Apr. 7—Sophomore Andrew Kocan wasn’t even purported to be having fun with varsity baseball this yr. Canon-McMillan is happy he is.
Kocan went from being a JV participant to varsity hero Tuesday when he went 2 for 2 with a home speed and two RBIs in serving to the Broad Macs put off their piece opener, 5-2 over Mt. Lebanon.
“With Kocan, he became once on the JV group. I admire his swing, however I believed, let’s withhold him JV. He’s a young child,” Canon-McMillan fifth-yr coach Tim Bruzdewicz stated. “Then I became once instructed, let’s give him a raffle. Let’s hold a study him and ticket what he does.
“He’s legit.”
In his first at-bat in the third inning with Canon-McMillan trailing 2-0, he delivered the first hit off Mt. Lebanon starter junior Derrick Shields.
The single ended in the Broad Macs tying the gain on an RBI single by senior Kolson DeSocio followed by a Blue Devils error.
In the fourth inning, after a bunt became once popped wait on to the pitcher leading to what sounded like a rally-killing double play, Kocan crushed a Shields pitch over the fence in deep left-heart discipline to position the Broad Macs up for exact.
In his final at-bat, Kocan smacked a pitch from Mt. Lebanon sophomore reliever Tyler Smith to deep left heart discipline, however it became once caught for a prolonged sacrifice cruise for the sport’s final speed.
Senior Brandon Adams became once very most attention-grabbing in relief for Canon-McMillan (1-0, 2-2), pitching four scoreless innings, allowing most productive one hit with two walks and a pair of strikeouts in opposition to Mt. Lebanon (0-1, 1-2).
Adams came into the sport to interchange senior Matthew Graeber after a leadoff single in the fourth inning. Graeber gave up two runs — one earned — in three innings.
It became once the second time Bruzdewicz had Graeber and Adams sharing mound obligations this season. The assorted sport became once the Broad Macs numerous victory this season, a 4-2 put off over Seneca Valley.
“We diagram terminate into consideration BA (Adams) one of our No. 1s,” Bruzdewicz stated. “He comes into the sport, he instructions the strike zone with three pitches. He can throw internal. With Matt Graeber, he is 6-7, and he comes accurate down on you.”
The Blue Devils scored single runs in the second and third innings however had potentialities for more early. They left a runner in scoring field in every of the first three innings, with two runners left on in the second and third innings.
The distinction in the sport became once Mt. Lebanon failed to gain the mammoth hit when one became once most necessary, and Canon-McMillan delivered in the clutch, scoring five runs on eight hits.
A truly most attention-grabbing instance of the opportunistic Broad Macs became once how they scored the final speed in the sixth inning.
Senior Blake Stanton became once hit by a pitch, went to second nasty on a wild pitch, to 3rd nasty on a passed ball and scored on a sac cruise.
The the same two teams meet Wednesday at Wildcat Enviornment in Mt. Lebanon.
“Honestly, I like our pitching personnel,” Bruzdewicz stated. “They’ll glance more (Wednesday). We obtained two exact guys going (Wednesday).”
