Allen Park and Southgate get crushed in Baseball

SALINE, Mich. — The Bedford baseball hit parade and pitching juggernaut continue to flourish.

The Mules rolled through the Saline regional Saturday, easily dispatching their two opponents by a combined score of 22-1 to claim their second regional title in three years.

Bedford pounded Allen Park 12-1 in the semifinals and then clobbered Southgate Anderson [...]

Bats drive Anderson to regional berth

Anderson’s pitching was key during its run to the Downriver League title, but its bats did most of the talking Saturday afternoon.

The Titans erupted for 21 runs in a pair of Division 1 district games, including a 14-run performance in the title game that carried them into this weekend’s regionals.

Justin Smith homered and [...]

Bats drive Anderson to district championship

Justin Smith homered and scored three runs Saturday afternoon to help Anderson top Roosevelt 14-9 in a Division 1 district title game.

The victory at Woodhaven sends the Titans (22-12) to Saline for Saturday’s regional, where they’ll face Westland John Glenn in a semifinal.

Smith was one of six Southgate runners to cross the plate [...]

Cabrini baseball pulls off big comeback over Richard

Allen Park Cabrini, down seven runs midway through the game, came back to defeat Riverview Richard, 13-8, to win District 78 on Saturday.

Cabrini 20-12-1 trailed, 8–1, to start the fifth inning, but scored five times before Greg Sombati hit a two-run single to tie the game, 8–8.

Sombati pitched four innings in relief and [...]

District Baseball

Allen Park High, the host school for Saturday afternoon’s district baseball action, took care of both Dearborn squads, beating Dearborn High in the semifinals, 9-5, then ousting the Edsel Ford Thunderbirds in the title game, 16-2, in five innings.

“You have to give them credit,” Edsel coach Rob Fay said. “They played well.”

The Thunderbirds’ [...]

BASEBALL: Anderson enters final week with slight DRL lead

Anderson kept a slight lead in the Downriver League after Friday’s doubleheader sweep of Carlson.

The two victories upped the Titans’ mark to 12-2, a game ahead of Trenton.

Devon Bronson allowed three hits and struck out seven in the opener, a 9-0 shutout.

Alex Harrison went 3-for-4 and broke the game open with a [...]

Seventh-inning rally gets Jags past Anderson

Two seventh inning runs helped Allen Park edge Southgate Anderson 4-2 on a rainy Monday afternoon.

Kyle Turner’s steal of second, which was eventually converted into a run, and Jake Weshalek’s run broke a 2-2 deadlock in the top of the seventh.

via BASEBALL: Seventh-inning rally gets Jags past Anderson – thenewsherald.com.