Carpenter Cup Championship
Burlington County 2, Suburban One League National/Bicentennial Athletic League 1
SOL N/B 000 001 000 – 1 7 6
Burlington County 000 001 10x – 2 7 1
WP: Dan Koneschusky. LP: Jacob Ruch. Save: James Coughlin. 2B: B-Tyler Powell, Eric Barbieri; S-Eric Ebert, Brian Beyer
Burlington County wins its second Carpenter Cup title, with the first in 2006.
Seneca Jr. LHP James Coughlin earned the save with 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
Burlington County took a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning on an unearned run. With two outs Riverside's Marc Mount reached base on an error, scoring Maple Shade's C.J. Szymczak.
Burlington County first baseman Eric Barbieri of Cherokee tied the score with an RBI single in the sixth.
An RBI double by SOL N/B's Eric Ebert of Council Rock South broke a scoreless tie in the top of the sixth inning. The run was unearned.
Sr. RHP Scott Runzer of Council Rock North got out of a jam in the fourth for SOL N/B. With runners on second and third and one out, Runzer recorded consecutive strikeouts to end the inning.
Sr. RHP Christian Rahman of Maple Shade has pitched two scoreless innings for Burlington County.
Sophomore LPH Greg Welsh of Council Rock South threw two scoreless innings for SOL N/B.
Seneca sophomore RHP Kevin Comer pitched three scoreless innings for Burlington County. Comer allowed one run in eight Carpenter Cup innings.