Thursday, May 27: Away vs. Towamensing Twp.

     Outlaws 8     Towamensing 4

   In a well-played game by both teams, the Outlaws came from behind to defeat the Towamensing Yankees 8-4 in their season opener 

   The Outlaws were led by ace Jon Mandile who pitched 5 innings while striking out 11.  After a shaky first inning in which the Yankees jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead, Mandile settled in and scattered 1 hit the rest of the way.  He gave up 2 earned runs, 5 hits, and walked 1.

   With the Outlaws down 3-0 entering the 4th, Dylan Denninger led off with a single to left.  Aaron Rushin followed with a towering 2-run homerun to cut the lead to 3-2.  Jake Hollweg followed with a single and promptly stole 2nd.  However, the rains came and postponed the game for 20 minutes.

   Following the rain delay, Jon Mandile singled to score Hollweg and tie the score at 3-3.  Following outs by Jim Redington and Zack Gocek, Justin Slager doubled to left-center to give the Outlaws the lead.  Donnie Pietrafesa followed with a single to score Slager and give the Outlaws a 5-3 lead.  Pietrafesa stole 2nd and scored on a single by Dylan Transue.

   The Outlaws would tack on 2 more runs in the top of the 5th to increase their lead to 8-3. 

   In the bottom of the 6th, the Yankees would score off of reliever Jon Vaccola to close the gap to 8-4.  With the bases loaded and 2 out, Vaccola induced the Yankees clean-up hitter to lineout to Chris Newhook in center to end the game.

PM:  000 620 -- 8

TT:   300 001 -- 4

Pitchers:  Mandile, Vaccola (6) and Rushin

WP:  Mandile (1-0)

Hitting leaders: 

Aaron Rushin:  2-run Homerun

Donnie Pietrafesa:  Game Winning RBI