WESTOVER \u2014 The Harmony baseball team has already found itself in a handful of close games this season and finally had one go in its favor Thursday, as Trevor Hugill ripped a two-run, walk-off single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to complete an 8-7 come-from-behind victory against visiting Penns Manor.<\/p>\n
Hugill\u2019s clutch hit saw the Owls overcome deficits of 3-1 and 7-2 on the day en route to capturing their first win of the season. The game was Harmony\u2019s third this season decided in the final at-bat, with the Owls (1-4) losing the previous two in walk-off fashion in back-to-back against Ferndale and Shanksville.<\/p>\n
The game was largely a pitcher\u2019s duel between Harmony\u2019s Parker Maseto and Penns Manor\u2019s Tyler Mellott, with the visiting Comets holding a slim 3-2 lead after five innings.<\/p>\n
Harmony opened the scoring with a run in the second when Jaxson Keith singled home Holden Knittle who singled himself with two outs to extend the inning.<\/p>\n
Penns Manor answered right back in the top of the third, scoring three runs on three hits against Maseto to go up 3-1. Those proved to be the only runs Maseto allowed in five innings of work. He struck out 11 and walked four.<\/p>\n
The Owls got a run back in the fourth when Jacob Pearce smacked a leadoff single and scored on a base hit by Hunter Pearce to make it 3-2.<\/p>\n
Both offenses then exploded four runs in the sixth.<\/p>\n
Penns Manor greeted reliever Hunter Pearce by scoring four runs on three hits, a pair of walks and a hit batsman. Just when it looked like the Comets had finally grabbed control, the Owls responded with four runs of their own in the bottom of the sixth.<\/p>\n
Jacob Pearce was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, then Keith singled. A Hunter Pearce single chased home Jacob Pearce before Keith scored when Maseto reached on an error.<\/p>\n
Harmony then loaded the bases on a Carter Doland single and Maddox Hugill walk with one out. Maseto then raced home on a wild pitch to get the Owls within one before leaving a pair of runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n
Hunter Pearce proceeded to retire the side in order in the top of the seventh, striking out a pair.<\/p>\n
Penns Manor reliever Tyler Cooper then got two quick outs in the bottom of the seventh. However, Hunter Pearce exended the game with a single before the Comets intentionally walked Maseto.<\/p>\n
The decision came back to haunt Penns Manor, as Doland worked a five-pitch walk to load the bases for Trevor Hugill, who sent the Harmony faithful home happy after ripping his two-run, walk-off single to win the game.<\/p>\n
Hunter Pearce, who got the win in relief, went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a pair of runs scored to lead the Harmony offensive attack.<\/p>\n
Jacob Pearce, Keith, Doland and Trevor Hugill all had two hits, with Hugill having. the two RBIs and Keith one. Maseto chipped in a hit and two RBIs.<\/p>\n
Harmony is back in action Monday at home against Ferndale.<\/p>\n
HARMONY 8,<\/p>\n
PENNS MANOR 7<\/p>\n
Score by Innings<\/p>\n
Penns Manor 003 004 0 \u2014 7<\/p>\n
Harmony 010 104 2 \u2014 8<\/p>\n
* There were 2 outs when game ended<\/p>\n
Penns Manor\u20147<\/p>\n
Jarule c 4220, Cooper cf-p 4000, Vanazak ss 2213, Mellott p-lf 3022, Keith 3b 3012, Sunseri lf-cf 4000, Schleicher rf 4000, Horvam 2b 2200, August 2100. Totals: 28-7-6-7.<\/p>\n
Harmony\u20148<\/p>\n
Jacob Pearce c 3220, Jaxson Keith lf 4121, Hunter Pearce cf-p 5232, Parker Maseto p-ss 3212, Carter Doland 1b 3020, Trevor Hugill 2b 5022, Maddox Hugill ss-cf 3000, Chase Buck rf 2000, Kyle Schultz rf 1000, Brayden Wholaver rf 1000, Holden Knittle dh 4100, Draven Lytton 3b 0000. Totals: 34-8-12-7.<\/p>\n
Errors: PM 2 (Horvam, August), Harmony 1 (Lytton). 2B: Jarule, Mellott. HBP: Vanazak, Horvam; J. Pearce. SB: Mellott; J. Pearce 3, Doland 2, Maseto, H.Pearce, Keith, M. Hugill.<\/p>\n
Pitching<\/p>\n
PM: Mellott-4 2\/3 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 11 SO; Cooper-2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 7 BB, 13 SO, 1 HB.<\/p>\n
Harmony: Parker Maseto-5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 11 SO, 1 HB; Hunter Pearce-2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 1 HB.<\/p>\n
WP: H. Pearce. LP: Cooper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WESTOVER \u2014 The Harmony baseball team has already found itself in a handful of close games this season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[2315,2309,5,2316,2323,2314,2317,2313,2325,2413,2330,19,2310,2328,2304,2318,2308,2319,4,2305,2303,35196,2307,4101,2326,2327,2321,185,2324,2311,2312,10676,1039],"class_list":{"0":"post-660319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-athletic-sports","9":"tag-ball-and-bat-games","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-baseball-competitions","12":"tag-baseball-events","13":"tag-baseball-finals","14":"tag-baseball-games","15":"tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","16":"tag-baseball-teams","17":"tag-champion-seasons-in-major-league-baseball","18":"tag-glossary-of-baseball-terms","19":"tag-major-league-baseball","20":"tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","21":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","22":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","23":"tag-major-league-baseball-seasons","24":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams","25":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams-seasons","26":"tag-mlb","27":"tag-mlb-playoffs","28":"tag-mlb-postseason","29":"tag-october-in-sports","30":"tag-outdoor-sports","31":"tag-relief-pitcher","32":"tag-run-baseball","33":"tag-seasons-in-american-sport","34":"tag-seasons-in-baseball","35":"tag-sports","36":"tag-sports-events","37":"tag-team-sports","38":"tag-turf-sports","39":"tag-walk-off-home-run","40":"tag-world-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}