BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Northampton Baseball team downed Luzerne County Community College, 10-0, on Monday afternoon to sweep their best of three series, 2-0, and advance to the Region XIX Final Four, May 20-22 in Vineland, NJ.
The 2nd seeded Spartans, who won the first game of the series 8-0 on Sunday, jumped on the #10 Trailblazers early with 3 runs in the 1st inning and never looked back in the run-rule shortened victory.
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Brendon Caraway (Riegelsville, PA/Palisades) got the victory with 3 innings of work, allowing no runs on 1 hit while striking out 2.
Liam Grande (Trappe, PA/Perkiomen Valley) and
Tristan James (Towanda, PA/Towanda Area) combined for the final two innings of action, allowing no hits and striking out 4 of the 6 batters they faced.
Angel Lopez (Santurce, PR/Perkiomen School) hit his 12th homerun of the season in the 3rd inning, while
Michael Ferrara (Cresco, PA/Pocono Mt. East) was 2 for 2 with a double, stolen base and 3 RBI.
Cody Herestofa (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) finished 2 for 2,
Tyler Melko (Knoxville, PA/Cowanesque Valley) was 1 for 2 with a double and a RBI and
Zane Vargason (Milan, PA/Athens) was 1 for 2 as the Spartans finished with 9 hits.
The Final Four appearance is the 6th in nine seasons for the Spartans under Head Coach
Adrian Yaguez.
Northampton, now 32-5 overall, will face 3rd seeded RCGC (43-12) in their opening game of the double-elimination tournament on Saturday in Vineland, NJ. The Roadrunners advanced by knocking off 6th seeded Middlesex, two games to none in their bests of three series.
More information on the Final Four will be posted this week.
