LANGHORNE — Even the best things in life can’t be sustained forever.
Injury-riddle Murphy’s saw its 12-game Lower Bucks Softball League
winning streak come to a halt in a 16-12 loss to Stadium Huskies in Game One. But
in typical Murphy’s fashion bounced back with a 14-10 victory in Game Two
Sunday morning at Core Creek Park.
Kevin Maloney went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the first game and
T.J. Coles (2-for-4, triple, two RBIs, two runs), Jimmy Trochak (2-for-3, RBI),
Joe Faust Jr. (2-for-4, triple, two runs, RBI), Dave Rossi (2-for-4, two runs)
Sean Walker (2-for-3, run, RBI) and Josh Yeager (2-for-3, double, two RBIs and
a run) all contributed two hits.
Brendan Lambert-Ryan – aka. Dan Rosar – walked with the bases loaded
walk to spark a four-run second inning. Coles laced a two-run triple and
Maloney closed out the inning with a run-scoring single.
Yeager had a two-run double in the third inning, Dave Rossi added an
RBI single later in the frame and Andrew Graham, Trochak and Faust Jr. added
RBIs in the seventh as Murphy’s battled to keep their winning streak intact.
While a few defensive missteps ultimately kept the good guys from
keeping their impressive winning streak alive, working six walks proved to be a
bright spot the boys could build off of.
Only twice last season – against the Not So Athletics and The Sillies –
during a 26-5 (23-3 LBSL) campaign that culminated in an LBSL championship did
Murphy’s draw five-plus walks a game.
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| Jimmy Trochak went 4-for-6 with four RBIs, including a key two-run triple in the seventh inning as Murphy's bounced back from their first loss of the season to salvage a split with Stadium Huskies. Murphy's is now 5-1. |
Murphy’s followed the six walks in Game One – two from Graham and one
each from Trochak, Walker, Christie and Lambert-Ryan – by working seven in Game
Two.
Trochak singled home Coles to get the boys on the board first in the
top of the first. Stadium pushed across three in the bottom half of the frame
but Murphy’s responded with a four spot.
Christie got it started with a two-out RBI double and two batters later
Coles bombed a three-run homer to deep left field. Christie would help chase
another run around in the fourth on a fielder’s choice.
With Murphy’s holding on to a slim 6-5 lead entering the fifth, the
good guys finally got the offense into gear with a five-run frame. Trochak got
the inning into motion with a sacrifice fly, Walker ripped a two-run triple and
Simpson put a charge into a two-run triple.
Stadium scored twice in the bottom of the inning and three times in the
bottom of the sixth to pull with a run again, 11-10, entering the seventh.
Maloney led off the inning with a triple to left field and Graham
followed by working a walk. Both came around to score on Trocak’s
opposite-field, momentum-shifting triple. Walker added a key insurance run by
scoring Trochak on a sacrifice fly.
The boys are back in action again this Sunday at 9 a.m. against Manny
Brown’s Bullies at Core Creek Park’s Upper Field. Manny Brown’s (2-4) dropped
both games the opening weekend against Fox Hunt Tavern and split over the last
two weeks against Carmen’s and McStews.
GAME ONE
STADIUM
HUSKIES 16, MURPHY’S 12
Stadium (2-3) 103 423 3_16 24 0
Murphy’s (4-1) 052 002 3_12 17 0
2B— S: J. Myanick, S. Hayes, C.
Connelly; M: Josh Yeager. 3B— S: J. Myanick; M: T.J. Coles, Joe Faust Jr. RBI—
M: T.J. Coles 2, Yeager 2, Kevin Maloney, Andrew Graham, Jim Trochak, Faust
Jr., Sean Walker.
WP— A. Bogna (2-3). LP— Trochak (4-1).
GAME TWO
MURPHY’S 14,
STADIUM 10
Murphy’s (5-1) 140 150 3_14 12 0
Stadium (2-4) 301 123 0_10 20 0
2B— M: Sean Walker, Evan Christie; S:
R. Smith, J. Mulvenna, J. Myanick. 3B— M: Kevin Maloney, Jim Trochak, Mike
Simpson; S: J. Myanick. HR— M: T.J. Coles; S: J. Myanick. RBI— M: Coles 3,
Trochak 3, Walker 3, Christie 2, Simpson 2, Andrew Graham.
WP— Trochak (5-1). LP— A. Bogna (2-4).
