BEL AIR - Josh Kuykendall fired a complete game and knocked in two runs in the first game, and winning pitcher Brian Powell had three hits in the nitecap as the Cumberland Orioles and Tri-State Titans split their Pen-Mar League twinbill on Saturday at Bel Air.
Cumberland won the opener 4-3, and Tri-State took the second game 7-2.
In the first game, Kuykendall scattered five hits, walked only one and struck out three. He aided his cause by driving home runs with a single and a sacrifice fly.
Chad Chambers hit a double, Josh Dolly had an RBI single and Jeremy Fisher was hit by a pitch three times and scored three runs for the Orioles.
Justin Jenkins hit a two-run homer and Josh Logsdon and Kody Stiffey doubled for the Titans. Jim Barrett was the loser despite allowing only four hits in six innings.
The second game was all Tri-State, as the Titans scored three runs in the first inning and never trailed. They led 6-1 after five innings.
Powell allowed only five hits, walked one and fanned five in the win. At the plate, he went 3-for-4 with a double and two singles.
Stiffey hit a solo homer and Dave Hetz slapped a two-run single.
Chambers had two singles for the Orioles (3-1), who play at Oakland on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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Oakland takes four from Romney Cycles
McHENRY — Oakland swept a doubleheader on Sunday, a day after sweeping a twinbill on Saturday to defeat the Romney Cycles Orioles four times over the weekend in Pen-Mar League action, with all four games being played at Garrett College.
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Titans grab Pen-Mar title
Mike Carter’s two home runs accounted for six RBIs in leading the Tri-State Titans to a 9-5 victory in the second game of a Sunday doubleheader with the Cumberland Orioles in the third and deciding game of the Pen-Mar Series championship at Bel Air Field.
- Tri-State’s Powell’s pitching blanks O’s Brian Powell setup Tri-State with a chance to win the Pen-Mar Championship today by shutting out the Cumberland Orioles 9-0 Saturday at Allegany College of Maryland in the opening game of the best-of-five finals.
- Titans take series A day after pounding 17 hits to take a 1-0 lead over Romney in the Pen-Mar League Semifinals, Tri-State upped the stakes by collecting 21 hits and advanced to the finals by beating Romney 17-4 Sunday at Allegany College of Maryland.
- Logsdon sparks Tri-State to sweep of Romney Josh Logsdon tossed a four-hit shutout in the opener and went 3-for-4 in the nitecap as the league-leading Tri-State Titans swept Romney, 3-0 and 8-4, in a Pen-Mar League doubleheader Sunday at Allegany College.
- Orioles drop pair The Berkshire Red Sox scored five runs in the first inning of the opener, and had two three-run inning late in the second to complete a sweep of the Cumberland Orioles Sunday at Frostburg State University.
- Tri-State sweeps Oakland Tri-State got complete game performances from Brian Powell and Justin Munson to sweep a doubleheader, 10-3 and 5-3, with Oakland Sunday afternoon in Pen-Mar action at Allegany College of Maryland.
- Oakland splits DH with Orioles Oakland collected a 10-run win in the first game, and Cumberland rebounded for a seven-run victory in the second as the Oaks and Orioles split a Saturday doubleheader at Garrett College on Saturday to remain tied in the Pen-Mar standings.
- Tri-State scores sweep Buckhannon Brian Powell’s pitching got Tri-State the win in first game, and the Titans used timely hitting in the second to complete a 2-1, 8-3 sweep of Buckhannon in a Pen-Mar League doubleheader Saturday at Allegany College.
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Cumberland Repeats
Mike Hutchinson and Jeremy Fisher smacked run-scoring singles in a five-run fifth inning, Marc Atkins went the distance and the Cumberland Orioles beat the Tri-State Titans 6-4 to win their third straight Pen-Mar Baseball League championship Sunday afternoon at Holler Field.
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