Johnstown Martella’s Pharmacy’s 8-1 victory over Maryland State Crabfest on Wednesday night at Sargent’s Stadium set the final pairing in the single elimination bracket in the 79th AAABA Tournament.
Thursday’s schedule includes a tripleheader at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point and a single game at Roxbury Park.
The Day 4 schedule:
* Pool A runner-up Butler (2-1) will play Pool B winner Columbus (2-1) at 10 a.m. at Sargent’s Stadium.
* Pool C runner-up Altoona (2-1) will play Pool D winner Zanesville (3-0) at 10 a.m. at Roxbury Park.
* Pool A winner New Orleans (3-0) will play Pool B runner-up Johnstown-2 Mainline Pharmacy (2-1) at 2 p.m. at Sargent’s Stadium.
* Pool C winner Buffalo (3-0) will play Pool D runner-up Johnstown Martella’s Pharmacy at 7:30 p.m. at Sargent’s Stadium.
Wednesday’s results after the final day of pool play included:
* Joey Haynes went 3-for-3, with two triples in Buffalo’s 4-1 over Brooklyn at Forest Hills HS. Adam Scibetta hit a solo homer. Nicholas Nunez led Brooklyn with three hits.
* Colton Moone had two hits, including a double, two RBIs and one run scored in Columbus’ 8-6 win over New Brunswick at Mount Aloysius College. New Brunswick battled back from deficits of 4-0 and 6-1 to close within a run until the TNT Knights added insurance.
* Dylan Castell reached on a three-base error and scored on George Felix’s sacrifice fly as New York City outlasted Altoona-2 10-9 in 11 innings at Sargent’s Stadium. The teams combined for 19 hits and 19 runs. Felix had two hits and two RBIs. Altoona-2’s Owen Dombroski had four hits and two RBIs.
* Four New Orleans pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout, with Morgan Sauber tossing the first 5.2 innings in a 2-0 victory over Butler at Roxbury Park. Taylor Walters went 2-for-4 for the Boosters. Colin Solinski led Butler with two hits.
* Tyreke Green, Aidan Steinbugl, Cam Donaldson and Alex Ebeling each had three hits, as Altoona collected 14 hits in a 13-9 win over Philadelphia at Portage’s Haschak Field. Sam Greer smacked a homer, and Steinbugl and Corey Chamberlain each doubled. Robert Del Bueno had two. hits, including a double for Philadelphia.
* Teague Hoover had four hits with a double, three RBIs and two runs, and Erik Rhodes had two hits with a double and three RBIs as Johnstown-2 rolled to a 15-2 mercy-rule win over Youngstown in seven innings at Sargent’s Stadium. Mainline Pharmacy had 15 hits. Seth Shuey pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts and one walk in a five-hitter.
* Tyler Tiedman had three hits and scored four runs, and Tobie Teke had two hits, with a triple and four RBIs for the Junior Pioneers in a 10-4 win over Cleveland at Forest Hills HS. Devon Morris had three hits for Cleveland.
* Jared Dowey struck out 7 and walked 1 in 7 innings pitched, and Ben Ryan closed with 2 scoreless innings in relief for Martella’s in an 8-1 win over Maryland State in the night game at Sargent’s Stadium. Ryan hit a 2-run homer. Jack Messina had 3 hits for Johnstown.