Wild Pitch

WILLIAMSPORT -- Tuesday was the first day of the Maryland District 1 Senior Tournament and Conococheague showed it was ready to go by opening up with an 11-1 win over Clear Spring in a game that was stopped after five innings because of the 10-run rule. Clear Spring was threatening to keep the game going when it had a runner on third with one out in the bottom of the fifth. But the next batter flied out to right field for the second out and Jordan Palladino made a great throw to catcher Tyler Miles, who tagged out the runner trying to score for a game-ending double play for Conococheague.

EASTLAKE, Ohio -- Lake County giveth. Lake County taketh away. The Captains allowed the Hagerstown Suns to take the lead in the top of the ninth before scoring two runs in the bottom half on Sunday to take an 8-7 victory. The Suns (1-3, 32-39), who stole eight bases, took a 7-6 lead when Derek Norris drove in Steve Lombard ozzi with a two-out single. The Captains (3-1, 34-37) rallied against reliever Carlos Peralta as Delvi Cid hit a one-out double to left and advanced on a wild pitch to set up Karexon Sanchez's sacrifice fly. Peralta was lifted for Patrick Arnold after walking Walter Diaz.

CLEAR SPRING -- A day after Clear Spring All-Stars came from behind to beat Maugansville, it looked like it would need a repeat performance against Hancock. Hancock was ready for the challenge, pulling out a 12-11 walkoff win of its own, defeating Clear Spring 12-11 on Saturday in the Maryland District 1 9-10 Tournament. "Clear Spring had a great game last night," said Hancock manager Brian Rider. "But I knew that if it was close late in the game, we could pull it out. " Hancock overcame a 3-2 deficit in the bottom of the third.

It was an open-and-shut case for the National Little League 9-10 All-Stars on Friday. Noah Hamburg opened the door and Mitchell Wilson slammed it shut on West End. Hamburg started National rolling by hitting the first pitch of the game and collecting three hits, while Wilson struck out 11 in 4 1/3 innings to lead National to a 12-1 no-hit victory in five innings over host West End in a District 1 tournament opener. "We have a strong hitting team," said National manager Ed Penn.

EASTLAKE, Ohio -- The Lake County Captains scored three runs on four hits in the second inning, and pitchers Alexander Perez and T.J. McFarland made the runs stand up in a 3-1 victory over the Hagerstown Suns on Monday in the South Atlantic League. Adam Abraham and Abner Abreu led off the second with doubles to give Lake County a 1-0 lead. Suns starter Brad Peacock's wild pitch moved Abreu to third, before Chris Nash walked. John Allman's single scored Abreu to make it 2-0, and Jose Carmargo's single scored Nash to make it 3-0. Hagerstown scored its only run in the third.

Matt Chico and Patrick McCoy combined on a four-hit shutout as the Hagerstown Suns defeated the Delmarva Shorebirds 6-0 on Sunday in a South Atlantic League game at Municipal Stadium. Chico, on a rehab assignment for the Washington Nationals, worked the first four innings, giving up just two hits. He did not walk or strike out anyone. McCoy (2-1) picked up the win with five innings of two-hit relief, striking out four. Hagerstown got on the board in the first inning. Jose Lozada led off with a single and Derek Norris hit a one-out double to left to score Lozada.

The Hagerstown Braves got the 999th win in their history Friday night when they defeated the Fayetteville AA's 9-3 at North Hagerstown High School. The Braves, who came into existence in 1977, get their first shot at No. 1,000 Wednesday night at North when they open Blue Ridge Adult League play against the Myersville Yankees at 6 p.m. "I think 1,000 wins is exciting," Hagerstown manager Mike Kipe said. "We have been successful every year up to this point. We are just trying to continue that tradition.

Opportunity finally knocked for the Hagerstown Suns on Friday. But the Suns must have gone out for pizza until 10:45 p.m. Charlie Fermaint slapped a single with no outs in the bottom of the 14th inning to score Robby Jacobsen from second with the winning run and end a 4-hour, 8-minute marathon with a 5-4 win that should have been over much earlier. In fact, the Suns nearly ran themselves out of the win in the 14th. It started when Souza led off with a single off Kannapolis reliever Charlis Burdie and moved to second on Michael Guerrero's sacrifice bunt.

The Hagerstown Suns had seen enough of Hickory starting pitcher Yoon-Hee Nam. When Mark Hamburger stepped to the mound in the bottom of the seventh, the Suns began to fire up the grill for some tasty burgers with plenty of ketchup, mustard and relish. The Suns (20-18) broke a 1-1 tie with four runs in the inning for a 5-1 Friday fireworks victory over Hickory, about 12 hours after returning home from their recent trip in North Carolina. Nam, who came into the game with a 4-1 record and a stout 0.95 earned run average, allowed only a bunt single and recorded seven strikeouts through six innings.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Michael Guerrero drove in five runs and the Hagerstown Suns scored three runs in the ninth inning to pull away for a 10-7 win over Greensboro on Saturday. Hagerstown (17-15) has won five straight, including the first three of the series against Greensboro. The Suns squandered a 7-1 lead when the Grasshoppers scored six runs in the seventh, but rallied for the victory. Derek Norris started the ninth with a single off losing pitcher Jared Yecker. He advanced on a wild pitch and took third on Tyler Moore's single before scoring on Robby Jacobsen's double.