Wind Gap, Northampton, Freemansburg, Nazareth win Northampton County Legion baseball quarterfinal openers

Northampton County Legion League baseball teams played their best-of-three quarterfinal openers Monday. Find the box scores below.

Wind Gap 8, Bath 7 — Nathan Hood scored Wind Gap’s go-ahead run on a throwing error in the sixth inning. Jay Young went 2-for-3 with three RBIs for Wind Gap. Alex Longernecker had two hits and two runs for Bath.

Bath 320 020 0—7 7 2
Wind Gap 103 301 x—8 9 3
2B — J. Young (WG). 3B — Lule (B); Miller, Ruggiero (WG). RBI — Bertolotti, Brong, Black, Bender (B); Young 3, Evans, DeJesso, Miller, Ruggiero (WG).
Bender, Mitch (4) and Lule; Evans, DeJesso (3) and T. Young. W — DeJesso. L — Mitch. SO-BB — Bender 0-3, Mitch 1-1; Evans 1-4, DeJesso 4-1.

Northampton 7, Roseto 6 — Chad Fenon went 3-for-3 with a walk-off RBI single for Northampton in the eighth inning. Stephen Fahringer added three hits, including the game-tying single in the seventh inning for top-seeded Northampton. Brett Wagner went 3-for-3 to lead Roseto.

Roseto 004 100 10—6 13 0
Northampton 003 010 21—7 9 2
2B — Caiazzo (R); Fahringer (N). RBI — Rodgers, Casciano, Wagner, Caiazzo (R); Bodnar 2, Schmidt 2, Fahringer, Schwartz, Fenon (N).
Casciano, Caiazzo (6), Wagner (8) and Rodgers, Hester (4); Schmidt, Green (7) and Yost. W — Green. L — Wagner. SO-BB — Casciano 7-4, Caiazzo 1-4, Wagner 0-1; Schmidt 5-2, Green 2-3.

Freemansburg 5, Wanderers 4 — Ken Johnson went 3-for-4 and scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball in the eighth inning for Freemansburg. Greg Taylor and Sean Archer each added two hits for Freemansburg. Joe Connell and Justin Ford both went 2-for-3 for Wanderers.

Freemansburg 300 100 01—5 10 3
Wanderers 003 000 10—4 9 3
2B — Taylor, Slanovec (F); Connell, Dudash (W). 3B — Bearse (W). RBI — Slanovec 2, Taylor, Johnson (F); Devine 2, Bearse, McCarthy (W).
Slanovec, Chambers (7) and Snyder; McCarthy and Ford. W — Chambers. SO-BB — Slanovec 4-3, Chambers 1-1; McCarthy 7-2.

Nazareth 8, Kemp 5 — Karl Keglovits struck out 15 in a four-hitter for Nazareth. D.J. King went 3-for-4 and Mike Garzillo added two hits for second-seeded Nazareth. Eric Forth hit a two-run triple for Kemp in the sixth inning. Game 2 is 5:30 p.m. today at Nazareth, with Kemp being considered the home team.

Kemp 000 203 0—5 4 6
Nazareth 003 014 x—8 10 3
2B — King, Mulhearn (N). 3B — Forth (K). RBI — Forth 2, Solano (K); Elliott, Garzillo, Dauscher, Keglovits, Mulhearn (N).
Solano and Forth; Keglovits and Dauscher, Charlie (7). SO-BB — Solano 9-1; Keglovits 15-2.

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