AUGUST 11, 2012
Flemington, the New Jersey runner-up, scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to top West Lawn 6-5 and force the Owls into the elimination bracket. Pennsylvania runner-up Spring City delivered the knockout with a 17-1 victory Friday night at Owls Field.
\”We played our hearts out in that first game,\” West Lawn coach Zack Williams said. \”The kids gave us everything they could. Some things didn\’t go our way, and we didn\’t finish it.
\”But the kids who played for us made me proud to be their coach.\”
The Owls (11-16) had a berth in Mid-Atlantics as host. The positive, of course, was a fresh start after going a combined 0-4 in the Berks County and Region 2 American Legion tournaments. The team didn\’t qualify for states.
The difficult part? The competition – seven of the top teams from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia – is fierce.
Even so, West Lawn was six outs away from ending its postseason losing streak. The Owls led Flemington 5-2 after Zach Post hit a two-run single in the top of the eighth.
But Flemington scored four in the final two innings. Pat Roberts hit a one-out single to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.
via readingeagle.com
by Beth Hudson
Reading Eagle
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