Linglestown baseball heads to semifinal series

Linglestown's sandlot team won last night's rubber game with Valley View to qualify for the East Shore Twilight semifinal series. Below is a report by Eric Epler that appeared in today's Patriot-News:

Linglestown, erupting for five runs in the top of the sixth inning, canned host Valley View 7-4 to win its best-of-3 first-round series 2-1. The big sixth-inning blow came from Alex Hartman, who cleared the bags with a triple. Other catalysts for Linglestown included A.J. Granito (2-for-4), Nate Zellers (2-for-4) and Jason Stovall (2-for-3), each collecting RBIs. Not lost among nine Linglestown hits was game-winner Pete Hayden, who fashioned a complete-game seven-hitter. Linglestown travels to top-seeded Lawnton tomorrow to kickstart the second round.