Slippery Rock Falls To Fort Hays In World Series Close
Slippery Rock University baseball blew a 5-2 lead, allowing Fort Hays State to rally 8-5 in Montgomery Alabama. Dan DeCola and Blake Shilling drove in two runs each, with DeCola, Rod Trawitz and Greg Stokes recording two hits apiece. Union Area High graduate Mike Gunn went 0 for 4 with a walk. Slippery Rock faces India at 6 30 p.m. later today while Fort Hays meets Central Missouri State North Florida winner at 2 30 p.m. tomorrow.
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Slippery Rock University
Fort Hays State
Montgomery
Ala
Rockets
Slippery Rock
India
Tle
North Florida
Dan DeCola
Blake Shilling
DeCola
Rod Trawitz
Greg Stokes
Union Area High
Mike Gunn
Laurel Edges Shenango Legion In Openers
Laurel earns a 4-3 win over Shenango Legion as Mike Bertagna delivers a decisive passes loaded triple with two outs in the seventh. Shenango pitcher Curtis Graham fans 14 in a strong effort. David Cracraft and Mike Oestreich contribute for Laurel while Shenango’s Jason Durst and Craig Davis add two hits each. New Castle Post 343 defeats Bessemer 10-4, with John Rosati going 3 for 4 and Ellwood City Lincoln to meet Yough in a 3 p.m. PIAA play-in at Freeport.
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Mike Bertagna
Laurel
Shenango
American Legion
Curtis Graham
David Cracraft
Mike Oestreich
Jason Durst
Craig Davis
Mo Cionni
New Castle
Bessemer Post
Danny Ryan
Bessemer
John Rosati
Chuck Farris
Ryan
Hogue
DeSalvo Aims For Pro Ball After Stellar Marietta Season
Marietta pitcher Matt DeSalvo, an Arietta College sophomore from Union Area High, posted a 13-1 record with a 1.56 ERA over 16 starts. He struck out 138 in 98 innings, walked 54, yielded only one homer, and hit a career high in fastball velocity. DeSalvo plans for the major leagues, hoping to be drafted next year, as he continues refining his mound intelligence and consistency in a Danbury wooden bat league this summer.
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Arietta College
Matt DeSalvo
Union Area High
Marietta
DeSalvo
Union
Danbury
Conn
West Penn Football Combine Draws Area Players
About 180 players from New Castle Laurel Mohawk Shenango Wilmington Union Farrell Greenville Kennedy Christian Sharon and Slippery Rock high schools tested at Shenango High School in a West Penn Football Association combine. They ran the 40 yard dash and 20 yard shuttle, and performed vertical leap and long jump while college scouts looked on.
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West Penn Football Association
New Castle
Shenango High School
Laurel
Mohawk
Shenango
Wilmington
Union
Farrell
Greenville
Kennedy Christian
Sharon
Slippery Rock
Giles 10th inning homer sinks Marlins in Pirates win
Brian Giles delivered a 10th inning homer as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to a 3-2 victory over the Florida Marlins. Adrian Brown and Jason Kendall drove in runs in the ninth, with Morris going 4 for 5 as Pittsburgh spoiled Antonio Alfonseca’s save bid.
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Pittsburgh
Brian Giles
Giles
Pittsburgh Pirates
Florida Marlins
Pirates
Gene Lamont
Antonio Alfonseca
Reid Cornelius
Adrian Brown
Warren
Jason Kendall
Marlins
Florida
Brown
John Boles
Alfonseca
Boles
Indians win despite Ramirez injury and roster blues
The Cleveland Indians beat the Angels 6-1 at Jacobs Field behind Dave Burba as Manny Ramirez heads to the DL with a strained left hamstring. The win comes despite the Indians placing seven players on the disabled list and making numerous roster moves. Giles delivers a late homer and Alfonseca notches a save as the team copes with injuries and a reshuffled lineup.
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Cleveland Indians
Manny Ramirez
Cleveland
Anaheim Angels
Jacobs Field
Dave Burba
Indians
Char
Se Manuel
Ramirez
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Ellwood
Freeport
Ellwood City
Lincoln High
Yough
Freeport High
Fidence
Paul Hawthorne
Grove City College
Chris Smith
New Castle High
Gary Schooley
Ryan Orrico
MaAisor
Bucs
Morris
Associated Press
Mike Williams
Cliff Floyd
Kris Benson
Benson
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