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  2005 Season

MASH '05 RECORDS AND NOTES

 

  • The seniors won 30 games in two years.

  • Most games played – 2nd all time – 26 (record is 28 in 1984;  ’99 team also played 26)

  • Highest score in one game – MASH 20 – Waynesboro – 17

  • 2nd – Most runs scored in consecutive games – 37 (record is 38)

  • Most runs scored in three consecutive games – 52

  • Stolen bases – 5th place – 61 (record is 67 in ’88.)

  • Reaching base 10 consecutive ABs – Boone (8 hits and 2 walks)

  • RBI – season – Gruber -40 (Record was 33 by Ben Abner.)

  • 30+ hit club – Bushey, Boone, Gruber.

  • Runs scored – season – Bushey – 32 (3rd all-tme);  Boone and Pehanich – 24 (9th – tied with Doug Erney)

  • Walks – season – Pehanich – 16 (tied for 8th)

  • At bats – season - Gruber – 88 (2nd); Bushey – 87 (3rd)

  • Home runs – season –Gruber – 5 (4 tied for 3rd)

  • Stolen bases – season – Bushey – 19 (tied for 3rd)

  • HBP – season – Boone and Pehanich – tied for 1st with Kyle Shoemaker

  • Career doubles – Boone – 18 (3rd place)

  • Stolen bases – career – Bushey – 32 (tied for 3rd); Boone – 16 (tied for 8th)

  • Runs – career – Boone – 56 (6th); Bushey – 49 (8th – Dave Bushey is 7th with 54.)

  • Hits – career – Boone  91 (3rd place)

  • HBP – career – Pehanich – 8 (2nd)

  • Assists – season – Boone 54 (4th); Pehanich – 44 (tied for 6th)

  • Assists – career – Boone – 146 (2nd)

  • Mid – Penn All-Stars – Bushey, Gruber, Boone

2005 Mid Penn Keystone Conference Standings

Team

Record

Lower Dauphin

12 - 1

Hershey

10 - 3

Gettysburg

9 - 4

Palmyra

7 - 7

MASH

6 - 8

Bishop McDevitt

4 - 9

Middletown

3 – 10

Susquehanna

3 - 10

 

2005 Seniors:  Jeremy Boone, Chris Bushey, Matt Gawlas,

Zach Gross, Matt Gruber, Seth Pehanich

2005 MASH VARSITY BASEBALL SEASON SUMMARY

Opponent

Score

Record

Game Highlights

1.    Red Land

4 - 3

1 - 0

Bushey – 3 hits; Bushey – 2 doubles; Grube was 2 for 3 and the winning pitcher; winning run scored on a balk

2.   Lower Dauphin

1 – 4

1 - 1

Bushey was 2 for 4; Boone, Grube, and Gaffney had the other hits off of Dustin Umberger

3.   Gettysburg

8 - 2

1 - 2

Grube had a triple; Gross hit a double; Bush hit safely in his third consecutive game.

4.   Palmyra

5 – 12

1 - 3

Bush hit in his 4th consecutive game; Pehanich had 2 hits

5.   Bishop McDevitt

3 - 5

1 - 4

Bushey was 3 for 4 with a double, his 5th consecutive game with at least one hit; Grube was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI; Gross had 2 doubles

6.   Hershey

6 - 3

1 - 5

We only had 4 hits, one each by Pehanich (a double), Boone ( a triple), Gruber, and Gross

7.   Susquehanna

13 – 9

2 - 5

Gruber recorded the win and a save and he had 3 hits and 3 RBI; Gross (2 RBI) and Gawlas had doubles; Bush had a triple

8.   Middletown

8 – 3

3 – 5

Win by Gruber; Mike Hellam had a save. Boone had 2 hits, including 2 doubles and 3 RBI; Gross had 2 hits; Hellam had 2 hits and 2 RBI

9.   Lower Dauphin

7 – 4

3 - 6

Boone was 4 for 4 with 3 RBI including a double and a home run.

10.  Palmyra

10 – 5

4 - 6

Barninger had 2 hits, including a double and a triple, and 4 RBI; Gruber was 3 for 4 with a home run and 4 RBI.  Hellam earned his first varsity win; Heeter had a save.  Clouser was 1 for 1 with 3 walks.

11. Gettysburg

8 – 7

5 – 6

This was a continuation of a game from the previous week that ended in a 7 – 7 tie.  Gruber received the win after retiring Gettysburg in the top of the 8th  aided by Gross throwing out the lead-off runner at 2nd.  Boone had 3 hits, including a double.  Gruber had 5 RBI and a home run.  He also knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th after Boone doubled.  Boone continued his streak of getting on base in 10 straight at-bats with 8 hits and 2 walks.  

12. Bishop McDevitt

10 - 4

6 – 6

Knapp earned his first varsity win, allowing only one hit in 5 2/3 innings; Heeter had a save.  Pehanich was 4 for 4 with 2 doubles;  Boone and Gruber each had 2 hits.  WE had 11 hits, the first time all season that we had more than 10 in agame.  Boone Gruber, and Gross all had 2 RBI.

13. Hershey

5 – 7

6 - 7

Gaffney and Grube had 2 hits;  Gruber had 3 RBI and a home run.

14. State College

13 – 7

6 – 8

Bushey and Gaffney had 2 hits each;  Gaff hit a triple and had 4 RBI.

15. Susquehanna

3 – 7

6 – 9

Boone and Gross each had 2 hits.  Boone, Gruber and Gaffney each had an RBI.

16. Middletown

7 – 0

7 – 9

We secured a Mid-Penn play-off spot with the win, our 6th in the division.  Gross had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Gruber threw the shut out and struck out 6 while allowing only 4 hits.

17. Red Land

2 – 7

7 – 10

Gruber had 2 hits; Gross had a double and 2 RBI.

18. Cedar Cliff

3 – 2

8 – 10

We win at City Island.  Hellam pitched 8 innings and gave up only one earned run.  The big play of the game was when Bushey threw to Boone who threw to Gruber at 3rd to retire Zimmerman in the bottom of the 8th.  Gross knocked in Gruber in the top of the 8th for the winning run.

19. C.V.

2 – 8

8 – 11

Knapp, Gross, and Boone had our only hits.  Barninger and Pehanich had one RBI each.

20.  Waynesboro

20 – 17

9 - 11

We had 14 hits:  Bush – 3, Pehanich – 2, Boone – 2, Barninger – 3.  Bushey had 4 RBI; Pehanickh  - 3; Gruber – 3; Hellam – 2;  Knapp received the win;  Pehanich had a save.  37 runs is a record for one game.

21.  James Buchanan *

17 – 1

10 – 11

Gruber was the winning pitcher in 4 innings.  Bushey had 3 hits and Gruber 2.  Gruber had 4 RBI, while Gawlas and  Knapp each had 2.

22.  Hershey *

15 – 11

11 – 11

Kanpp was thenwinning pitcher.  Helly had a save.  WE had 16 hits:  Bush, Pehanich, and Barninger had 2; Gruber and Knapp had 3.  Hellam and Gruber each had doubles, and Gruber hit a 2 run homer.

23.  Gettysburg *

6 – 2

12 – 11

Hellam threw a 3-hiiter, giving up one earned run.  Pehanich had 3 hits and 2 RBI;  Grube had 2 hits and 3 RBI.  Barninger and Bushey each had 2 hits.

24.  Shippensburg **

3 – 5

12 – 12

Pehanich, Boone, Gruber, and Hellam each had 2 hits.  Boone, Grube, and Helly each had an RBI.

25. York Suburban ***

11 – 3

13 – 12

Hellam earned the win, throwing 6 innings and giving up 2 earned runs.  Bushey had 3 hits, including 2 triples; Boone and Gross each had 2 hits.  Pehanich had  a double and 4 RBI.  Gross had 2 RBI.

26.  Donegal ***

1 – 3

13 – 13

Bushey, Boone, and Gross each had a hit.  Bushey hit a double and Boone had an RBI.

* Mid-Penn Play-off game

** Mid-Penn Championship game

*** District 3 Play-off game

May 27, 2005

District III PIAA AAA Playoffs

DONEGAL 3, MECHANICSBURG 1

Mechanicsburg runs into Donegal's ace

Friday, May 27, 2005

BY ANDREW P. SHAY

For The Patriot-News

Left-handed pitchers gave Mechanicsburg fits all season.

Last night, on a perfect evening for District 3-AAA playoff baseball, Donegal lefty Darin Gorski had the Wildcats hitters on their heels almost the entire game.

Gorski, who faced only four batters over the minimum, tossed a three-hit gem as the Indians ended Mechanicsburg's season 3-1 in Hershey.

"We had guys pulling their heads out and everything," Mechanicsburg coach Don Shirley said. "Early in the season, about the first quarter of it, we were striking out a lot. How many times did we strike out? Eleven. That's a lot. Give Donegal the credit. They deserved to win. They were the better team."

Before Mechanicsburg (13-13) finally pushed across a run in the top of the sixth, Donegal's pitching staff had gone 132/3 innings of playoff baseball without surrendering a run.

Gorski did a great job of getting ahead in the count and was able to moves his pitches around to keep the Wildcats hitters guessing. He finished with 11 strikeouts, walked only two and didn't allow a baserunner to reach second until the sixth inning.

"There's been a lot of pressure on this team the last two weeks and we have responded pretty well," Shirley said. "Today wasn't one of our better games. We're not used to finishing 13-13, so I'm not too happy about that. But I am proud we made it this far."

Donegal (18-7) put all the runs it would eventually need on the board in the bottom of the first inning. Mechanicsburg senior pitcher Ryan Gruber, the staff ace who has battled arm trouble lately, left a pitch up in the zone to Indians' No. 3 hitter Ben Gainer.

The left-handed hitting Gainer turned on the pitch and deposited it over the short fence in right-center between the 312- and 328-foot signs for a two-run bomb.

Gainer also drove in the other Donegal run with an RBI single in the third that plated Doug Nolt, who reached second on a bloop double to right.

Mechanicsburg's only run came courtesy of senior Jeremy Boone's two-out RBI single that plated Chris Bushey, who doubled with one out.

Before Bushey's double, the Wildcats' only other hit was an infield single by Zach Gross to lead off the second

May 24, 2005

District III PIAA AAA Playoffs

MECHANICSBURG 11, YORK SUBURBAN 3

Freshman fuels Wildcats

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

BY ANDREW P. SHAY

For The Patriot-News

Mike Hellam had just finished pitching a splendid District 3-AAA baseball game.

When it comes to the Mechanicsburg team rules, though, Hellam is still just a freshman.

As he left the dugout on a chilly night, the powerful righty had to lug a rather large bucket full of shag balls to the bus. Rules are rules.

Hey, at least he was using his left arm.

Hellam's strong outing, and an offensive explosion by Mechanicsburg's first three hitters, allowed the Wildcats to steamroll York Suburban 11-3 yesterday at Creekview Park.

Next up for Mechanicsburg (13-12) is Donegal. The Indians (17-7) edged Red Land 1-0.

"For a freshman to pitch that way ... he's getting better every game," Mechanicsburg coach Don Shirley said. "He pitched a great game. It's been a long season. We started 1-5, and it was a struggle all year just to get to .500. There was one point I didn't know if we were even going to play a District 3 game."

The Wildcats' top three hitters in the order, Chris Bushey, Seth Pehanich and Jeremy Boone, did most of the damage on offense and gave Hellam plenty of run support.

Hellam helped himself by working out of a couple sticky jams when the game was still relatively close.

And then there was the defense.

Mechanicsburg's was flawless. York Suburban's was ... well, sloppy.

The Trojans made seven errors, four in one inning when Mechanicsburg scored twice without a hit. Only six Wildcats runs were earned.

"There wasn't a lot of nerves. I just came out a little flat. But once I warmed up I was fine," said Hellam, who worked six innings, allowed only two runs, scattered seven hits and fanned five.

"My curveball was working well in the early innings. Then they stopped chasing it and were a little more patient. The run support was nice, but the defense is what makes a difference. I feel I have one of the best defenses in the league. When I put the ball in play, I really don't have to worry about anything."

Hellam worked out of a tight spot in the top of the first by striking out Jess Gurreri to end the inning. The Wildcats, sparked by Bushey's leadoff triple, put two runs on the board in the bottom of the first.

They tacked on two in the third and fourth innings to grab a commanding 6-1 lead.

Bushey led the way with a pair of triples as part of a 3-for-4 effort that included a trio of runs scored. No. 2 hitter Pehanich knocked in four runs. And 3-hole hitter Boone added a couple of hits and scored twice.

Those three finished a combined 6-for-10 with seven runs scored and five RBIs.

"We just wanted to get our bats going again. We didn't hit well our last game," Bushey said. "Our defense fuels our offense. If we play solid defense behind our pitcher, we know the hits will come."

May 19, 2005

Ship slips past Wildcats

By Keith Lehman, May 19, 2005

For the second day in a row, Shippensburg head coach John Bartholow saw himself in an all-too-familiar predicament.

In the seventh inning of both games, Bartholow and his starting pitchers were in some heavy jams with slim leads. And, for the second time in a row, the Greyhound skipper stuck with his starting pitcher and had positive results.

With the bases loaded and the Hounds clinging to a 5-3 lead over the Mechanicsburg Wildcats in the District 3-AAA No. 1 seed game, Bartholow trotted to the mound to visit starting pitcher Corey Miley.

He decided to stick with Miley in favor of bringing in a freshman that hadn't pitched any varsity baseball in his life.

Good move, coach.

Miley struck out Cole Barninger for the second out and induced Mike Hellam into a grounder to second to end the game, giving the Greyhounds the top seed in the upcoming District 3-AAA playoffs.

"I just wanted to see how he was feeling," said Bartholow of the conference with Miley. "I asked him if he was tired and he said he just wasn't concentrating. I told him to just mix his pitches and he got a strikeout and a groundout to end the game."

Miley, a burly right-hander who scattered 10 hits for just three runs, was more than happy for the chance to clean up his own mess.

"I told (Bartholow) I wanted to finish it out," said Miley. "Last week I had a mishap where a ball hit off my elbow, and then I came back and threw the best game I ever threw. I just wanted to give it my all to my teammates."

Also giving it all to a depleted Wildcat staff was starting pitcher Matt Chiampi and reliever Chris Bushey. The pair of lefties did well and pitched out of heavy trouble all game long to keep the Wildcats in it despite not much varsity experience. Chiampi saw his first varsity action after hurling for the JV squad and Bushey hadn't logged many innings of his own.

"It was a great effort by Chiampi and Bushey," said Mechanicsburg coach Doug Erney, who filled in for head coach Don Shirley while Shirley attended a doctor's appointment in Pittsburgh. "We didn't do a very good job behind them and that's a shame. We wiggled out of some early jams with double play balls, but we couldn't get the big hit when we needed it.

Chiampi had the Hounds all out of sorts at the plate, flailing at the southpaw's big, slow curveball.

"(Chiampi) killed us to start with," said Bartholow. "We saw (Carlisle's Brandon James) a week ago, the Northern lefty, and some guys that threw some gas. We just did not adjust. It took us a couple times through the order."

If it's possible, the Hounds had a great, yet terrible, game on the bases. Despite stealing seven bases off the deliberate Wildcat lefties, the Hounds dented the dish just five times despite having a total of 17 baserunners.

However, the Hounds added to their 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth.

A big play to start the inning was after Ship's Riley Cameron walked. Bushey picked him off, but Gruber's throw hit Cameron allowing him to reach safely. That play loomed large as Miley looped an RBI single to right to give Ship a 3-1 lead. Dan Brubaker knocked another run with an infield single for a 4-1 lead.

Mechanicsburg (12-12) got a run back in the top of the sixth on a Mike Hellam RBI single, but Ship neutralized it with one of its own in the bottom on Rick Shumway's RBI ground-rule double.

In the seventh, Wildcat Seth Pehanich, who went 3-for-4 in the game, singled with one out. Jeremy Boone and Gruber followed with singles, the latter knocking in Pehanich to make the score 5-3. After Zach Gross walked to load the bases, Miley slammed the door and handed the Wildcats the second-seed.

Miley was presumably happy after the game.

"We are doing it all for Coach (Bartholow, who will retire from coaching after the season)," said Miley. "This is the first time I have been to the playoffs in any sport, so it's exciting. For me to pitch in the final game was just awesome."

Ship (14-7) will now go to work in preparation for Monday, the start of the District tournament.

"We made more mistakes today than we have in several games together," said Bartholow. "We weren't playing heady ball like we were the last couple games. We need to pick it up for Monday."

May 17, 2005

From the Patriot News

MECHANICSBURG 6, GETTYSBURG 2:  Mike Hellam fired a complete-game three-hitter and Mechanicsburg benefited from four Warriors' errors to record its third consecutive tournament win. The last conference program to qualify, the Wildcats (12-11) are now seeking a top seed in next week's District 3-AAA tournament. A fantastic defensive effort, coupled with a 3-for-3, two-RBI effort from Seth Pehanich, fueled Hellam's effort. Chris Bushey and Matt Gruber each tagged two hits. Gruber, the designated-hitter, collected three RBIs.

May 16, 2005

From the Patriot News

MECHANICSBURG 15, HERSHEY 11: The Wildcats continued their surge, riding Matt Gruber's two-run homer and an eight-run fifth inning to the upset victory at Memorial Field. Winning pitcher Dan Knapp enjoyed a 15-7 cushion before giving way to reliever Seth Pehanich in the sixth. The Trojans, who committed three catastrophic errors, briefly rallied in the fifth on solo home runs by Matt Kulbacki, Nick Allwein and Brock Smith. But Mechanicsburg's combined 17 hits off losing pitcher Alex Pruchnik and Keith Spencer were too much to overcome. Mechanicsburg (11-11), which qualified for the district tournament, will travel to Gettysburg today. Hershey (14-7) awaits today's Red Land-Palmyra survivor tomorrow.

MECHANICSBURG 16, JAMES BUCHANAN 1

Mechanicsburg inflicts damage on JB

Saturday, May 14, 2005

BY ERIC F. EPLER

For The Patriot-News

Some abrasions are considerably more painful than others.

And, while the gaping wound Mechanicsburg inflicted on James Buchanan yesterday during the opening round of the Mid-Penn Conference Class AAA baseball playoffs should heal over time, a mental scar this size could take years to mend.

Despite crawling through its Keystone Division schedule and barely qualifying for the postseason, Mechanicsburg continued its late-season mini-surge by shell-shocking the Rockets 16-1 yesterday at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park.

The Wildcats, preying on the Rockets' youth and playoff inexperience, lashed out with four runs in the opening frame, seven more in the third and four runs -- on just three hits -- in the fourth, prompting the 15-run mercy rule. The decision came in just 92 minutes.

The offensive outburst, a rare luxury for Wildcats skipper Don Shirley this season, earned seventh-seeded Mechanicsburg (9-11) a date at second-seeded Hershey (14-6) Monday.

For the Capital Division co-champion Rockets, who wove at least eight underclassmen into regular starting roles, the season ends at 12-8.

"When you've got 15- and 16-year-old kids starting, the playoff atmosphere is new to them," said coach Corey Dayley, who orchestrated one of the more successful James Buchanan campaigns in recent memory.

"I'm really disappointed for the kids because they've worked so hard. Hopefully what they've learned is that, even though we took some positive steps in the right direction, there is still a lot of work to be done."

Not so for the Wildcats, who pieced together a nearly flawless effort that including a short-work three-hitter from staff ace Matt Gruber.

The righty, struggling early, worked free of a bases-loaded situation in the first and survived two walks and a second-inning wild pitch when James Buchanan posted its only run.

Minutes later, Mechanicsburg shot ahead 5-1 on RBI singles by Cole Barninger and Jeremy Boone and Gruber's two-run single.

"[Gruber] was a little tight, but the key was he managed to work himself out of two quick jams," said Shirley, whose team entered the week with 130 strikeouts in 400 official at-bats.

Three James Buchanan pitchers combined for just three strikeouts yesterday.

"After we grabbed the lead it just started to snowball, but we're still not where we want to be."

When Gruber, who walked four, eventually gained control, he added his fourth run batted in on a third-inning double and watched Chris Bushey's third hit of the game plate Dan Knapp.

The Wildcats sent 11 men to the plate in the third, scoring seven runs, before Matt Gawlas' bases-loaded single in the fourth finished it. Gruber fired 62 pitches while Rockets starter Toby Rhodes walked six in 22/3 innings.

May 16, 2005

From the Patriot News

CUMBERLAND VALLEY 8, MECHANICSBURG 2: Some late-season magic continued for CV, which used a 3-for-4, three-RBI effort from Nate Kranz to subdue the Wildcats. The Eagles, who enjoyed two hits apiece by Kevin Plott, Pat DiPaola and Jordan Abner, opened a four-run cushion after one, highlighted by Kranz's two-run triple. Game-winner Sam Funt scattered two hits in five innings.

May 6, 2005

From the Sentinel

Red Land 7, Mechanicsburg 2
 Red Land jumped out to a 6-0 lead on Mechanicsburg and cruised to a 7-2 win Friday in a nondivision contest.
Brian Danner went 2-for-3 for the Patriots, and Kyle Otstot finished 1-for-4 with two runs scored. Matt Gruber went 2-for-4 for the Wildcats.
Mechanicsburg (7-10) faces Cedar Cliff today at City Island.

May 4, 2005

BASEBALL: MECHANICSBURG 7, MIDDLETOWN 0

Mechanicsburg makes its point

Thursday, May 05, 2005

BY ERIC F. EPLER

For The Patriot-News

Mechanicsburg ultimately salvaged an otherwise frustrating high school baseball season yesterday at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Park.

 

Riding a blue-collar complete-game effort from staff ace Matt Gruber, the Wildcats lashed out with a pair of three-run innings to produce a 7-0 triumph over Mid-Penn Keystone Division rival Middletown.

 

Mechanicsburg's "necessary" decision, aided by Zach Gross' two RBIs, upped the list of Class AAA postseason invitees by one. But for the better part of two months, it appeared the Wildcats (7-9, 6-8) would not join the now 11 programs already qualified for the Mid-Penn tournament.

"It has been frustrating, but this league is very competitive. There have been no easy games along the way," said Mechanicsburg's long-time skipper, Don Shirley.

 

"We've just been up and down, hot and cold. But I'm thrilled we're in, especially with a 6-8 division record."

 

Under the newly adopted qualifying process, Mechanicsburg chased down those magical six wins with a modest three-game surge in late April.

 

It entered yesterday's bout just one win shy, but jumped out to a 3-0 cushion on Gross' RBI single and a Middletown (5-12, 3-11) throwing error.

 

Seth Pehanich added an RBI single in the second before back-to-back RBI hits from Gruber and Gross in the fourth put the game out of reach. Gruber, who retired 10 straight at one point, struck out six against two walks.

May 2, 2005

From the Patriot News

SUSQUEHANNA TWP. 7, MECHANICSBURG 3

Reliever Brad Foley held the Wildcats to two hits as the Indians reversed an early 3-1 deficit on eight singles in fifth. Susquehanna Twp. got two hits apiece from Keegan Wenner, Kyle Ward and Foley. The Wildcats (6-9, 5-8) must drop visiting Middletown tomorrow to enter the Mid-Penn tournament.

April 29, 2005

From the Sentinel
State College 13, Mechanicsburg 7
State College scored a run in every inning Saturday as the Little Lions topped Mechanicsburg 13-7 in a nondivision baseball game.

Josh Gaffney went 2-for-3 with a triple for the Wildcats, and Chris Bushey finished 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Mechanicsburg (5-7, 6-8) travels to Susquehanna Monday.

April 28, 2005

From the Sentinel

Hershey 7, Mechanicsburg 5
Hershey scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to edge Mechanicsburg 7-5 in Keystone Division play.

The Wildcats led 4-2 before Hershey tied the game, then took the lead on a Tom Foley 3-run home run in the seventh inning.

Matt Gruber went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs to lead Mechanicsburg.

Mechanicsburg (6-7, 5-7) travels to State College today.

April 27, 2005

From the Patriot News

MECHANICSBURG 8, GETTYSBURG 7: This suspended match ended when Mechanicsburg's Matt Gruber singled home Jeremy Boone (three hits) in the bottom of the eighth inning, granting the Wildcats another Mid-Penn Keystone victory. Gruber, who posted four hits in extended action, also was the pitcher of record, allowing eight hits with six strikeouts. On Friday, Gettysburg's Chris Conover forced a 7-7 deadlock with a grand slam.

April 26, 2005

From the Patriot News

MECHANICSBURG 10, PALMYRA 5: Matt Gruber (three RBIs) homered and Cole Barninger collected four RBIs for the Wildcats. Derek Fackler's three-run shot in the first gave Palmyra an early lead, but winner Mike Helm allowed no hits over the next five innings