CUMBERLAND — 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.
Powell was in complete control of the Orioles on Saturday, allowing four hits, striking out nine, walking one and hitting one. He struck out the side in order in the ninth to finish out. Cumberland threatened in the first inning with the help of a few Tri-State errors, but Powell escaped and cruised to the shutout.
He was also a part of Tri-State’s 17-hit offense by going 3-for-6 with a run scored. Justin Jenkins drove in two runs on three hits, a triple, double and single. Bill Davis had two singles and a double to drive in two runs and score another, and Nick Bible had two singles and a sacrifice fly to drive in a pair and score once. Jimmy Barrett had two RBIs with a double and a single, and Mike Carter singled twice and scored once.
The Titans have outscored their opponents 33-4 over the playoffs, and had a 20-plus hit showing in the final game of the semifinals. On Saturday, the Titans scored a run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead. They added a couple of runs in the fifth, and finished out the scoring by getting four runners across in the bottom of eighth.
Joe Durham had the only extra-base hit for the Orioles, a double, and added a single. Brandon Benson and Sean Lindner also singled.
Games two and three will be played today beginning at 1 p.m. at Bel Air Field. The Titans can win the series by winning both, and if Cumberland wins at least one the series will continue on Saturday.
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August 8, 2009
Tri-State’s Powell’s pitching blanks O’s
Titans take 1-0 lead in best of 5 Pen-Mar championship series
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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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