Postgame Notes Covenant Speed/Power v. Covenant Bengals 30 July 2020

Final score (game 1): Covenant Speed/Power 21, Covenant Bengals 3 Final score (game 2): Covenant Speed/Power 7, Covenant Bengals 0 (Covenant Bengals forfeited game) Covenant Speed/Power notes: Matt Durisko got his first two hits of the season after starting 0 for 6. Nate Anthony hit his third home run of the season in the third inning. Tyler Allen's solo home run in the second inning was his 22nd since joining the Speed/Power in 2017. Allen also pitched two shutout innings to earn the win. The 27 hits by the Speed/Power are the most hits in a game since July 9, 2019 against Lebanon when they got 28 hits in a 19-7 win in Wheatland. Covenant Bengals notes: Losing pitcher David Dalessandro left the game in the third inning after taking a Brad Stockdill line drive in the forehead. Next up: The Covenant Speed/Power will play the Grace Chapel Blues on field two on Tuesday evening. The Covenant Bengals will face the New Wilmington Angels on Tuesday evening.

Pregame Notes: Covenant Speed/Power v. Covenant Bengals

Site: Council of Governments Softball Complex Field Three, West Middlesex, Pennsylvania Date: 30 July 2020 Time: 1815 (game 1, game 2 begins 15 minutes after end of game 1) Probables (game 1): Eric Bombeck (Covenant Speed/Power) v. Gary Shuttleworth (Covenant Bengals) Probables (game 2): Matt Durisko (Covenant Speed/Power) v. David Dalessandro (Covenant Bengals) Notes (series): The Covenant Speed/Power have a perfect 5-0 record in the series. Notes (Covenant Speed/Power): The Covenant Speed/Power are coming off of a pair of wins over Lebanon. Andrew Campbell previously played for the Covenant Bengals. Notes (Covenant Bengals): The Covenant Bengals are coming off of a pair of humiliating losses to New Life. Eight current Bengals players previously played for the Speed/Power: Derek Work, Ryan Zippie, Sean Zippie, David Dalessandro, Jacob Albright, Tom Phillips, Bob Mariotti and Julie Norris-Eckenrod. All except for Work, Dalessandro and Phillips contributed to the Speed/Power's 2017 championship.

Postgame Notes: Covenant Speed/Power v. Lebanon Raiders 28 July 2020

Final score (game 1):  Covenant Speed/Power 23, Lebanon 4
Final score (game 2):  Covenant Speed/Power 11, Lebanon 0

Game 1 Notes:

Chris Enis made his debut in the Lawrence-Mercer County Church Softball League and got his first career hits and runs scored.
Winning pitcher Eric Bombeck allowed just one run in four innings.
Nate Anthony, Josh Nichols, Noah Nichols and Joe Patton made their debuts for the Covenant Speed/Power. Anthony hit his first home run since 2015 in the top of the second inning.
Brad Stockdill hit a pair of home runs tonight.

Game 2 Notes:

Winning pitcher Tyler Allen scattered just five hits in five shutout innings.
Noah Nichols hit his first home run as a member of the Covenant Speed/Power in the bottom of the second inning.

Next up:  The Covenant Speed/Power will play the Covenant Bengals on Thursday evening on field three at the Council of Governments Softball Complex.

Pregame Notes: Covenant Speed/Power v. Lebanon Raiders

Site:  Council of Governments Softball Complex Field 1, West Middlesex, Pennsylvania
Date:  28 July 2020
Time:  Game 1 begins at 1815, game 2 begins 15 minutes following conclusion of game 1
Probables (game 1):  Eric Bombeck (Covenant Speed/Power) v. Mike Shacklock (Lebanon)
Probables (game 2):  Tyler Allen (Covenant Speed/Power) v. Scott Stuart (Lebanon)

Series notes:

The Covenant Speed/Power own a perfect 12-0 record over Lebanon since 2017.

Covenant Speed/Power notes:

The Covenant Speed/Power are the reigning three time league champions.
Three current Speed/Power players previously played for Lebanon:  Tyler Allen, Nate Anthony and John Metzgar.  All three were part of Lebanon B;s 2015 championship.
Eric Bombeck has a 4.12 earned run average in his last three seasons.
Tyler Allen has a 2.23 earned run average in his last three seasons, including a league record 0.70 earned run average in 2019.

Lebanon Raiders notes:

Scott Stuart was the 2015 league most valuable player.
This is the fourth season as a single squad formed from the 2017 merger of their B and C squads, which last played as separate teams in 2016.