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Doylestown American Legion Baseball Opens Season

The Bux Mont League season opens Memorial Day at 4 p.m. at Doylestown's War Memorial Field.

 

Doylestown American Legion Baseball opened the 2012 season with a weekend sweep of perennial powerhouse Boyertown Bears.

In game one, held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Doylestown followed the leadership of Jason Goldberg, Arcadia College, on the mound as he went 5 innings of one hit 5 strike out baseball. Goldberg was sharp all night.

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Ben Tracy (CB West), Jacob Warren (CB East) and Ryan Clow (CB East) closed out the game with shut out baseball. Clow and Warren each struck out the side in their innings.

Third Baseman Anthony Barrila drove in 5 runs in the first 2 innings with two deep doubles to the gap in left field. Matt Hanson added 3 hits (3-6), Andrew Check, Ryan Gilbert, and Jake Poeske added two hits each. Doylestown pitching had 14 strike outs and two walks backed up error-free baseball.

In Game Two, at Doylestown War Memorial field, Boyertown jumped right out to a 5-run lead in the first inning. Doylestown's defense let down and Boyertown pounded in 5 early runs.

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Anthony Barrila settled in and slowed the Bears down over the next two innings. On the offensive side of the ball, Doylestown answered right back with 5 runs of their own in the bottom of the first.

In that inning, Brennan Snyder and Will Taylor each drove in two runs with big hits with two outs. Doylestown erupted for 7 runs in the 3rd inning to put some distance between them and the Bears.

Joe Manoaghan and Derek Pierce followed with solid pitching to keep Boyertown at bay. Ryan Clow added three hits (3-4), Snyder and Will Taylor each had two hits. Taylor, Poeske, and Andrew Check had doubles for Doyestown. Doylestown pitchers held Boyertown to 5 hits after allowing only 2 the night before.

Final scores:

Game 1  Doylestown 12 to Boyertown 0

Game 2  Boyertown 8 to Doylestown 14

Doylestown's Bux Mont League season opens Memorial Day at 4 p.m. at War Memorial Field. Post 210 will be participating in the parade, then hosting local rival Warrington.

Join the day's festivities by enjoying a good baseball game at 4 p.m. on Memorial Day at War Memorial Park.


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