Plymouth-Whitemarsh Prevails over Collegeville

Paul’s Auto of Plymouth-Whitemarsh advanced to second round of the Greater Norristown League American Legion baseball playoffs beating number three seeded Collegeville 8-5 on Saturday.

In Short:

The Devils had a chance to tie the game in the seventh inning after scoring three runs, but Plymouth Whitemarsh high school senior Mitch Weikert pitched into a ground-out, finishing the game with 115 pitches.

Player of the Game:

Mitch Weikert: The pitcher struck out eight Devils and held the vaunted Collegeville offense to two earned runs to propel the underdog Paul’s Auto squad in the winner’s bracket semi final.

Other Key Performers:

Shortstop Jake Mascio helped lead the way offensively with a single and a triple, driving in three runs on the day and his 14th of the season. Left fielder Nick Kirby went 3-for-4 with an RBI.

Coach's Take:

"We knew coming in here that we could hang with them. The first time we played we ten-runned them, but did not play well in the other games. Mitch did a great job of staying ahead of hitters today, which was one of the keys to keeping them off balance." - Paul’s Auto manager Brian Ricci

They Said It:

 “I felt really good today and great command of my fastball. It was important getting up in the count, then I was able to drop my curve ball in there, they are a good hitting team and we knew we would have to score runs. It’s the playoffs and any body can win this thing, we were confident as a team to start today.” - Weikert

Next on the schedule- 3:00 Saturday at Wissahickon high School versus Whitpain.