HAGERSTOWN, Md. – One thing can be said about the North Hagerstown baseball team.
The Hubs don’t like to take the easy way out.
North moved its record to 5-0 by scoring the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning on Friday to claim a 3-2 win over Williamsport.
It was the Hubs’ third one-run win of the season and fourth was by a two-run margin.
Blake Custer had three hits and drove in two runs for the Hubs, who finished with eight hits for the game. Joey Dorsey scored twice for North.
Jordan Gingerich (1-0) got the win with two innings of relief, allowing one hit, while striking out one. Grant Semler started and pitched six innings, allowing two runs (1 earned) on five hits with and walk and nine strikeouts.
Williamsport jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, but the Hubs scored single runs in the first and fourth to tie the game.
The Wildcats (4-2) were led by Jared Dangerfield and Cameron Face with two hits each. Dangerfield and Ean Boyer drove in Williamsport’s runs.
Jackson Coulter added two hits for North. The Hubs won without the benefit of an extra-base hit.
WOMEN’S GOLF
Veara takes second, leads Shepherd to fifth-place finish
FLEETWOOD, Pa. – Shepherd University’s Sara Veara finished second in her second straight tournament on Sunday to lead the Rams to a fifth-place finish in a seven-team field at the Kutztown Spring Invitational at Moselem Springs Golf Club.
Veara fired an 82 to finish behind Kutztown’s Brooke Graham for medalist honors. Graham carded a 79. Kutztown took the team title with a 351.
Veara fired a 79 to finish in second place, while the Rams finished fifth, at the Husky Spring Invitational on Thursday at Frosty Valley Golf Club.
Shepherd finished posted a team score of 391. Addison Buckland followed Veara with a score of 99 to finish 26th.
Also placing for the Rams were Allison Wallace (104, T-29th), Williamsport graduate Kaylie Brown (106, 31st), and Natalee Johnson (107, 32nd).
