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Gabelsville a win
away from Tri-Co title
Nicholas quiets Northern bats;
Shorthanded Yankees look to extend series at noon today.
By Tim Shoemaker
Special to The Morning Call
Chuck Nicholas saw the clouds rolling in and occasional strikes of lightning
as he warmed up to pitch Friday night.
But Nicholas had something else on his mind -- the strike zone.
Nicholas pitched out of a jam in the first inning and scattered four hits in
six-plus innings to lead Gabelsville to a 3-0 win over the Northern Yankees
as a storm swirled through the Lehigh Valley and around the Scherersville
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Gabelsville (31-9-2) leads the best-of-five series 2-1 and can clinch its
13th Tri-County League title if the Owls defeat the Yankees (30-10-3) in a
noon game today at Gabelsville's Lee Mecherly Field. If a fifth game is
needed, it will be played at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Limeport.
The Yankees, seeking their first Tri-Co title, were on the verge of taking a
2-1 series lead Wednesday night, but an error in the seventh inning forced a
3-3 tie and an eventual suspended game. Friday's game was a replay of that
game.
Given the second chance to take over the series, Gabelsville manager Matt
Danner called on Nicholas, an Alvernia College pitcher who also throws for
Quakertown in the ACBL. Nicholas had not pitched in two weeks prior to
Friday.
''[Thursday] I was prepared to pitch, but it was rained out, so I was sort
of bummed out about that. I had to come back today and focus,'' Nicholas
said.
''I saw them coming in, but when I was warming up I tried to focus on the
game. If it rained, it rained.''
Nicholas had trouble in the bottom of the first. He allowed a single to
Landon Parker and walked Adam Sandt and Jeremy Faust to load the bases, but
got out of the jam when J.R. Graver grounded out on a comebacker.
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Gabelsville's Chuck Nicholas throws a pitch against the Northern
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Gabelsville scored all the runs Nicholas and closer Todd Stapleton needed in
the fourth and fifth. Gary Hessler singled in Brian Ernst in the fourth. Jon
Kalejta and Shawn Betz drove in runs on outs in the fifth.
Yankees manager Brian Polaha said he will start pitcher Jake Argue today
with the season on the line.
The Yankees are without their best hitter, Darrin Lenhart, who had a
previous commitment, and best pitcher, Kory Bates, who returned to college
in Tennessee this weekend.
''Not having [Lenhart] is kind of deflating because we know what kind of
hitter he is and how important he is,'' Polaha said.
''We had chances, but just couldn't get that one hit. We just have to fight
and stave off elimination. If we win (today), momentum will come back to
us.''
Gabelsville
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Northern Yankees 000 000 0 -- 0 4 2
Nicholas, Stapleton (7) and Fusco. Wyborny and Faust.
Tim Shoemaker is a freelance writer.
From The Morning Call --
August 16, 2008
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