Perk Valley Raiders Moriarty hits and pitches his team to a 13-6 annihilation of Wissahickon

In a showdown for the rights to first place in the Montco 14/15 y/o American Legion, the Perk Valley Raiders (10-1) hosted Wissahickon (9-2) on Wednesday night at Perk Valley High School.

Liam Grande started the game on the mound for the Raiders and singled in his only at bat then departed the game w/ an aggravated leg injury.  Sean Moriarity came on in relief to carry the Raiders to a 13-6 pummeling of their foes with a strong game at the plate and on the mound.  Moriarity paced the Raiders at the plate going 3-for-4 and scoring three runs. He doubled in the fifth inning and singled in the first and fifth innings.  Wissahickon couldn't get anything going as long as Moriarity was on the mound.  They managed just one hit off of Moriarity, who allowed one earned run, walked three and struck out four during his 2 2/3 innings of work.

The PV Raiders offense started out slow as Wissahickon took a quick 3-0 lead.  The Raiders finally got on the board in the bottom of the third when Gabe Kolb singled to right followed by an Adam Gaines walk.  Moriarity reached on a fielders choice at third then cleanup hitter John Turner steppped up and belted a deep shot to the right field corner which was mishandled allowing two runs to score.

Down 6-2 after four complete innings, the resilient PV Raiders did what they've been doing all season long - they turned it on in the fifth inning - AGAIN.  In the fifth, singles by Adam Gaines, Tyler Krause, Gabe Kolb, Jake Riehs, a double from Moriarity and a triple from Austin Lee along w/ a mix of walks, sacrifices, and errors led to an 11 run inning.

The Raiders are now in sole posession of first place with a dozen games remaining on their regular season schedule.  They take to the road for their next three games visiting Boyertown Thursday night followed by Norristown on Saturday and Whitemarsh on Sunday.