COMMONWEALTH
Red Land 9, CD East 5: The Patriots officially locked up the outright division title as Jamie Eshleman scored the go-ahead run during Red Land's four-run rally in the ninth. Eshleman went 3-for-5 with three runs while Shane Dressler (two RBIs), Jake Payne and Jeremy Hileman all cracked two hits. Ricky Bettinger's three hits and pair of RBIs helped the Panthers roll up a 4-2 cushion into the seventh. The lead did not last. Tyler Clancy and Quinton Heckard slapped two hits apiece in the loss.
Chambersburg 8, State College 7: Jesse Helman played the hero with a fifth-inning RBI single. Trailing 7-0 after 1½ innings, the Little Lions sent 11 men to the plate in the bottom of the second to square the match. But reliever Tyghe Bowers helped State College strand runners in position in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, lifting the Trojans.
State College 8, Mifflin County 4: The Lions opened a rare Tuesday double-header with a complete-game performance by hurler Ben Finlan. The game-winner survived 12 hits, thanks to Dan Fry's two-run single that snapped a 4-all deadlock in the bottom of the sixth. Fry finished with two hits.
KEYSTONE
Mechanicsburg 4, Palmyra 1: The Wildcats strengthened their District 3 position by capitalizing on five Palmyra errors. Bobby Mentzer and Dustin Daihl banged two hits apiece behind game-winner Parker Beatty. The latter fired six solid innings, striking out two against five hits. Mitchell Sauley, who plated Palmyra's lone run in the first, shouldered the loss.
Susquehanna Twp. 4, Bishop McDevitt 2: Anthony Atticks worked all seven frames, limited the Crusaders to three hits, and Joe Runyan fueled the Indians' O with a big two-run double. Runyan posted two hits in the regular-season ender for both clubs.
CAPITAL
Northern 15, Steel-High 0: Anthony Salomone had a big day in Northern's regular-season finale in Steelton. Salomone ripped a home run and finished 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs. Josh Wong (2-for-2) and Alex Horvath (2-for-4) both collected three runs batted in as pitchers Rodney Copenhaver and Dillon Heatwole combined to no-hit the Rollers. The tandem shared 11 strikeouts.
TRI-VALLEY
Halifax 3, East Juniata 2: This one had more shootouts than a Charles Bronson movie, but the Wildcats eventually claimed at least a share of the league title with three runs in the wild third. Jarrett Hoy posted the initial run on a wild pitch by Nick Lorenz, who fanned 11 yet shouldered the loss. After another wild pitch put two men in position, Dan Osenbach made it hurt with a two-run single. The Cats also threw out a pair of runners at home during East Juniata's developing threat in the first. Game-winner Hunter Hilinski survived nine hits – East Juniata outhit the Cats 9-3 – while striking out six. Nick Stahr, Dalton Rowe and Dillon Leonard all cracked two hits in the loss.
Line Mountain 14, Juniata 4: Austin Snyder's three-run jack and a mammoth 5-for-5 afternoon by JP Lenker fueled the Eagles. Lenker totaled five RBIs, one more than Snyder (2-for-4) who also pitched the distance and secured eight strikeouts. Cory Warford chipped in three hits and three RBIs for Line Mountain. Two RBIs by Austin Berry and Steven Zearfaus' two hits led the Indians.
Upper Dauphin 11, Millersburg 0: Upper Dauphin stayed within a half-game of Halifax as Tanner Miller stroked three hits and scored three runs. Mac Ney also weighed in with three hits and styled a complete-game three-hitter. Matt Deitrich's RBI double highlighted his two-hit day.
Lancaster Country Day 6, Greenwood 4: Despite 13 strikeouts by pitcher Brady Stover, Greenwood failed to overcome nine LCD hits. Sy Williams and Tom Harrington combined to strikeout eight for LCD.