Martin Oil jumped out to a two-run lead before McMullen Furniture had a chance to bat at Juniata on Sunday, but McMullen used a pair of five-run innings to overcome the Oilers from Bellwood-Antis 13-6 in George B. Kelley Federation action.
\nMartin Oil opened the first with Andy Brisbin lining a single to right and Chris Alley belting a triple to score him, with both batters hitting the first pitch thrown by McMullen Furniture starter Dan Conrad.
\nMcMullen got on the scoreboard in the second inning when Jake Settle singled and was replaced by courtesy runner Zach Epple. Epple went to second on a single by Bryan Plummer, then advanced to third on passes ball and scored when McMullen attempted a double steal. Plummer was thrown out at second, Matt Albright to Andy Brisbin, while Epple scored on the play.
\nThe hosts took the lead in the third on a bases-loaded triple by Jim Moschella. Zach Haulman singled and Martin Oil starter Chris Alley walked both Tim Eck and Taylor Miller to load the bases. Moschella roped the first pitch for a bases-clearing three bagger and a 4-2 McMullen lead. Mike Weyandt was hit by a pitch and both runners came home when Bryan Plummer singled to left.
\nDown 6-2, Martin Oil scored a run in the top of the fourth to slice the lead to 6-3. Ryan Kenawell bounced a single over the head of McMullen third baseman Weyandt and scored on a stolen base and two errors.
\nMcMullen put two more tallies up to take an 8-3 lead, before Martin Oil rallied to stay in the ballgame closing to within 8-6.
\nDan Kovac, playing his first federation game, ripped an 0-2 pitch to left center for a triple to begin the fifth inning. Brisbin walked and with one out, Albright was safe on an error that scored Kovac. Cubby McCartney slammed a clutch two-out double down the right field line to score Brisbin and Mark DelGrosso courtesy running for Albright.
\nAfter cutting the deficit to two scores, however, Martin Oil couldn\u2019t hold off McMullen.
\nWhen they needed a quick three outs, Martin Oil allowed four hits and committed two errors. McMullen Furniture added their second five-run rally and then Conrad pitch shutout baseball over the final two innings to earn the complete-game win for McMullen.
\nKenawell, who led Martin Oil with two hits in three trips singled to lead off the sixth and Matt Plummer walked with two gone in the seventh, but in both cases, Conrad was able to get out trouble without any damage.
\n\u201cWe can\u2019t stand the prosperity,\u201d was how Martin Oil manager Ed Davis described the game. \u201cWe scored early and then fell asleep at bat. Then when we came back and got within two runs, we died again and let McMullen score more runs. Ryan Kenawell had another good game and Ryan McCartney had a big double for us. Chris Alley and Dan Kovac both hit triples. We just have to get it together for our game on Monday against Barkman Oil.\u201d
\nMoschella and Bryan Plummer both had three hits for McMullen Furniture and Buddy Stotler added two. Moschella had a pair of doubles, a triple and six RBI.
\nAlley gave up all 13 runs for Martin Oil, 11 earned on 11 hits with four strikeouts and three walks, while Andy Brisbin pitched one and 1\/3 innings, giving up one hit, no runs and one strikeout.
\nMartin Oil (7-8) travels to Martinsburg today for a 6 p.m. start against Barkman Oil.<\/p>\n
McMullen Furniture 13 Martin Oil 6
\nMARTIN OIL – Brisbin, ss-p, 3-2-1; Alley, p-ss, 4-1-1; Albright, c, 4-0-0; M. Plummer, 3b, 3-0-0; McCartney, 1b, 2-0-1; Drost, 2b, 3-0-0; DelGrosso, cr-2b, 0-1-0; Kenawell, cf, 3-1-2; McDaniel, lf, 3-0-0; Kovac, rf, 3-1-1. TOTALS 28-6-6.
\nMCMULLEN FURNITURE – Miller, ss, 2-3-0; Moschella, cf, 4-1-3; Weyandt, 3b, 3-1-0; Settle, c, 4-0-2; Epple, cr, 0-2-0; B. Plummer, rf, 4-1-3; Mi. Sprouse, lf, 0-0-0; Stotler, dh, 4-1-2; Conrad, p, 3-0-0; Haulman, 1b, 3-1-1; Eck, 2b, 2-3-1. TOTALS 29-13-12.
\nMartin Oil 200 130 0 6-6-4.
\nMcMullen Furniture 015 250 X 13-12-2.
\n2B: McCartney 1, Moschella 2, B. Plummer 1.
\n3B: Alley 1, Kovac 1, Moschella 1.
\nRBI: McCartney 2, Alley 1, M. Plummer 1.
\nSO: Alley 4, Brisbin 1, Conrad 8.
\nBB: Alley 3, Conrad 4.
\nWP: Conrad LP: Alley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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