BASEBALL
Chambersburg 7, Red Land 2: After struggling for five straight games, the Trojans' offense took off Tuesday for a Mid Penn Commonwealth home win over the Patriots.

Wyatt Martin

Chambersburg (3-4, 1-3 MPC) struck for 10 hits, and a five-run bottom of the fourth inning proved to be the difference.

"We'll certainly take this win," Trojan coach Scott Folmar said. "We got some guys on base (in the fourth) and we finally got some of the big hits we haven't been able to get. I think it took the weight off our shoulders and we took some good at-bats the rest of the game."

Jake Folmar led off the fourth with a walk and Chambersburg loaded the bases on singles by Chase Stenger and Aaron Vasquez. Wyatt then lined a single to left field and two runs scored to tie the game 2-2. Evan Brown then doubled to left to bring in the go-ahead run, and Brady Deneen delivered a two-run hit, a double to centerfield, to plate the final two runs.

The Trojans added some insurance in the fifth with two more runs. Folmar was hit by a pitch, Stenger singled and Vasquez bunted them to second and third. Folmar scored on an error and Deneen singled to knock in his third run of the game.

The bottom three batters of the Trojan lineup (Stenger, Vasquez and Martin) produced 5 hits and 4 runs scored.

Coach Folmar said, "We messed with the order a little, but those guys produced for us today. Hitting can be contagious and we saw some confidence in the box today."

Joey Diaz pitched well to earn the victory. He threw 6 innings, allowing only 3 hits, 2 walks and a pair of runs while striking out 7. Ryan Schellhase closed the win out with a 1-hit seventh.

"Joey was very good in his second straight outing," Folmar said. "He kept a good pace and kept them off-balance."