The Blair (Silver Spring, MD) varsity baseball team has a home non-conference game vs. Springdale (PA) on Saturday, March 27 @ 5:30pm.
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On May 23, the four-seeded Urbana Hawks met the three-seeded Walter Johnson Wildcats at Prince George’s Stadium, the home of the Chesapeake Baysox, to match up in the 4A baseball state championship. In the semi-finals, Walter Johnson shut out the Eleanor Roosevelt Raiders 10-0, while Urbana upset the top-seeded Broadneck Bruins 9-7 in 13 innings. Urbana got off to a promising start in this matchup. With two outs in the top of the first, Billy Swaney was walked while Jake Allen was hit with the next pitch. Walter Johnson was able to get out of the inning as the Hawks stranded two on base. In the top of the second, the Hawks opened the scoring in the match. DJ Staub Jr. was hit by the first pitch of the inning and Tristan Vetter hit an infield single with one out. With runners on second and third after Vetter advanced on defensive indifference, Aidan Welch singled on a line drive to center field, bringing in both runners for Urbana. Trying to respond to the 2-0 deficit, Shaun Rudick led off the bottom half with a line drive into left field and got to second base with a double. Andreas Johnson fought back from being down 0-2 to earn a walk, and Zachary Roach singled on a single into center field. With the bases loaded and two outs, Nolan Ross grounded into a fielder's choice, and Roach was out at second base. Neither team produced anything in the third inning, but Urbana piled on in the top of the fourth. After Tristan Vetter was hit by a pitch and both Landon Lee and Aidan Welch singled, Kayden Lipscomb grounded the ball to third base with the bases loaded. As Walter Johnson’s Ethan Pletter tried to gun the runner at home, he overthrew the catcher, and two runs scored on the error, giving Urbana a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the fourth, led off the inning with a line drive single, and Sam Weston was walked on four pitches. With one out, Andreas Johnson singled, and Walter Johnson scored their first run as the throw from left field got past the Urbana catcher. In the next at bat, Zachary Roach grounded a ball to shortstop, but Kayden Lipscomb threw the ball away to first, and two runs scored for the Wildcats on the error. The Wildcats kept the offense rolling in the bottom of the fifth as Ethan Pletter drove a ball deep into right field. The ball looked wedged under the wall, but no dead-ball call from the umpire allowed Pletter to score on an inside-the-park home run. With the game tied, Urbana answered fiercelymmm in the top of the sixth. Tristan Vetter, Aidan Welch, and Kayden Lipscomb were all walked, Jake Allen singled on a hard grounder into right field, scoring Urbana’s fifth and sixth runs and giving them back the lead. Down two runs with just six offensive outs left, Sam Weston opened the bottom of the sixth with a walk, and Andreas Johnson reached on an error by Urbana third baseman Ryan Yagesh. On the first pitch of the next at bat, Zachary Roach hit a hard ground ball into left field, driving in one run for the Wildcats. With two outs and runners on the corners, Urbana reliever Kyan Montano spiked a pitch, and Zachary Roach scored the tying run for the Wildcats. With a runner on third, Ethan Pletter laid down a bunt, and Montano threw him out at first, stranding one and sending this game tied into the seventh. With two outs in the top half, Tristan Vetter laced his second hit of the game, reaching for the third time. To follow up te single, Jae Peak sent one of his own into right field. However, the Hawks were unable to drive any in. With a chance to pocket the state championship, Walter Johnson’s Ethan Hsu singled into center field to lead off the inning. After bringing in pinch runner Grant Matalia, a ball got past the Urbana catcher. With a runner on second and no outs, Shaun Rudick hit a line drive into the right center field gap, scoring the winning run for Walter Johnson. The 4A championship game ended with Walter Johnson taking down Urbana 7-6. For the Wildcats, Andrew Joncas earned the win, going 1.2 innings on 34 pitches. The reliever gave up no runs on three hits while picking up four strikeouts. On the other side of the ball, Kyan Montano was tagged with the loss, throwing just an inning, giving up one unearned run (none earned) on two hits. Congratulations to both teams for reaching this momentous game.
