Pen Argyl beats Saucon Valley 6-3 in battle of Colonial League softball division leaders

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Pen Argyl took advantage of three Saucon Valley errors to score five unearned runs and held off the Panthers for a 6-3 win on Friday in Wind Gap in a battle of Colonial League division leaders. The North Division leading Green Knights, who play perennial Berks County and District 3 power Brandywine at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pates Park, remained the area's lone unbeaten at 11-0 overall, 9-0 in the league. Saucon Valley, in sole possession of first place in the Colonial's South Division at the start of the day, fell to 7-2 in the league and 9-3 overall. An error opened the door to a four-run second inning by the Green Knights that included a run-scoring single by Olivia Smith and a three-run triple by freshman Alyssa Weaver (2-for-4). Two more errors led to another Pen Argyl run in the third and Samm Firestone singled in a run in the fourth for the Green Knights. Saucon Valley took advantage of a throwing error by winning pitcher Emily Smull to score three runs in the fifth when Shannon Petsch (2-for-4) had a RBI triple. But Smull, who stopped Saucon on six hits, stranded two runners in the fifth innrhing and had minimal trouble in the final two innings. Linescore: Saucon Valley 000 030 0 -- 3 6 3 Pen Argyl 041 100 0 -- 6 6 2 Rusu and Schreder; Smull and Stem.