ROXBURY PARK: Senior Adam
Angermeier threw a complete game four-hitter to lead the Eagles to their
fifth consecutive victory to open the season.
Angermeier walked five and struck out eight.
Somerset’s
leadoff batter Drew
Shaulis started the game with a bounding double inside the first base bag
off of the Crusher’s starter Frank Furfari.
Tyler
Ferry’s groundout to the right side advanced Shaulis to third. The next batter, Tyler
Uphouse, delivered his first of three RBI’s on the day with a groundout to
first.
McCort
responded with two runs of their own in the second. Brent Schellhammer and Brennan Becker both walked and scored on a
double to right center by John Terlecki.
Somerset
would even the score at two in the top of the next frame as Shaulis walked,
advanced all the way to third on a bunt by Ferry, and scored on another
groundout by Uphouse.
Shaulis
and Uphouse would combine for Somerset’s third run in the fifth as Uphouse’s
single scored Shaulis with two outs in the inning.
Somerset’s
final tally came in the sixth when Jordan
Kaufman walked, stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error, and
scored on a groundout by Zach
Deist. This would be the final run
of the game that Somerset could muster versus Furfari. Furfari struck out six, walked six, and
yielded only two hits in the game.
Angermeier
worked out of trouble in three different innings. He stranded ten McCort runners in the game.
Both
teams committed three errors.
Somerset
(5-0) will travel to Tyrone
on Thursday at 4:00.