SOMERSET: Junior left-hander Drew
Shaulis threw a one hitter while recording six strikeouts to lead Somerset
over previously unbeaten Richland 10-0 on Monday. Shaulis hit one batter and only walked one in the five-inning
game.
Somerset
scored in their half of the first when Tyler
Ferry reached on a walk from Richland’s starter CJ Verostick and scored on
a long double to left-center by Tyler
Uphouse.
Somerset
added two more runs in the second. Andy
Harvey led off the inning with an infield single. After Zach
Deist was hit by a two-strike curveball, Josh
Barron advance both runners with a sacrifice bunt. While Alex
Lenhart was at the plate, Harvey scored on a wild pitch. After Lenhart walked, Deist scored on a
groundout by Shaulis.
In
the third, Adam
Angermeier singled to right with one out.
Jordan
Kaufman followed with an infield single.
Harvey delivered an RBI single to score Angermeier, and Kaufman scored
on a two-out double by Barron. Richland
brought on Joe Novotny to close out the third.
Shaulis
reached to lead off the fourth on a Richland fielding error. John
Heiple came on as a courtesy runner for Shaulis. After Ferry singled and Uphouse flew out to center, Heiple scored
on a sacrifice fly by Angermeier.
Somerset,
leading 6-0 after four innings, scored four runs in the fifth to reach the ten
run mercy rule. Lenhart doubled, and Ferry
and Uphouse both delivered RBI singles.
The game ended when Ferry scored from third on an errant pickoff attempt
by Richland’s catcher.
Shaun
Stapleton had the only Richland hit of the game – a clean double inside the bag
at third in the first inning.
Somerset
(4-0) will travel to Roxbury Park to face Bishop
McCort on Wednesday at 4:30.