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In the beginning ….

Chambersburg , Mechanicsburg remain unbeaten

in Mid-Penn I baseball

            Meanwhile, Chambersburg and Mechanicsburg kept their Mid-Penn Division I records clean with baseball victories.

                Mechanicsburg’s Mike Pestke fashioned a blue-collar, two-hit shutout as the Wildcats blanked CD East 14-0 in five innings. CD East 14-0 in five innings Pestke didn’t post a strikeout nor a walk in the game.

Albert Serves up Wildcat Victory

            It was a match up that would make professional baseball scouts salivate.
            Mechanicsburg’s Mike Edwards, the mid-state’s 1995 filet mignon versus 1996’s prime rib, Waynesboro ’s Matt White.
            And Friday’s culinary delight? Filet mignon with a heaping helping of Perry Albert.
            Edwards spun a five hitter and drove in two runs as Mechanicsburg scratched past Waynesboro 3-1 in Mid-Penn Division I prep baseball action at Waynesboro High School .
            Albert added three hits, including two doubles, as the Wildcats (11-0, 8-0) stayerd one-half game up on the second-place Chambersburg .
            Waynesboro (4-6-1, 3-5) was the Mid-Penn I champion in 1993 and ’94.
            “I just tried to pitch my game,” said Edwards, referring to his confrontation with White. “He’s a great pitcher, he’s legit.
            “I just try to give up ground balls and fly balls, I don’t try to strike too many batters out.”
            Edwards, a likely selection as a middle infielder during June’s professional baseball draft, knocked in the Wildcats first run as Mechanicsburg manufactured a fifth-inning marker.
            Albert pestered White for a leadoff walk and immediately swiped second base. He moved to third on Mike Pestkey’s groundout and scored on Edwards’ roller to second.
            “We wanted to face him (White),” Albert said. “We wanted to beat the best. We wanted him, we expected to get him and we were ready for him. We talked about it all day in school, we were psyched.”
            Albert ignited the Wildcats’ seventh inning rally with a two-out double. He scored Mechanicsburg’s second run when Pestke blooped a single to right field.
            The Indians tossed the ball into White, time was not called, and Pestke raced to a wide-open second base. He scored moments later when Edwards chopped a single through the middle.
            “He (Albert) put a lot of pressure on out defense,” Waynesboro coach Greg Chandler said. “He had a career game – two doubles and a single of Matt. He had a helluva game.”
            “When he gets on, now you’re gonna see two, three and four. That’s tough on a defense and tough on your pitcher.”
            White, a strapping 6-foot-4 junior, makes it pretty tough on hitters, too. The Wildcats managed seven hits and four walks Friday, but fanned 11 times.
            “We’ve been anticipating seeing him since the first game,” said Mechanicsburg coach Don Shirley whose club nipped Waynesboro 1-0 but not White, earlier this month at home.
            “He’s excellent. He has the ability to throw strikes with all the stuff he has.”
            One professional scout had White’s fastball clocked in the low 90s Friday, but he also possesses a wicked slider as well as a curveball and changeup. Those four pitches have helped him ring up 87 strikeouts in 42 innings.
            Those four pitches, plus a split finger fastball, may make him a first round draft choice a year from now.
            “You want to hit the fastball,” Albert said. “If he gets ahead of you, he’s about five times more effective. Hitting the curveball or slider is tough.”
            “If you see a good fastball, you go after it. All my hits were on fastballs.”
            Albert grounded a single off the first base bag in the first inning. His first double, a shot to left center, came with one out in the third.
            Waynesboro had runners on third base in both the first and third innings, but could not score against Edwards. 
            Dave McEntire tripled with one out in the first, but Edwards retired White on a fly to short right and Josh Diffenderfer on a grounder to short.
            An error enabled leadoff hitter Andy Martz to reach two innings later. He stole second and advanced to third on Ryan Weber’s infield single.
            Edwards helped himself by catching Weber on the fake-to-third, throw-to-first pickoff move. Phil Hayes fouled out to third for the second out.
            Shortstop Ryan Mark took care of the third out when he charged McEntyre’s grounder, gloved and gunned down the Indian right fielder at first.
            It was Mark’s third outstanding defensive play of the game.
            “I’d better watch out, he might take my spot,” Edwards said. “He played great defense.”
            “He’s (Mark) a great role player,” Shirley said. “If we don’t get his plays we don’t win. Not only fielding, but throwing it. He made at least one deep throw.”
            Martz spoiled Edwards’ shutout bid in the seventh inning when he lined a two-out double to left-center that scored Gary Face
            Sam Hepner added two singles for Mechanicsburg. Matt Koons had two hits for Waynesboro .
            Its been somebody different every game,” Shirley said. “Perry came thought today, he’s been struggling lately. Baseball’s crazy.” 

Broker belts game winner

                Rodney Broker’s solo home run in the fourth plated Mechanicsburg’s winning run and lifted the Wildcats to a 4-3 victory Wednesday over Lower Dauphin.

                The win preserved Mechanicsburg’s (10-0, 4-0 Mid-Penn Division I) undefeated streak and broke the school record for most consecutive victories in a season.

                Mike Fortuna’s third inning sinking line drive to right field drove Sam Hepner and Bret Witters for two of Mechanicsburg’s three runs in the inning. Hepner reached base on a two-out single that drove home Mike Pestke. Brett Witters walked and Bryan Hellam’s single loaded the bases to set up Fortunas hit.

                Perry Albert earned the win for Mechanicsburg after striking out five, walking one and surrendering three hits in five innings. Mike Edwards picked up the save for the Wildcats.

                Mark Collier suffered the loss for Lower Dauphin after handing out seven hits. He fanned five and walked two.

                Three Wildcat players, Broker, Bryan Hellam and Hepner collected two hits.

Carlisle trip Mechanicsburg

Wildcats’ streak ends at 14

            Mechanicsburg wiggled off the hook once, but Carlisle came back to halt the Wildcats’ baseball winning streak at 14 games yesterday afternoon.

                Mechanicsburg won the completion of their suspended baseball 9-7 in 10 innings, but the Thundering Herd came back to win the regularly scheduled match 1-0.

                The loss dropped Mechanicsburg back into a first place deadlock with Cahmbersburg at 11-1 in Mid-Penn Division I.

                Carlisle ’s Dave Melder, who took the loss in the first game, came back to throw six no-hit innings with seven strikeouts before running into the PIAA mandated limit.

                Mike Pestke greeted reliever Nolan Cassell with a double to open the seventh, but Nate Shields made to game-saving catches to preserve the victory.

                Brian Rhinehart scored the games only run when Herd teammate Josh Knisley hit into a fielder’s choice in the first inning.

                Mechanicsburg broke open the first game on consecutive doubles by Perry Albert and Mike Pestke. Brett Witters added a two run single before the rally ended.

Wildcat pitchers shut down CD

                Mechanicsburg’s pitchers, Ryan Woods and Mike Edwards, limited Central Dauphin to just four hits and two-first-inning runs for the 6-2 Mid-Penn Division I baseball victory on Friday.

                Edwards and Woods combined for five strike outs and a pair of walks, while losing pitcher Shawn Gipe fanned four and walked two.

                Perry Albert, Rodney Broker and Mike Edwards all collected a pair of hits for Mechanicsburg.

                Albert doubled in the first and was plated by Broker’s double in the second, while Edwards drove in Broker in both the second and sixth innings.

                Central Dauphin’s Adam Belicic plated two with a double and single.

                Mechanicsburg (16-2, 13-2 Division I) travels to Chambersburg Monday. Central Dauphin falls to 4-13 overall and 2-12 in the division.