Locker Room started out on fire on Friday evening against Martin Oil at Hollidaysburg and Martin Oil wasn\u2019t able to come back from the early deficit.
\nBrandon Beech opened the game with a single to right, stole second base and scored on an RBI groundout by Blaze Winterstein in the top of the first.
\nThe Martin Oil lead didn\u2019t last for very long however.
\nLocker Room used three hits, a walk, a Martin Oil error, and a sacrifice fly to score five times in the first. Then effectively put the game away by plating six more times a couple innings later.
\nMartin Oil attempted to get back into the contest with three in the second to close to 5-4, but couldn\u2019t get any closer.
\nChad Coho led off with a single and moved to second on a passed ball. Dustin Harris grounded a slow roller to short and Coho was caught trying to get to third base for the first out. Brian Hostler walked, and Beech ripped a triple that took a big hop past the Locker Room right fielder to score both runners. Earnie Kelley scored Beech with a grounder to first. Martin Oil then loaded the bases on walks to Zach Tomchick, Troy Brunner and Winterstein, but Locker Room starter Aaron Harris fanned Chris Alley to end the threat.
\nBrunner took over the pitching duties, tossing three scoreless innings to hold Locker Room, but Martin Oil was able to score only a single tally in the sixth and two more in a last-ditch effort in the seventh.
\nChris McDaniel led off the fifth with a base on balls, but was forced at second by Brian Dougherty. The return throw to get Dougherty at first was wild with Dock turning and trying to get to second. A perfect relay caught Dougherty for the completion of a strange double play.
\nIn the sixth, Kelley walked with one out and was forced out on a fielder\u2019s choice by Tomchick. Brunner walked and Winterstein got Tomchick home with an RBI single.
\nWith one at bat remaining, Martin Oil center fielder Dustin Harris was hit by a pitch with one down in the seventh inning. Hostler singled and both runners moved up on a passed ball. Locker Room pitcher Brett Weibley, brought in to finish out the ballgame, then fanned the next three batters. Weibley struck out Kelley on a pitch that ended up back to the screen behind home plate, allowing D. Harris to score and Hostler followed him home on another wild pitch to cap the scoring. Weibley actually struck out four Martin Oil hitters in the seventh inning, with Kelley getting to first on the wild pitch.
\nMartin Oil (12-6) has a rare day off today, then will host Dick\u2019s Pharmacy at 2 p.m. at Bellwood, on Sunday afternoon.
\nLocker Room 11 Martin Oil 7
\nMartin Oil – Beech, 2b-lf, 3-2-3; Miller, cr-2b, 2-1-0; Kelley, cf-1b, 3-0-0; Tomchick, rf, 2-1-0; Brunner, 1b-p, 1-0-0; Winterstein, c, 3-0-1; Alley, ss, 2-0-0; McDaniel, cr-lf, 1-0-0; Coho, 3b, 2-0-2; Dougherty, 3b, 2-0-0; D. Harris, lf-p-cf, 2-2-0; Hostler, p-2b-ss, 3-1-1. TOTALS 26-7-7.
\nLocker Room – M. Albright, 2b-ss, 5-1-2; Rahoi, ss-3b, 4-2-3; Weibley, 3b-p, 2-1-0; Reese, cf, 2-1-1; Clawson, c, 2-0-1; A. Harris, p-1b-2b, 3-1-2; Blackburn, cr, 0-1-0; Mills, lf, 4-2-1; Smith, 1b-rf-p, 4-1-2; Ryan, rf, 1-0-0; Thompson, p, 1-1-0; S. Albright, ph, 1-0-0; Wood, cr-rf, 0-0-0. TOTALS 29-11-12.
\nMartin Oil 130 001 2 7-7-5.
\nLocker Room 506 000 X 11-12-0.
\n2B: A. Harris.
\n3B: Beech.
\nRBI: Beech 2, Winterstein 2, Kelley, Rahoi 2, Clawson 2, Smith 2, Reese, A. Harris.
\nSO: D. Harris 1, Brunner 2, A. Harris 2, Thompson 1, Weibley 5.
\nBB: Coho 5, D. Harris 1, Brunner 1, A. Harris 5, Thompson 1, Smith 4.
\nWP: A. Harris LP: Coho<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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