry Bru picked up a RBI with his single in the fifth. Esteban "Shorty" Meletiche picked up 3-RBI on a long distance double that hit half way up the fence in left-center and Fr. Edwin "Tito" Rohena stroked a double in the gap to top off the scoring. Tito also handled relief duties in the final two innings. Jimenez and Rohena did not allow any runs in their combined 5 1/3 innings. Jimenez picks up the win and boosts Frankford's record to 2-0 vs. the Catholic League. This team seems to be rolling along playing better and better every game. Frankford takes on Washington Monday, at Frankford, to resume league play. With the way Frankford is playing lately, Washington better bring their "A" game and be prepared for a good battle on the diamond.

APRIL 12
NON-LEAGUE
Frankford 9, La Salle 5
  La Salle was ranked number one in Southeastern Pennsylvania's Top Ten Polls and Frankford, who is extremely underrated, is in the "under consideration" list. La Salle capitalized on a bad first inning by Frankford, scoring four runs. Frankford stormed back in the bottom half with three of their own. It stayed that way until the fourth inning when Frankford scored five on a Shorty Meletiche triple off the gate in deep left field and then a Ramon Reyes laser also off the left field fence. Juan Carlos Torres added another RBI on a single. Torres started the game on the mound but after struggling in the first he moved to his very familiar first base position. Tito Rohena took over on the mound in the second inning and settled the game very quickly not allowing a run in three innings. He was then relieved by Edwin Burgos, who also kept LaSalle scoreless through two strong innings. Frankford then added one more run in the bottom of the sixth to stretch their lead to five. Shorty then stepped in to take the mound in the seventh and looked very well. Frankford began to look a little excited to be leading with two out in the seventh and made three unlikely errors to allow LaSalle to score one more. But then came a ground ball to Richard Jimenez at shortstop, who flipped to Jon Bracero for the force and the win, 9-5. This was a big win for Coach Bob Peffle and his team, who just proved to the rest of the doubters that not only can they play with the best of them, they can beat them also. I become angry every time I hear someone say, "But Frankford is in the Public League." They don't understand that this team has some of the best talent I have ever seen at this level. I have played in the Catholic and Public Leagues and I have never met, let alone played, with a group of talented kids who work harder, and LOVE doing it. They prove to everyone who thinks you can't work hard and enjoy doing it, that it is very possible. Frankford players have a passion for the game that most people don't even realize exists, and that is one of the biggest reasons they are as successful as they are.