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Neumann-Goretti . . . 2017 PIAA Class AA State Champs! On June 16, at Penn State's Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, Neumann-Goretti beat Bishop McCort, of Johnstown, 7-4, to claim its second consecutive state baseball title (over the same opponent). Phil Sanborn (4.1 innings) and Joe Messina divided the pitching while Brian Reynolds (walk), Eric Nardini and Sanborn (singles) had RBI in a five-run first. With the bases loaded in the seventh, Messina notched a three-pitch strikeout to end it. |
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The title-game boxscore . . .
| Neumann-Goretti 7, Bishop McCort 4 | ||||||||||
| BISHOP McCORT | AB | R | H | BI | NEUMANN-GOR. | AB | R | H | BI | |
| Boston Bradley c-p | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Colin Eiser cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Bunn, 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Aidan Baur 3b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ian Fleck ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Jared Healey ss | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bryce Kramer 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | RJ McGettigan 1b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Miller lf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Steve Pizza 2b | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Logan Kasper cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brian Reynolds rf | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Carmine Cannizzaro dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Eric Nardini c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Anthony Cacciotti rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Phil Sanborn p | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Zach Romach 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Messina p | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabe Cannizzaro pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Mascuilli lf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Not part of batting order: Brenden Lavely, BM, p-3b; Brett Seitz, BM, p; Hunter Leech, BM, c. | ||||||||||
| Bishop McCort | 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 - 4 | |||||||||
| Neumann-Goretti | 5 0 0 0 2 0 x - 7 | |||||||||
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E: Bradley 2, Seitz, Baur.
DP: N-G. LOB: McCort 13, N-G
10. 2B: Healey. SB: Miller, Kasper. S: Kasper, Nardini. |
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| Bishop McCort | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Brenden Lavely (L) | 3.1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Brett Seitz | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Boston Bradley | .2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Neumann-Goretti | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Phil Sanborn (W) | 4.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Joe Messina (S) | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| HBP: by Lavely (McGettigan), by Seitz (Mascuilli, Eiser), | ||||||
| by Sanborn (Bradley, Cacciotti), by Messina (Ramach). T: 2:32. | ||||||
Postseason statistics . . . (eight games)
| BATTING | AB | R | H | BI | AVG. | 2B | 3B | HR |
| Jared Healey | 20 | 8 | 11 | 5 | .550 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| RJ McGettigan | 25 | 7 | 10 | 6 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Reynolds | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Sanborn | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .304 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Nardini | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Baur | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .320 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Eiser | 30 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Pizza | 17 | 6 | 4 | 6 | .235 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Jaep | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Mascuilli | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Messina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | 55 | 65 | 43 | .322 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |
| SB: Eiser, Jaep, Pizza, Reynolds. | ||||||||
| PITCHING | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | |
| Jared Healey | .2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| George Mascuilli (2-0) | 15 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2.80 | |
| Phil Sanborn (4-0) | 30.2 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 2.97 | |
| Joe Messina (2-0) | 11.2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4.20 | |
| 58 | 66 | 36 | 26 | 19 | 55 | 3.14 | ||
| Saves: Messina 2. | ||||||||
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The Season's Results (23-4) . . .
| NON-LEAGUE | RESULT |
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6-1 |
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| Haverford School | L, 6-0 |
| Ridley | W, 4-2 |
| Devon Prep | W, 3-2 |
| SCH Academy | W, 4-2 |
| String Theory (5 inn.) | W, 12-0 |
| Williamstown (NJ) | W, 5-0 |
| Episcopal | W, 7-5 |
| LEAGUE | RESULT |
| 9-3 | |
| Conwell-Egan | L, 3-1 |
| Ryan | L, 3-2 |
| O'Hara | W, 14-5 |
| Carroll | W, 7-2 |
| Bonner-Prendie (9 inn.) | W, 5-4 |
| La Salle | W, 5-0 |
| Wood | W, 2-0 |
| Judge | W, 5-3 |
| McDevitt (4 inn.) | W, 15-0 |
| Lansdale | W, 5-3 |
| SJ Prep | L, 10-0 |
| Roman | W, 9-0 |
| CL PLAYOFFS | RESULT |
| 3-0 | |
| Judge (9 inn.) | W, 3-2 |
| Ryan | W, 4-0 |
| Wood | W, 6-4 |
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CITY TITLE |
RESULT |
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1-0 |
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*MaST Charter |
W, 8-4 |
| *-not a Public League school, but within city limits | |
| and forced to play in D-12 | |
| STATES | RESULT |
| 4-0 | |
| Dock Mennonite | W, 4-3 |
| Old Forge | W, 13-10 |
| Bellwood-Antis | W, 10-9 |
| Bishop McCort (Johnstown) | W, 7-4 |
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WEBSITE RECAP
JUNE 16
STATE PLAYOFFS, FINAL
CLASS AA
At Penn State
Neumann-Goretti 7, Bishop McCort 4: A five-spot in the first inning
turned out to be sufficient as the Saints beat the same opponent for a second
consecutive state championship and became the first school in PIAA history to
seize crowns in both basketball and baseball in back-to-back school years. Lefty
Phil Sanborn, working on three days' rest, pitched the first 4.1 innings and
soph Joe Messina went the rest of the way to earn the save. McCort scored once
in the seventh and had the bases loaded with two away when Messina humped up for
a three-pitch strikeout; the Crushers stranded 13 runners in all. Eric Nardini
and Sanborn lined RBI singles in the first after Brian Reynolds drew a walk to
plate the first run. A throwing error off Nardini's single allowed two more runs
to score. Two fifth-inning runs were notched thanks to wild pitches. Sanborn and
Jared Healey (double) halved four hits.
As in 2016, the Saints, this time under first-year coach Mike
"Zoom" Zolk, executed a CL/CT/states sweep.
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First baseman RJ McGettigan makes a stretch to get the putout.
