Huntingdon Valley Clinches Playoff Spot With 9-3 Victory Over Northampton

Huntingdon Valley (HV) clinched a playoff spot behind the 1-2 punch of Bryce Horn (3 Ip, 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 6 K's) and Nicky Brady (3 Ip) in beating Northampton 9-3 on a rainy Wednesday night. HV played error free defense and scored in 4 innings on the way to the victory.

In the top of the first inning Horn got out of a 2nd and 3rd no out jam by striking out the side. In the bottom of the inning Matt Acker lead off with a single and came around to score when Horn knocked him in for the innings only run.

The 2nd inning was just like the first for Horn who with no outs wiggled out of a bases loaded no out jam by striking out 2 batters and getting the 3rd out on a come back ground ball. The bottom of the inning HV scored 5 times to take a commanding 6-0 lead. Connor Killion hit a lead off Home Run which was followed by a walk from Justin Azran. Brock Landes and Matt Ginsburg both singled to put runners on base for Albert Glasgow's RBI single. After an out Harrison Roesser hit a hard ground ball and was thrown out at first base but a run scored on the play. Horn ended the scoring on another RBI single.

The 3rd inning was a lot easier for Horn as he only faced 4 batters. In the bottom of the inning HV went down fast to take the 6-0 lead into the 4th inning.

Brady took the hill in the 4th inning and went through the order with ease. The bottom of the inning HV scored 2 times to take a 8-0 lead. Acker lead off with a single (for a change) but was thrown out stealing 2nd base. Leiber walked which was followed by a Roesser single. After Horn hit a line drive out to center field Killion ended the scoring with a 2 run single.

The 5th inning Brady faced 3 batters in the inning and threw 5 pitches. The bottom of the inning HV scored a run to take a 9-0 lead. Landes lead off with a single and came around to score on a wild pitch.

The 6th inning NH scored 3 times to make the final score 9-3.

With the victory HV will be a 15th seed in the Suburban League Playoffs.

Box Score

Ab-Runs-Hits-Rbis-Walks

Acker 4 2 2 0 0
Leiber 2 1 1 0 1
Roesser 3 1 1 1 0
Horn 3 0 2 2 0
Killion 3 1 2 3 0
Azran 2 1 0 0 1
Landes 3 1 2 0 0
Ginsburg 1 1 1 0 1
Tang 1 0 0 0 0
Glasgow 3 1 1 1 0