In mid-summer Legion baseball playoff action Wednesday, the Hellertown Legion team exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the first inning on four hits, two walks, a hit batsman and an error.
The team never looked back in its 16-8 win in Game 3 of the first round of the NorCo Legion playoffs, to advance to the semifinals against top-seeded Nazareth Thursday.
Matt Troyan was 3-3 with 4 RBIs, Alstan Wolfe added 3 hits and scored 3 times, and Kyle Petsch added 2 hits along with 4 runs scored.
Griffin Connelly doubled in the sixth inning, driving in 3 for Freemansburg, but it was too little to late.
Hellertown will play at Nazareth Boro Park at 5:30 p.m. as the next round of the NorCo playoffs begins.
GAME STATS: Wednesday, July 11, Hellertown v. Freemansburg
Freemansburg (10-11) 000 305 0 = 8 runs, 8 hits, 1 error
Hellertown (14-6-1) 713 302 x = 16 runs, 14 hits, 5 errors
2B – Connelly, Szaro (Freemansburg); W. Smith, Wolfe, Morrissey (Hellertown)
RBI – Connelly 3, Gormley, Falco 2 (Freemansburg); Wolfe 2, Troyan 4, Engelhardt 2, Beatty 2, C. Smith, Morrissey 3 (Hellertown)
Multiple Hits – Schneck 2-4 (Freemansburg); Snead 2-3, Petsch 2-4, Wolfe 3-5, Troyan 3-3 (Hellertown)
Batteries:
Hellertown – W. Smith, Millets (4), Beatty (5), Coakley (6) and Morrissey
Freemansburg – Stannard, Schaeffer (1), Moniz (3), Lombardo (4) and Throne
K/BB:
W. Smith 6/2, Millets 0/1, Beatty 1/1, Coakley 0/2; Stannard 0/2, Schaeffer 0/2, Moniz 1/3, Lombardo 2/3
WP Millets, LP Stannard
